Week 4: Day 4 of Work Experience at LIT

Week 4
Day 4 of Work Experience at LIT

Started at 9:00 am, checked email, and made plans for the day. Nice picture of the day:

Using the "Placement Policy and Guidelines" document, I extracted important headings for the next "Newsletter_July 2017" and for the "Final Report" due in August:

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Final Report: update of details for Month 1:

Requirements drawn from “Placement Policy and Guidelines Handbook.”

Aims and Learning Outcomes of the work placement is to be compatible with those of the course.

1.0 The following is how the placement contributes to the programme of study:

Development of Professional Skills: professionalism, honesty and integrity, adaptability, problem-solving, dependability, reliability, responsibility, positive attitude, self-confidence, motivation, energy, willingness to learn, teamwork, organisation, planning.

Competencies: Camtasia, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver.

Strengthen application of theory to practice in the context of lifelong learning and CPD: learning of new software and the application of this in the work place. Working towards Adobe certification as a longer-term goal.

Clear articulation of role: within the CSD, the creating of e-learning videos for staff and students for IT processes regularly used by these staff and students.

2.0 To educate and understand how a “work environment” relates to and informs personal, career, and future professional development:

Interactivity with staff within and from other departments, learning about their interactivity and overlap of work between departments.

Structure and organisation to the working day.

A work environment of set hours: Monday to Thursday 9:00 am – 5:30 pm, Friday 9:00 am –

4:00 pm.

Team meetings: to see where we are at in the projects, and making sure there is no duplication of work effort. Planning of next steps ahead. Planning contingencies. These ties in with the Project Management aspect of this course.

Meeting deadlines: to get projects completed on time and to the required standard.

Contribution to future professional development are:

Working in the area of E-Learning is the area in which I would like to progress. Having learned Camtasia software, including training, scripting, recordings of audios and screen-captures for videos.

The learning of the Adobe products, for to contribute to a longer-term goal of the Adobe exams and Adobe Certification.

3.0 A positive academic experience:

Learned personal, professional and technical skills for life, for further career progression and employment opportunities. Have met and got to know lots of new people.

4.0 Enhance students’ familiarity with the world of work and enable them to reflect constructively on that experience:

A structured workday working hours, fulfilling briefs, meeting deadlines. Work process progression in terms of similar to the “Agile Project Management Framework,” studied in this course. Here, I show my work at each stage of development to the Supervisor. In this way, changes can be made to enhance the work at early stages of the project.

In terms of reflecting constructively on that experience, I originally had planned a research project for this work placement. This included among other items, an objective of creating an e-learning tutorial. My subsequent placement in the Computer Services Department in LIT, was directly relevant to this e-learning idea. On reflection, it got me working at things that are more practical like making e-learning video’s and use of Adobe products.  

Training provided of learning the IT procedures of the CSD department for the making of e-learning videos for staff and students was excellent. This experience provided a window of knowledge into the links of other departments to the CSD.

This involved the application of theory to practice, which is a feature of the LIT Philosophy.

5.0 Placement Supervisor, my requirements to send on necessary documentation: here I am sending on “Videos” and “Newsletters” to the Placement Supervisor Alan Ryan, as they are completed.

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Having spoken with the IT Manager Alan, I reviewed the Atomi Active Presenter software, and will have another looks at it over the weekend. They have also recently launched a new product called "Saola Animate" that is a HTML5 Animation Creation Software.

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NEWSLETTER 2_Work Placement Deliverable due 31/07/2017

I worked on the second Newsletter due the end of this month 31/07/2017. Completed it as far as up to today's news and work.

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Interesting article I read today from "Search Engine Watch":

Headings indicative of main advice points:

• Set up conversation today
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• Learn more about your audience
• Set a landing page that matches your ad
• Focus on the image of your ad
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• Explore PPC ads holistically
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