OUIL401 End of Module Evaluation

1.  What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them? I have a well organised bibliography in my essays as I become more familiar with the Harvard referencing system. I feel like I have improved on how to apply contextual research to my artwork to have the work communicate a meaning, I found this really difficult before this module. My researching skills have also developed as I had to do a lot of research to find the right information for my essays. Overall my knowledge has improved especially with Postmodernism and the history of print illustration which I applied to my essays. Also from reading through my essays my last two are definitely written better than the first, so my writing skills have developed throughout this module.
2. What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your practical outcomes? I have looked at more books for my research in this module as I have learnt where I need to look for them online. I’ve also found as related words and sections can be picked out of online books it makes it easier deciding which ones are relevant to my practical work. I also made sure I fully understood the meaning of quotes and texts I looked at so that my practical work would make sense and relate to them.
3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these? In my work I think I have responded to my overarching theme with consistency but also with a variation of outcomes. This has helped me to compare and change around the visual side of the module without moving away from my original quote and theme. I kept the processes restricted at the start which gave me the opportunity to go into more detail and push what I could do with few mediums. I would definitely do this again in my work as if I didn’t I wouldn’t have made the work that I did.
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future? I think on the whole my work lacked quality and detail, I’m used to developing work into a final outcome but as I had so many ideas and received a lot of feedback from people I tried out as many of them as I could but I started to run out of pages. In the future I would plan how many pages I do for each section of the project to stop me from getting carried away. Another weakness is when I add meaning to my work I think it isn’t obvious to others about what it actually means. In the future I will add text to pieces or use more famous figures so that people can identify the meaning.
5. Identify five things that you feel will benefit you during next years Context of Practice module?
- Lots of research on theorists, artists and of different views on the same issues. - Sketchbook organisation - A variety of research sources (type, age, current) - More planning to help with essay structures - Time management, regular blogging to prevent confusion with ongoing study tasks
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.