IEL0030 Design your Video Resume (Synchronous and Asynchronous e-Learning)

An emerging trend in the digital communication environment today is the growing popularity of video resumes. Such digital artefacts provide potential employers a quick sense of the identity, values, and ideas of the prospective jobseeker. A compelling digital resume helps one to stand out from the crowd and demonstrates a strong level of digital fluency – valued by many employers today. In this course, participants are guided in designing their digital product from a multimodal communication and semiotic technologies perspective. A design thinking approach is adopted to scaffold the creation and performance of a digital presentation of the self. The goal is for participants to produce dazzling short introductory videos of themselves that can be used to accompany their digital resumes.

Content covered will include:
1. Theoretical perspectives on Multimodal Communication and Semiotic Technologies
2. Introduction to the Principles of Design Thinking
3. Design Thinking in Action
4. Feedback on Prototype
5. Creation of Video Resume

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