Assignment - Research 1 notes and Rubric

Research and Community Informed Practice - CISC8001

July 18 Intake

Assessment 1 (RESEARCH 1) - 50%

Title: Develop a reflective portfolio that critically engages with a research topic in your area of practice, with a strong articulation of, and argument for, pursuing specific research questions.

Description:

Part A) Research essay (90%)

Either individually, or in groups of two or three, write a Research Essay (which you may add to your eportfolio) in which you:

1. Identify a research topic that is relevant to your area of practice and relates to Digital and/or Collaborative Learning, or Leading Digital and Collaborative Learning, and justify how the topic addresses the needs of your community(ies).
2. Critically engage with a range of literature about the identified research topic by summarising the key ideas and then comparing/contrasting how literature addresses the topic.
3. Argue how your insights gained from the literature address the needs of your community(ies).
4. Clearly articulate the inquiry question(s), and explain how the question(s) have been developed after researching the literature, and how the question(s) will guide your Action Plan and its implementation.
5. Cite a range of relevant sources.
6. Use an appropriate standard of presentation.

Part B) Online participation (10%)

For this assessment, you need to provide two (2) pieces of evidence of your online participation. This is an individual assessment.

1. Online Participation: Your response to an existing online conversation, e.g. a comment on fellow students’ posts, or your reply to a comment from fellow students on your first post in the thread of conversation. The first post on G+ to initiate a conversation does not count as evidence of online participation.
2. Format of Evidence: Screenshot or video capture of your contribution.
3. Content: Your discussion should be topic-driven and add value to the interaction and specifically relate to your teacher inquiry topic or the class notes/materials from this course (Weeks 17 - 24). Materials used for the previous assessments should not be reused for this assessment.
4. Platforms: Your discussions should take place on any reputable online forum (for example Google+, comments on blog posts, or Facebook etc.). Because we are looking for engagement in professional social networking, we do not accept email correspondence or online meetings (sessions using Zoom, Google Hangout, etc.) as evidence.
5. Dates: Your four recorded online conversations must take place between the start of Research and Community Informed Practice (RESEARCH) course and the final deadline for submission of the assignment (from 12th November 2018 to 8th January 2019). Each of the video/screen recordings should clearly state the date of the participation and your name.
6. Names: If your screen name is different from your registered name, please make a note in the submission.
7. Submission: When submitting your evidence of online participation to the portal, please identify the URL (web address) clearly in the name or the description section. If possible, include the link to the discussion, even if the online forum is a closed group.

Note that

• You must submit a Turnitin Originality Report generated from Unitec’s official link (Turnitin link for Research 1). Do not submit reports from other Turnitin sources such as your school. Failure to submit a Turnitin originality report will result in you being required to resubmit.
• The word count will be taken from the Turnitin originality report and it does include the reference list
• The length requirement for your work is as following (failure to adhere to length requirements will result in grade penalties in the presentation category). A 10% leeway on the word count is allowed to cater for differences in the way that word counting algorithms work in different systems.
  

Individual Submission

• 1,600 - 2,000 word essay.

Group Submission (optional)

• 2,100 - 2,500 word essay.
• Assessment Criteria 80% Self + 20% Peer Evaluation (only impacts on grades if contributions are not equal)
• Fill in the Self and Peer Evaluation Form after you have submitted your assignment
  

Initial due date: Tuesday, 11th December 2018, 11.59pm

Final due date: Tuesday, 8th January 2019, 11.59pm

Part A	Weigh- ting %	Below Expectations (Prestructural)	Meets Minimum Expectations (Unistructural)	Meets or Exceeds Expectations (Multistructural)	Meets or Exceeds Expectations (Relational)	Exceeds Expectations (Extended Abstract)
1/ Identify a research topic that is relevant to your area of practice and justify how the topic addresses the needs of your community(ies)	10	No relevant research topic identified	A research topic relevant to community needs is identified	A research topic is identified along with relevant aspects of practice and and community needs	A research  topic, relevant aspects of practice and community needs are related together	A research  topic, relevant aspects of practice and community needs are related together and put into wider contexts
		0-4	5	6	7-8	9-10
2/ Critically engage with a range of literature about the identified research topic by summarising the key ideas and then comparing / contrasting	30	No key ideas are summarised	A key idea in the literature relating to the topic is summarised	A range of key ideas in the literature relating to the topic are summarised	A range of key ideas in the literature relating to the topic are summarised, then compared / contrasted	A range of key ideas in the literature relating to the topic are summarised, then compared / contrasted within wider contexts
		1-14	15-18	19-22	22-26	27-30
3/Argue how your insights gained from the literature address the needs of your community(ies)	15	No insights gained from the literature that address community needs are discussed	An insight gained from the literature that addresses community needs is discussed	A range of insights gained from the literature that addresses community needs are discussed	Argue how a range of insights gained from the literature address the needs of your community	Argue how a range of insights gained from the literature address the needs of your community, comparing with wider contexts
		1-7	8-9	10-11	12-13	14-15
4/ Clearly articulate the inquiry question(s), and explain how the question(s) have been developed after researching the literature, and how the question(s) will guide your Action Plan and its implementation	15	Inquiry question(s) are not clearly stated and/or  insufficient explanation of how the question is developed.	Inquiry question(s) are stated and a brief explanation about how the question(s) is developed and/or how the question(s) will guide the Action Plan and its implementation.	Inquiry question(s) are stated. There is an some explanation of how the question(s) are developed and will guide the Action Plan and its implementation.	An articulation of the inquiry question(s) and explanation of how the inquiry question(s) have been developed and will guide the Action Plan and its implementation.	A clear articulation of the inquiry question(s) and explanation of how the inquiry question(s) have been developed, and will guide the Action Plan and its implementation within the wider context.
		1-7	8-9	10-11	12-13	14-15
5/  A relevant range of sources are cited.	10	Inadequate referencing, insufficient sources and citation	Adequate referencing, sources identified and cited	Good list of references, cited and discussed	Well integrated and constructed  references, cited and debated	Comprehensive referencing, integrated in a reflective manner
		0-4	5	6	7-8	9-10
6/ Appropriate standard of presentation	10	Poorly structured presentation of disconnected information, or length did not meet the required criteria.	Adequate presentation quality (telling / reciting)	Presentation that describes and combines themes, with a narrative structure.	A well argued presentation with a narrative structure that relates themes together.	An original and creative presentation displaying a reflective narrative structure.
		0-4	5	6	7-8	9-10

Provide evidence of online participation

Refer to a separate rubric (Part B RUBRIC)

10%

Part B	Checklist 1	Checklist 2	Weighting %
Online evidence  1	Contribution is topic driven and adds value to the interaction	Contribution is made during the period of the course	5 %
	Yes/No	Yes/No
Online evidence  2	Contribution is topic driven and adds value to the interaction	Contribution is made during the period of the course	5 %
	Yes/No	Yes/No

Provide evidence of online participation

Refer to a separate rubric (Part B RUBRIC)

10%