Assessment - Portfolio
Objectives
This assignment is designed todevelop a portfolio of resources that you can use during your degree.The compilation of your Portfolio is progressive throughout the term. Please refer to the UnitProfile to see how this assessment item relates to the Unit Learning Outcomes.
These objectives will be measured by the ‘closeness of fit' to meeting the assessment requirements and the marking criteria.
Portfolio Items
PORTFOLIO: Annotated Bibliographies for Assessment- Report
Task:
Assessment- requires students to use at least 10 recent references. At least 6 of these must be academic references which are peer reviewed and/or textbooks. See Assessment 3 specifications for further details.
Use the ARE and Triple R framework you learnt in Weeks 2 and 3 to research and select 5 Academic references you would use for your Assessment 3 (Report) - do not use the references you used for PA 3 in Week 6. All references must be from the last 5 years (dated 2012 onwards) and must be selected using the Triple R framework.
In Week 3, you learnt about Annotated Bibliographies. Using those skills, provide an annotation for each of the 5 references. See pp. 132 - 134 in your Textbook and refer to Week 3 materials on Annotated Bibliographies. Each reference must be formatted in APA style - see week 5 materials and CQU APA Referencing guidelines.
To achieve full marks, the submission must be:
- Focused on the correct task; selected 5 Academic References relevant to the Report topic, using the Triple R framework.
- Note that the rest of the annotation may not be graded if any of the referencesare:
o older than 5 years (before 2012 - see report requirements),
o not academic or
o do not relate to the report topic.
- The references must not include those provided for PA 3 (0 marks for those references if used).
- Grammatically correct annotation,and easy to read and understand,
- Well-structured annotation in a single paragraph for each reference,
- Each reference correctly formatted in APA style (does not include the references given for PA3); and
- Within the recommended length for each reference and submitted as an MS-Word file.
Marking criteria for each reference:
- Correctly formatted academic reference in APA style
- Summary of reference, in 1 or 2 sentences
- Evaluation author credentials/summary of key themes, in 1 or 2 sentences
- Explanation of how research was conducted, in 1 or 2 sentences
- Evaluation of the reference (using Triple R framework), in 1 or 2 sentences.
PORTFOLIO: Reflective Writing
Task
All COIT20249 students complete their Presentations (Assessment 2) between weeks 5 and 9. Most of the students will complete the presentation as a Group while some of you (Distance students) will complete the presentation as an individual assessment. If you are an internal student, write reflectively about your group experience as a part of this assessment.If you completed the presentation as an individual assessment, reflect about the experience as an individual presentation; explain the reason for not being in a group if you are an internal student. Students discuss this portfolio item in Week 7 but will write it about two weeks later if you are not presenting before week 7. All students must plan to submit the assessment at the end of Week 12.
Reflect on your experience of completing your Presentation (Assessment 2 COIT20249 in Term 2, 2017) using the reflective writing technique you learnt in Week 7. See above paragraph to determine whether you should write about your group experience or your individual presentation experience.
Describe the experience including your contribution for the outcome. Demonstrate what you have learnt from the experience, describe how you would handle assignment presentation differently in the future, and evaluate thepositives and negatives of the experience (e.g. reading and reflecting on developing and delivering a presentation. Reflect on the Group process if you are an internal student. If you are an internal student but did not present in a group for some reason, focus on why you presented individually and how you can be a group member in future. Distance students should write about their experience in developing and delivering online presentations. Discuss your options with your local lecturer if necessary.
Your submission should cover the three key points on reflective writing (see below). This should be approximately 450words.
The key points to consider when writing reflectively are:
1. You need to demonstrate what you have learned from a particular experience not just describe what happened.
2. There is no right or wrong answer-reflective writing is about what you learned from the experience.
3. Ask yourself the following questions and give your responses in your writing: Why did Xhappen? What did I do in X situation? What were the positive and negative outcomes inthe situation? How might I do things differently next time? What have I learnt and howdoes this knowledge contribute to my development?
(McCulloch & Reid, 2015, p. 131)
Your submission will be marked as follows. Write under the relevant headings (separate paragraph) per each section as given below.
1. Include a brief description of the experience relating to your Presentation.
2. Reflect on how you contributed to the experience. Focus on group experience if you were in a group, or your own experience if you were not in a group. Include positive and/or negative contributionsyou made in this situation - this is not about what any others did but what you did.
3. Demonstrate what you learned from the experience.
4. Describe how you wouldhandle the experience differently in the future or why you may not have to do anything different
5. Evaluate the positives and negatives of your presentation/group experience in COIT20249.
PORTFOLIO: Responding to an Ethical Scenario
Task
In week 9 you learnt about making decisions in various ethical situations. Understanding who you are and how you relate to others in both your personal and work life can make you aware of the values that are important to you as well as the values that you may need to work on to improve your professional standing. This portfolio item is designed to make you think about how to respond to an ethical scenario as a good ICT professional. As you are training to be an ICT professional
Scenario:
You are currently working as a trainee database administrator in the same organisation where you are studying for a qualification. You are working hard to pay your fees and study expenses while managing your personal finances as well with an annual income below the average wage in Australia. A few weeks ago, you were undertaking some maintenance work in the student and finance databases of your organisation. While doing that you found that your organisation has given a lucrative scholarship to a student who you do not think as having the required level of academic performance to receive that scholarship. You have access to the marks of the students undertaking the same study units as this student and yourself. The scholarship guidelines clearly state that eligibility for the Scholarship is based on academic performance. Some of you think that the parents of the student who has received the scholarship may know some senior staff in your organisation. You are not happy that you and the other high performing students who also have financial concerns have lost the opportunity to lighten your financial burdens that impact on your studies while you believe that a potentially less deserving student has benefited due to personal links. You can do nothing and continue with your maintenance work as required, or report your concerns to your supervisor, or inform the other students about what you uncovered and even go public with this information. You are clearly unhappy with the situation as you believe your employer has not done the right thing but wondering what to do since you work in that organisation.
Write about 400 words (in 2 - 3 paragraphs) outlining how you will respond to this ethical dilemma - do not explain the situation again. Consider your options in this hypothetical scenario. What will you do in this situation? Will you tell your friends and/or go public with this information, or will you inform your manager about your dilemma and ask for advice? Or will you take any other actions? Explain what you will do and the reasons for your actions,referring to the ACS Code of Ethics and/or the ACS Code of Professional Conduct. You must correctly reference the document/s in APA style.PORTFOLIO: Successful Completion
Task
This portfolio item requires you to justify that you have successfully achieved the UnitLearning Outcomes and to provide feedback about your experiences with the Unit. The responseshould have two parts and should not be longer than 2 A4 pages.
Part A - Justification
The Unit Profile provides a list of Learning Outcomes you are expected to have achieved after completing this Unit.
From the UnitProfile:
On successful completion of this Unit, you will be able to:
1. Describe the basic principles and importance of effective interpersonal communication, active listening and reading for meaning.
2. Demonstrate teamwork skills.
3. Communicate ideas effectively both verbally and in written form using appropriate language.
4. Create and deliver effective oral presentations.
5. Argue the importance of ethics, codes of behaviour, and societal, privacy and legal issues within the ICT industry.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of common work practices and values operating in the Australian workplace.
7. Assess how ICT can be used to improve organisational processes.
8. Evaluate the application of emerging technologies to communication and collaboration.
Write a reflective analysis that demonstrates you have satisfied all eight(8) learning outcomes that are listed in the UnitProfile for COIT20249 Professional Skills in ICT (they are listed above). Justify how the work you have completed this term has satisfied all eight (8) UnitLearning Outcomes. Please note it is important that you JUSTIFYhow you have satisfied the UnitLearning Outcomeswith examples. Do NOT just summarise the Unit content and/or assessment items OR define the UnitLearning Outcomes.
In short paragraphs, respond under the following themes (use relevant headings) and refer to relevant Learning Outcome/s from the above list. Use examples from the assessments you have completed in this Unit and/or the competencies you have achieved after completing the Unit. You might refer to some Unit Learning Outcomes more than once in your response. This part should be 1 to 1.5 A4 pages (approximate guideline).
1. Describe an example where you used interpersonal skills along with listening and verbal communication skills effectively.
2. How did you use reading skills to effectively develop an academic document?Provide an example
3. Provide an example of using your teamwork skillsduring your presentation. Provide specific examples of what you did and which teamwork skills used. What other skills from the above list did you use in this situation?
4. Provide an example of an assessment where you discussed the importance of ethical behaviours, and social, privacy and legal aspects within the ICT domain. Explain how this task helped you to understand ethical behaviours, and social, privacy and legal aspects within the ICT domain.
5. Discuss how you learnt the skills to work with staff and/or students from different cultures and demonstrate the knowledge of cultural diversity. Use example/s from COIT20249.
6. Describe how you learnt to evaluate ICT technologies to improve organisational processes. Give an exampleof an assignment/topic and the technology from COIT20249.
7. Describe two examples of communication and collaboration technologies you learnt after completing this Unit. Briefly explain how each of these technologies could be used in an organisation and their potential benefits.
Part B - Feedback
Write two things you liked about this Unit and provide the reason or reasons you liked them. Also describe two suggested improvements to the Unit and justify why they would improve the Unit. This could be around half an A4 page in length (guideline only).