Create a project plan and literature review meeting appropriate KSB coverage, legal, ethic and professional considerations and investigate, select and justify the selection of appropriate methods, methodologies or approaches to be used.

Enquiry

Application

Perform a critical risk analysis recognising the factors of cost, time, resource constraints, quality and contractual obligations.

Analysis

Complete an ethics submission meeting the required level for the proposal project

Knowledge & Understanding

A project proposal weighted at 100% (4000 words) Learning Outcomes: 1, 2 & 3

A formal project proposal including literature review. The project idea will need approval by the employer.

This module is the precursor to the Digital User Experience Honours Project module which leads to the End Point Assessment, it is not possible to progress to the Digital User Experience Honours Project module without submitting authorised ethics submission for the project and successfully completing the Gateway Submission. Gateway is an assessment of your ability to meet all the apprenticeship outcomes on the assumption that you complete the final 30 credits of the degree by successfully completing the Honours Project.

This module requires you to propose the project that will be implemented in the Honours Project module and is the basis for your End Point Assessment. Following an initial briefing on the proposal requirements you will be allocated a supervisor to work with to help you and your work-based mentor to shape your project to ensure that it meets the apprenticeship requirements as well as that of a sound academic Honours Project.



The module also requires you to prepare your gateway review, as it is not possible to progress to the Honours Project module without successfully demonstrating the full set of Apprenticeship Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours.

The module will be delivered in a Blended Learning Mode consisting of face to face, online and guided learning sessions, the majority of the learning will be through individual work with your supervisor.

Teaching sessions will blend theory and practical learning and most importantly where possible contextualised in your workplace as part of your apprenticeship. Learners will be introduced to curriculum concepts and ideas and will then be able to apply theory to practical examples. In addition, students will be provided with a range of resources for independent study such as case studies, academic papers and industry case studies. There will be a mixture of practical and theoretical formative (mock or practice) exercises which will help students build knowledge and confidence in preparation for summative (formal) assessment.

The delivery will be delivered as follows:

12 hours group contact- 6 hours in the first sprint, then 3 hours during the following 3 sprints.

There will be a module launch session consisting of up to 6 hours face to face contact time and further 3 hour sessions during the further sprints devoted to developing your understanding of the core purpose and assessment of the project proposals . Learners will be presented with details of how the learning will be structure and how to access to the learning materials for the remainder of the module.


1:1 Progress Checks: 3 hours

As a Blended Learner understanding your progress can be a challenge so you are allocated 3 hours of 1:1 time with your tutor (typically 9 x 20 minutes) to develop and approve your proposal. These sessions may be used to discuss key topics, troubleshoot solutions, review working drafts etc.

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