Examples of Use:
Academic Scenario: Seek and select appropriate websites, digital databases and library resources to prepare for an assignment on a specific topic.
Personal Scenario: Balance social networks, traditional and new media broadcasts, and personal reading and research to stay informed on a complex societal issue for an upcoming referendum.
Employment Scenario: Prepare for a job interview using a wide-range of information from company profiles, to annual reports and other company publications, as well as marketing materials and social media channels
UCC Graduate Attributes: Digitally Fluent
Examples of Use:
Academic Scenario: Conduct a systematic review using a variety of subject-specific library databases, making use of their advanced search features and alert options, while exporting results to a preferred citation management software.
Personal Scenario: Curate a social media news feed, adopting multiple perspectives, including those that don’t always align with your point of view.
Employment Scenario: Create a team Slack Channel, sharing examples and best practice related to a project you’re working on.
UCC Graduate Attributes: Digitally Fluent, Independent Thinker
Examples of Use:
Academic Scenario: Critically examine, critique and argue the merits of a piece of information as a useful source for a written assignment.
Personal Scenario: Consider the trustworthiness of a news item shared by a peer.
Employment Scenario: Gather evidence to support of a new project idea.
UCC Graduate Attributes: Evaluators of Knowledge
Examples of Use:
Academic Scenario: Write a literature review, synthesizing multiple sources of information and outlining inquiry questions.
Personal Scenario: Investigate the best options for health insurance cover.
Employment Scenario: Develop a short course to train staff on a new procedure.
UCC Graduate Attributes: Independent Thinker
Examples of Use:
Academic Scenario: Create a digital poster outlining the findings of a research project.
Personal Scenario: Create a community discussion on a local issue, using social media and hashtags.
Employment Scenario: Produce a podcast sharing the latest service or product updates within the organisation.
UCC Graduate Attributes: Communicators of Knowledge, Digitally Fluent, Socially Responsible, Global Citizens
Examples of Use:
Academic Scenario: Create a bibliography citing and recognizing sources of information used for an academic assignment.
Personal Scenario: Consider options and alternatives to accessing online subscription-based newspapers.
Employment Scenario: Legally source images for use in marketing materials.
UCC Graduate Attributes: Socially Responsible, Global Citizens
