BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media
Story!
Story
Donard Mc Cabe, Emma Tully, Aine Whelan, Christopher Andrews, Matthew Malone
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
Story aims to empower young people in Dundalk, to overcome the barriers faced by some, when trying to progress to further education. Through animations, infographics and testimonials, the group offer solutions and alternative perspectives to these barriers.
Bridge It Sports
Bridge It Sports (BIS)
Mark Chesser, Sean Loughman, Cillian Power, Ben Carolan
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
Our group’s aim is to find out why women are dropping out of sports when entering college. As part of our project we carried out research, including interviews with players past and present, and created an informational video based on our findings. Our project is aimed towards 18-23 year olds who are considering going back to sports or who are still playing sports.
Age Awareness
Age Awareness
Dylan Humston, Sean Ryan, Rebecca Walsh, Megan Reilly
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
Age Awareness investigates if the elderly (aged 65+) feel excluded from society because of their lack of knowledge or confidence with modern day technologies. With the findings of our research, we created an awareness campaign aimed at young graduates (aged 21+) who are advancing into different creative fields.
Inclusive Education
Inclusive Education
Linda Alao, Obasanjo Olajubu, Mark Robinson and Mary Osobe.
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
The project raises awareness on the difficulties that mature people face returning to third level education, along with providing information that will help mature people find help and support when dealing with third level entry. Inclusive Education is a website that contains multiple artifacts such as motion graphics, video interviews and research results that reflect the social issues and barriers that are stopping mature people from returning/entering into third level education. The project is aimed at mature people (23 and over) that are thinking of returning to third level education.
SignIn
SignIn
Sophie Sheeran, Natalie Lamont, Sarah Washington & Ryan Reilly
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
SignIn is a series of web-based interactive e-learning videos which aim to educate the emergency services in the use of effective means of communication with people who are hard of hearing and deaf. There are 3 different video scenarios, each one tailored to a different section of the emergency services. This project raises awareness of the difficulties that people who are deaf and hard of hearing have in everyday life but also of how vital communication is in an emergency. This project is aimed towards people who work in the emergency services and also the general public.
Paws For Thought
Paws For Thought
Aisling Conlon, Alex Clarke & Matthew Turnbull
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
Paws For Thought is a transmedia campaign that aims to educate and inform the public on the massive benefits of Autism assistance dogs, the needs of those who require these dogs and how the process of receiving an Autism assistance dog can be improved. The project addresses both the positives and negatives of receiving and living with an Autism assistance dog through a series of educational videos. It demonstrates how we can be more understanding and aware of the amazing job that Autism assistance dogs do. The project is designed for the public with the aim of raising awareness and to educate people on Autism assistance dogs.
ShEqualities
ShEqualities
Aine McEneaney, Aoife Brennan, Kevin McElroy and Stephanie Hayes
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
The ‘ShEqualities’ project is addressing the gender conversation surrounding females in the creative industries. We have explored how women specialising in design are under-represented in the workplace through the creative industries. This study is about recognising our own unconscious gender biases and how they play a critical role in how we judge and value individuals. An implicit association test has been designed to tap into our hidden, or automatic unconscious gender biases. Our brains are filled with mental glitches, built on gender stereotypes, that influence how we see others. We process this by using automatic associations and expectations that are learned as patterns and shortcuts for our brains. Our brain recognises these stereotypes which are accessed without our conscious awareness. We all hold unconscious biases – to stereotype is to be human. This project is to raise awareness about our unconscious biases and how they may impact students in third level education.
DyslexEd
DyslexEd
Brian Judge, Paul Keenan, Rose Mc Donnell and Ciara Power
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
DyslexEd is an interactive visual experience seen through the eyes of a student with Dyslexia in third level education. The project demonstrates some of the struggles that students with Dyslexia go through while in the learning environment and provides solutions to those struggles. The project was created to assist third level lecturers in making learning in DKIT a more inclusive environment for students with Dyslexia, by means of providing resources that will help achieve a more inclusive learning environment.