ES2660 - Communicating in the Information Age
Description
In a context of prolific production and convenient access to content and innovation in the Information Age, how should one critically process and clearly communicate ideas to various audiences? Using established critical thinking and digital literacy frameworks, this course aims to help learners hone their abilities to (1) critically question, analyse, and evaluate issues related to their own discipline and profession from multiple perspectives; and (2) articulate critical analysis and evaluation in multimodal forms of communication.
Objectives
By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate the following in both writing and speaking:
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Recognise the defining features of digital texts that constitute the current complex information landscape and ways to leverage them.
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Use critical thinking principles and processes to make sense of arguments presented in multimodal formats.
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Develop own response to any issue in question with breadth, depth, and nuance.
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Construct contextualized, audience-centric, and genre-appropriate multimodal texts to participate effectively in the Information Age.
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Exhibit dispositions of critical thinking as a habit of mind in their communication in multimodal formats.
Assessment
ES2660 is a 100% Continuous Assessment course.
Prerequisites
- Students who are required to take ES1000 Foundation Academic English and/or ES1103 English for Academic Purposes, must pass those courses before they are allowed to read this course.
- Only SoC students matriculated in AY2016/2017 and after, are allowed to take ES2660.
Preclusions
- Non-SoC students
- GET1006 and GEK1901
Units
Four
Workload
0-4-0-2-2-4