Evaluation

Leeds College of Art BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION	Level	04
OUIL401 Context of Practice	Credits	20
End of Module Self Evaluation

NAME	Ruby Langton-Higgins

1.  What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
This module has helped me to get a grasp on how to research a subject thoroughly. I have always held an interest in research behind any work I produce so this was a good opportunity to exercise that in an academic setting.
2. What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your practical outcomes?
Understanding sites such as JStor, which I hadn’t realised existed until now. Harvard referencing was also a new thing to me, this is an extremely useful skill to now have.
3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
A strength I noticed, not in my outcomes but during my process, was the passion I began to have for the subject I was researching. I was pleasantly surprised when I realised I wanted to research into my subject as much as I could.
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?
I think my main weakness was my response in my visual journal. I was too vague with my approach and therefore didn’t produce work which seemed to have much depth or point to it. This is turn made the third essay, reflective practice, particularly hard to write. I was not organised during this module, I would have benefitted from trying to understand my direction much earlier than I did. In the future I will, naturally, be more organised and really start the COP module with more reading and honing in of my theme (ie. Highlighting text and writing bullet point lists of what I want to include.)
5. Identify five things that you feel will benefit you during next years Context of Practice module? ·       Easier information to follow; I don’t feel like I really grasped anything I was told and the layout of the hand in is over complicated and vague. This made me extremely stressed ·       Start the work on time and organise my workload better ·       Spend more time in the library ·       Ask for help more ·       More group tutorials and feedback groups
6.How would you grade yourself on the following areas: (please indicate using an ‘x’)  5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
	1	2	3	4	5
Attendance	x
Punctuality	x
Motivation	x
Commitment	x
Quantity of work produced	x
Quality of work produced	x
Contribution to the group	x
The evaluation of your work is an important part of the assessment criteria and represents a percentage of the overall grade. It is essential that you give yourself enough time to complete your written evaluation fully and with appropriate depth and level of self-reflection. If you have any questions relating to the self-evaluation process speak to a member of staff as soon as possible.

A copy of your end of module self evaluation should be posted to your studio practice blog. This should be the last post before the submission of work and will provide the starting point for the assessment process. Post a copy of your evaluation to your COP blog as evidence of your own on going evaluation.

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