Digital Business Innovation & Social Media
ECTS: 10. Level: Bachelor. Date: 5-30 August (including online exam). Venue: Aarhus
The course aims to explore business innovation in the context of digital economies, discussing how changes in Information and Communication Technology are affecting the way organisations do businesses, e.g. the way new business models and products (goods and services) emerge. From this broad perspective, the course focuses particularly on exploring the role of social media in organisations, understanding their relevance for communication and collaboration within and across the boundaries of companies. Course offered by Department of Business Administration. Course description.
Lecturer: Magda Hercheui, Westminster Business School, Great Britain 

Introduction to Web 2.0 technologies
ECTS: 5. Level: Bachelor. Date: 3-24 July (including online exam). Venue: Aarhus
This course, designed for non-technologists, will introduce students to the terminology and some of the software tools that support content creation in the Web 2.0 world, such as wikis, blogs, RSS and social networking sites. The importance of being web-2.0-literate is quickly approaching a value similar to that of being personal computer savvy; the aim of the course is to prepare students to be to be functional contributors in this realm today, and to be relevant and active producers ”on the leading curve” for tomorrow. A prevailing aim of the course is to develop within each student a sense of the applicability as well as the benefits and drawbacks of employing these technologies. Course offered by Department of Business Administration. Course Description. 
Lecturer: Terrill Frantz, HSBC Business School, Peking University, China

Journalism, ICT and Digital Media
ECTS: 10. Level: Master. Date: 5-30 August. Venue: Aarhus
Media organisations are facing challenges as their environment is reconfigured by digital convergence of and new ways of producing content to multiple platforms. The course focuses on digital media, ICT and how journalism and content production are reconfigured within the paradigm of "networked journalism" or journalism 2.0. Specifically, the course focuses on technological and open innovations in news and data journalism and how these affect journalistic working practices and the profession at large. The course explores the convergence of news media and related organizational, technological and journalistic innovations. The aim of the course is to give both a theoretical and practical understanding of digital media focusing on publishing, reporting and technical skills. Course offered by Department of Aesthetics and Communication. Course description.
Lecturer: Henrik Bødker, Aarhus University

Photography in a New Media Context
ECTS: 10. Level: Bachelor. Date: 5-23 August. Venue: Aarhus.
In 2013, the practice of photography is arguably both accessible and democratic. The prevalence of digital cameras, GPS tracking devices, and camera phones inspires photographers to harness the power of the medium in this new context. This course invites students to conceive of their own photographic project related to their research interest. With each class meeting, students will engage in critiques of each others’ work and constructively converse about visual research. This course will introduce students to the work of researchers and artists who utilize varied methodologies in their photographic practice. Through a combination of creating a photographic project and analyzing a range of visual scholarship, students will receive a hands-on introduction to visual methodologies in practice. Course offered by Department of Aesthetics and Communication. Course description.
Lecturer: Sarah Schoor, Aarhus University

Visual Media Production
ECTS: 10. Level: Bachelor. Date: 17 July - 14 August. Venue: Aarhus
The conceptual framework for this course will be a non-formulaic model based on the view that short film storytelling can best be described in terms of opposing properties that balance and complete one another in a dynamic interplay. An approach of this kind is not only more open than the standard sequential and actant models, but also better suited to catching the most common beginner mistakes when short films are produced by student filmmakers. Working in small groups, participants in this hands-on production course will develop a screenplay, shooting script and storyboard for a short fiction film, carry out such other pre-production tasks as casting and location scouting, and then shoot and edit their films. Course offered by Department of Aesthetics and Communication. Course description.
Lecturer: Richard Raskin, Aarhus University