Course Title: Managing Digital Challenges

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Managing Digital Challenges

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

COMM2914

City Campus

Undergraduate

345H Media and Communication

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Jay Thompson

Course Coordinator Phone: +61399252021

Course Coordinator Email: jay.thompson@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Building 9, level 5

Course Coordinator Availability: Contact Course Coordinator


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.


Course Description

In this course you will work on critical problems across the digital communication landscape and collaborate to explore viable solutions. The course will provide foundational skills in ethics and risk assessment for a professional communication environments. You will examine different social, cultural, historical and industry perspectives around risk and ethics, and explore how law and regulation has evolved to address pressing digital challenges. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes 

This course contributes to the following BP354 Bachelor of Professional Communication Program Learning Outcomes:  

  • PLO2: Collaborate respectfully with diverse stakeholders, both locally and globally, to problem solve within and across a range of professional contexts. 
  • PLO5: Establish and continue to grow communication knowledge and skills by applying disciplinary and interdisciplinary expertise in real world contexts. 
  • PLO6: Employ intellectual independence and judgement to engage critically with information, make sound evidence-based decisions, actively challenge assumptions, and undertake research that is ethical, creative and reflective. 


Course Learning Outcomes 

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: 

  1. Identify and explain laws, regulations and ethical considerations of relevance to digital communication professionals. 
  2. Critically analyse ethical and regulatory questions in relation to digital communication environments. 
  3. Assess ethics and identify and report on risks in professional scenarios. 
  4. Examine and plan appropriate advice and solutions. 


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectures, tutorials, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities.  


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems. A list of recommended learning resources will be provided by your lecturer, including books, journal articles and web resources. You will also be expected to seek further resources relevant to the focus of your own learning. 

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The University Library has extensive resources for Media and Communication students. The Library has produced a subject guide that includes quality online and print resources for your studies http://rmit.libguides.com/media-and-communication 

The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal. 


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. 

Assessment Tasks 

Task 1: Scenario 

Weighting: 35% (Individual) 

Addressing course learning outcomes: 1, 2, 3

Task 2: Project (Group)

Weighting: 30%

Addressing course learning outcomes: 1, 3, 4

Task 3: Essay (Individual)

Weighting: 35%

Addressing course learning outcomes: 2, 3 

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks. 

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more. 

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.