Assignment 4 personal development reflection

Assignment 4: Personal Development Reflection

Learning from direct experience can be more effective if coupled with reflection—that is, the intentional attempt to synthesise, abstract, and articulate the key lessons taught by experience.
(Di Stefano 2014)
In this assignment you are asked to reflect in more detail on your experience during this unit, the theories and practices you have learnt, and how this influenced your professional and personal development.

Consider the following points to get you started:

How have your Future Work Skills developed as part of your experiences in this unit as a consumer, producer and sharer of online sources of information? Provide examples from your experiences in this unit to demonstrate.
How has the development of an informational resource (your PowerPoint or video), or your work in the discussion board, helped you understand how to evaluate the credibility of online sources in an academic environment?
Your progress towards your unit and course goals, as well as the factors which have helped and/or hindered this progress.
What are the implications for your future endeavours (both academic and in your career)?
Use relevant literature from various sources to back up your writing.

Related learning outcome
This assignment assesses the following unit learning outcome:

4. Reflect on self as a learner.

Please note: COM10003 uses both Swinburne Harvard and APA referencing style. Please use the appropriate style for your discipline. Contact your eLA if you are unsure which style you should use.

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Work through the following steps to complete this assignment:

Reflect on the development of your Future Work Skills. Reflect on how your awareness of the online environment has changed.
Reflect on how the learning in this unit may positively affect your work in other units during the life of your course as well as in any future workplaces.
Don't forget to include an introduction and conclusion.
Find relevant sources to back up your arguments, citing these within the body of your reflection and including a full Swinburne Harvard or APA reference list (not included in word count).
Compile and edit your reflection in a single Word document and submit as below.
The ideas that you generate as part of this process will help prepare your draft.

The following structure may help you to organise your work. Word counts for each section are approximate (as long as the total word count is between 1350 and 1650 words).

Introduction (150 words).
Main Point 1: How one to two of my Future Work Skills have developed since the beginning of the teaching period, the experiences and concepts that have helped and hindered this progress, and how this learning will impact my future studies and career (300 words and two paragraphs).
Main Point 2: How my ‘current knowledge of the online environment’ section has developed since the beginning of the teaching period, the experiences and ideas from sources that have helped or hindered this progress, and how what I have learnt about myself as a learner as part of this experience will impact my future studies and career (300 words and two paragraphs).
Main Point 3: My progress towards one to two of my unit goals, the experiences and ideas from sources that have helped or hindered this progress, and how achieving these unit goals will impact my future studies and career (300 words and two paragraphs).
Main Point 4: My progress towards one to two of my course goals, the experiences and ideas from sources that have helped or hindered this progress, and how achieving these unit goals will impact my future studies and career (300 words and two paragraphs).
Conclusion (150 words).
There is flexibility in how the information is sequenced, provided that essay-writing conventions are followed, the key points are covered and that the word count requirements are addressed.

Remember to draw on themes and readings from this unit to help support your ideas. Use Metzger's criteria when selecting sources.

Criteria No Pass

Pass 50-59%

Credit 60-69%

Distinction 70-79%

High Distinction 80-100%

Future Work Skill development (10%)

Did not meet criterion.

Provides some information about a Future Work Skill developed through participation in this unit. There is room for further development in the use of examples and the explanation of processes involved.

Provides clear information about a Future Work Skill developed through participation in this unit. There is room for further development in the use of examples or the explanation of the process involved.

Provides clear information about a Future Work Skill developed through participation in this unit. The explanation of the experience or the processes involved in developing the skills is generally clear however there may be room for further detail or more concrete information.

Provides a clear, coherent argument demonstrating how a specific Future Work Skill has been developed as part of the process of participating in the unit. Theory and experience are integrated convincingly.

Development of knowledge of the online world (10%)

Did not meet criterion.

Relevant experiences within this unit have been described. The focus is more on what happened rather than the processes that have assisted with knowledge development.

Relevant theory has been used to explain how their knowledge of the online world has been developed in this unit. Appropriate examples have been provided. The reflection may be somewhat general and the connection between theory and experience may require further development.

Relevant theory has been used to explain how their knowledge of the online world has been developed in this unit. Appropriate examples have been provided. The reflection may be somewhat general or the connection between theory and experience may require further development.

Relevant theory has been used to explain how their knowledge of the online world has been developed in this unit. Clear and appropriate examples have been provided.

Progress towards unit goals (10%)

Did not meet criterion.

A clear unit goal has been provided. Relevant experiences have been outlined however there is room for much greater analysis.

A clear unit goal has been provided. Some honest and insightful reflection is apparent with a focus on factors that have helped as well or those that have hindered. The literature and ideas selected to explain the experience are relevant. There may be some room for development in the use of more concreate examples and the use of appropriate theory to explain the experience.

A clear unit goal has been provided. Some honest and insightful reflection is apparent with a focus on factors that have helped as well as those that have hindered. The literature and ideas selected help explain the experience outlined. There may be some room for development either in the use of more concreate examples or the use of appropriate theory to explain the experience.

A clear unit goal has been provided. Honest and insightful reflection is apparent with a focus on factors that have helped as well as those that have hindered. The literature and ideas selected help explain the experience outlined. The explanation is clear and convincing.

Progress towards course goals (10%)

Did not meet criterion.

A clear course goal has been provided. Relevant experiences have been outlined however there is room for much greater analysis.

A clear course goal has been provided. Some honest and insightful reflection is apparent with a focus on factors that have helped as well or those that have hindered. The literature and ideas selected to explain the experience are relevant. There may be some room for development in the use of more concreate examples and the use of appropriate theory to explain the experience.

A clear course goal has been provided. Some honest and insightful reflection is apparent with a focus on factors that have helped as well as those that have hindered. The literature and ideas selected help explain the experience outlined. There may be some room for development either in the use of more concreate examples or the use of appropriate theory to explain the experience.

A clear course goal has been provided. Honest and insightful reflection is apparent with a focus on factors that have helped as well as those that have hindered. The literature and ideas selected help explain the experience outlined. The explanation is clear and convincing.

Reflection on the future (20%)

Did not meet criterion.

Limited insight into oneself as a learner is displayed. Limited connections between the experience in this unit and the learnings that will be taken forward are in evidence. Some attempts have been made to explain how the learnings will help in the future however there is room for greater development.

Some insight into oneself as a learner is displayed and the connection with the experience within the unit is relatively clear. The justification as to how this self-awareness will help in future may be somewhat general.

Some insight into oneself as a learner is displayed and the connection with the experience within the unit is relatively clear. The justification as to how this self-awareness will help in future is solid.

The reflection on the future builds cohesively on the information provided earlier. It is clear how what the learner has learnt about themselves as a learner will help them in the future. The argument about how these learnings will help them is clear and convincing and backed up appropriate supporting literature where appropriate.

Use of literature (20%)

Did not meet criterion.

You have used some relevant literature to support your reflection.

You have demonstrated effective use of credible and reliable relevant literature to support your reflection. There is evidence of the use of literature throughout the assignment.

You have demonstrated highly effective use of credible and reliable relevant literature to support your reflection. Most key points are substantiated.

You have demonstrated outstanding and highly effective use of credible and reliable literature to support your reflection. You have also shown evidence of additional research. All key points are substantiated.

Structure (10%)

Did not meet criterion.

There is a clear structure.

There is a clear structure with a logical flow throughout.

There is a clear structure with a logical flow throughout and a well- developed introduction and conclusion.

There is a clear structure with a logical flow throughout and a sophisticated introduction and conclusion.

Spelling and grammar (5%)

Did not meet criterion.

There are some spelling errors and/or problems with grammar.

The writing is mostly free of spelling errors and/or problems with grammar.

There are very few spelling errors or problems with grammar.

The work is free from any spelling errors or problems with grammar.

Referencing (5%)

Did not meet criterion.

External sources are acknowledged but incorrectly referenced. It is clear where the words of others start and end.

An author and date system of referencing has been used, however, closer adherence to Swinburne Harvard or APA style is required.

External sources are generally referenced correctly (according to Swinburne Harvard or APA style) with minor errors in formatting or the use of punctuation.

All external sources are referenced correctly (according to Swinburne Harvard or APA style).