Posted: February 10th, 2015

COM10003 Learning and Communicating Online

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Teaching Period 3, 2014

COM10003 Learning and Communicating Online

Assessment 1: An exploration of the digital world (individual task) Word limit: 1000 (+/- 10%)

Due date: 9am (AEDT) Monday 1 December (Week 5) Weighting: 20%

Assessment overview

Throughout the activities and learning materials in weeks 1-4 you’ve been exploring, discussing

and collaborating. This assessment builds on your chosen topic of interest from Week 2, Activity 1

to produce a descriptive account of what you have found and what you have learned.

Assessment details

You will need to select a topic of interest and then research that topic online, making use of:

1. informational websites e.g. Wikipedia, Pinterest and Learnist
2. social media platforms e.g. Reddit, YouTube and Twitter.

Note: These are just examples to help illustrate what informational websites and social media

platforms are – you can discuss whatever sites you use in your exploration.

Your assessment task is to produce a descriptive account that includes a paragraph on each of

the following:

1. find a topic and select four (4) online sources (use a variety of sources) to help you

learn about the topic

2. write a description about how your online sources helped you learn about your topic.

The information on social constructivism may assist you with this aspect of this task.

Also, consider the type of information included in the website, medium (words,

pictures, moving images, spoken information) and the language used.

3. write an evaluation of the sites and platforms you explored and how and why you

selected them

4. write a conclusion clearly stating your key learnings about the use of online resources

for learning.

Assessment format

This assessment is not a formal piece of writing, like an essay or report. You should use a writing

style that is informal but informative, like the type of writing you commonly see on blogs – have a

look at a few blogs online to get a better idea of the style of writing required for this assessment.

You might consider using the four points listed in the assessment details as a guide, or even as

sub-headings for your descriptive account. You can write in the first person but this does not mean

that you should not take care with your expression, grammar, and spelling – correct language

usage is a criterion for this assessment. COM10003 Learning and Communicating Online

You must acknowledge the sources you use.

Assessment criteria

1. Description of how/why each online source has helped you learn more about the

chosen topic.

2. A brief evaluation of why you think your selections are good quality online sources.

For example, the credibility/reliability of the sources (e.g. author or professional

organisation), number of ‘hits’, comments and external links the sources provide

(where appropriate) or how up-to-date the sources are.

3. Structure – Your ideas are presented in a well-structured and logical order
4. Appropriate language and expression with attention to correct spelling and grammar.
5. Acknowledgement of sources – you’ve indicated where you your ideas have come

from, and provided a list of references

6. Conclusion – drawing together your ideas and summarising what you have learnt

about an online resource.