{"id":81,"date":"2017-10-09T19:18:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T18:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotographyblog.wordpress.com\/?p=81"},"modified":"2018-08-08T08:12:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T07:12:45","slug":"getting-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/research-and-reflection\/getting-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Starting to take a look through the material and get a feel for what&#8217;s going to be required of me.\u00a0 I&#8217;m both excited and daunted at the same time!!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>An extract from my course book, which I think would be great to keep for later use.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><strong>Course aims and outcomes\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left:30px;\">Please take a moment to read through the aims and outcomes for this course. The aims and outcomes are mapped to the assessment criteria and we\u2019ll be reflecting back on them at the beginning of Part Five.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><strong>The course aims to:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left:30px;\">enable you to begin using technical and visual skills appropriately<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left:30px;\">enable you to produce practical work which uses the above understanding and\u00a0 demonstrates skills of personal engagement, enquiry, imagination and experimentation<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left:30px;\">develop your understanding of contemporary and historical approaches he\u00a0 photography<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left:30px;\">introduce critical analysis and self-appraisal of ideas, processes and outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><strong>On successful completion of the course you\u2019ll be able to:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left:30px;\">create images that demonstrate a practical and conceptual understanding of how to\u00a0 apply techniques and visual skills<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left:30px;\">show initial ability in translating ideas into personal imagery \u2022 conduct a procedure of\u00a0research, development and production in relation to the course themes<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left:30px;\">begin to reflect on the various levels of meaning in your own and others\u2019 photography.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left:30px;\">Even if you don\u2019t intend to submit your work for formal assessment, it\u2019s useful to take on board these outcomes to support your learning and use as a means of self-assessment. You can check your progress against the learning outcomes in your learning log when you review your progress against each assignment<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>References:<\/div>\n<div>(<span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><em>this is my attempt at trying to write a reference correctly, not sure if it&#8217;s right yet)<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bloomfield et al (2017), <em>Photography 1, Expressing you vision,<\/em> OCA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting to take a look through the material and get a feel for what&#8217;s going to be required of me.\u00a0 I&#8217;m both excited and daunted at the same time!! An extract from my course book, which I think would be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/research-and-reflection\/getting-started\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-and-reflection","category-self-reflection"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/djf6783-edit-e1507576480944.jpg?fit=1400%2C934&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tN7f-1j","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1924,"url":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/self-reflection\/end-of-course-evaluation-and-reflection\/","url_meta":{"origin":81,"position":0},"title":"End of Course Evaluation and Reflection","author":"Debra Flynn","date":"19th September 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Photography 1: Expressing Your Vision Reflection One thing I have learned about photography is that there is always something new to learn technically and artistically.\u00a0 This is one of the reasons I wanted to take this course.\u00a0 I have been taking photos all of my life and it is a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Assessment Criteria&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Assessment Criteria","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/category\/assessment-criteria\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/square-mile-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/square-mile-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/square-mile-3.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/square-mile-3.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/square-mile-3.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/square-mile-3.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1877,"url":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/research-and-reflection\/assignment-5-rework-reflection\/","url_meta":{"origin":81,"position":1},"title":"Assignment 5 &#8211; Rework Reflection","author":"Debra Flynn","date":"7th August 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"So I've finished the course!! 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