New Beginnings

So I have recently embarked on my Digital Media MA and am attempting to document my learning curve, as well as commenting on what I enjoyed most/found difficult/made me want to die with frustration.

Theory and Practice of Interactive Media (#tpim2013, as you may see me tweeting) is one of my core courses this term and looks very interesting from having a look at what we're going to be learning from week to week. I'm looking forward to learning lots of new things and just generally experimenting with lots of programmes, even if it doesn't always go to plan!

My undergraduate degree (Media and Cultural Studies) was completely theoretical, so the practical part is going to be completely new to me, but hopefully I'll be able to pick most of it up fairly quickly. The course is taught in two parts; there is a seminar each week studying from a theoretical perspective, as well as a workshop that studies the practical side, so it will be interesting to make the connection between theory and practice.

The aspects of the course that I'm most looking forward to are learning more about this 'new aesthetic' that has been mentioned, and just generally being introduced to new programmes that I haven't previously experienced.

I thought this image below quite nicely summed up lots of the elements of Digital Media...