Project
Mungret Heritage Society is the umbrella organisation for a wider Steering Group which wants to promote and improve the area around Mungret using its natural, archaeological and historical resources to create a better environment for residents and visitors.
Mungret Heritage Society in partnership with Limerick Christian Centre based in Mungret College strives to present and promote Mungret’s heritage through the development of a new website and a marketing plan for the organisation.
Mungret Heritage Society /Limerick Christian Community and Limerick City & County Council
We have the support of Limerick City & County Council. In partnership with the latter we have already installed a series of nine information panels around the Monastic Complex. A room near the café in the College has already been designated to house the display and function as a visitor centre. Community Evaluation of the project is designed into the project from start to finish. As part of their assessment, students present a briefing to their community partner setting out the outputs and outcomes of the project.
Learning
Students will be presented with the demanding challenge of developing a new website utilising information, images and brochures supplied by Mungret Heritage Society and develop a marketing plan for the organisation that they can implement going forward.
This work would be crucial to promote our work to inform local residents and visitors to the centre. This practical experience enables students to learn a range of technical and including the ability to layout information in a sequential and interesting manner, provide an artistically minded display to format and edit brochure content. You will engage in both independent as well as collaborative learning. You will learn from one another to reach creative solutions to practical problems. The module is designed to enable students to develop the capacity to apply curriculum-based knowledge in a real-world setting and self-assess and develop graduate attributes to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team in collaboration with external community stake-holders. Students will also be supported to articulate their ideas to a range of audiences within different cultural frameworks and setting and be provided with opportunities to make substantial and positive contributions to society.
Practicum students undertaking this project will work with Mungret Heritage Society and Limerick Christian Community and peers from other international universities.
Both formative and summative assessment methods will be used. Assessments will be designed to complement the interactive teaching and learning approaches. In particular, methods conducive to workplace assessment will be employed. These will include weekly reflection diaries, a group presentation, a reflective assignment and self-assessment activity. Students will be expected to produce a community briefing report and present their project outputs and outcomes to their community partner.