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2021 unit information
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Last updated: 4 June 2021
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online), CBD*
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SQM613
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
The online unit has learning resources available in a specific and custom-built site within Cloud Deakin. They are divided into weekly topics each of which incorporate relevant contextual information, links to specific readings and other Cloud-based unit content, activities designed to facilitate critical engagement with the unit content and which encourage students to apply their developing understanding of cultural heritage to professional contexts. Online discussion forums are available and students are encouraged to actively engage with discussion threads, to interact with fellow students and to evaluate and reflect on unit content.
Students enrolled in campus mode have access to the full suite of online resources and discussion areas on the CloudDeakin site. They can fully participate in the online learning environment.
Additionally, they also have an opportunity to attend the campus based program. Unit Chairs create a stimulating and appropriate suite of activities that includes professionals and specialist site visits. It is expected that students enrolled in this mode will attend this program.
The final campus based program will be posted on CloudDeakin. Check your home page for details. The venue will be Building N. Room 2.07 at the Melbourne Burwood campus. Do not assume that all days start and finish at the Melbourne Burwood Campus. Sessions on each day will normally start at 10 am and conclude by 4.00 pm but some days may have different starting and finishing times. These will be advised in the published program.
In some cases, Cloud (online) students are able to attend the campus based program, but please email the Unit Chair in advance to check.
On campus students are required to attend 4-days of intensive classes during the trimester
Online independent and collaborative learning activities equivalent to 1-hour per week, including a minimum of 1 scheduled online seminar each trimester
*CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery
There are three main themes:
1. Significance assessment and collection development
2. Managing Collections: Cataloguing and Documentation
3. Care and Conservation of Objects
Understand and evaluate the processes and implications of acquiring, moving, and disposing of an artefact or collection
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
Appreciate the importance of cultural protocols in working with specific communities and collections
GLO2: Communication
GLO8: Global citizenship
Understand the impact of environmental factors on the conservation of movable artefacts and museum and gallery collections, and recognise how to put them into practice
GLO5: Problem solving
Critically reflect on the role of preventative conservation in the arts and cultural heritage fields, and be able with awareness of available resources, to develop strategies for the best possible care of movable artefacts and collections
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: AIM722 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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