Module 12-5206-01L e-Business

Assessment: Critical Reflection (30% of module assessment)

Aims

· To enable you to analyse your practice and experience

· To help you evaluate your assumptions about the subject

· To help you qualify your development and transformation

· To facilitate constructing a view of transferable skills you have developed through the module

Requirements outline

The guidance notes and questions given below are intended to help you decide what to write. You do not have to answer all of them, and you can choose to discuss the subject in a different way.

The aim of this assignment is for each student to assess what they have learned about their own abilities, strengths and weaknesses as a team member (reflection on your group project), student on the module and a business practitioner in future on:

· Your personal and group learning process and how effective you felt it was.

· Your assessment of what you have learned.

Here are some questions which may help you decide what to write:

· Think about the way in which the module was taught in the context of your own individual learning preferences.

o How do I learn best, for example through seminars, group discussions, reading material on my own, or in practical exercises?

o How well did the teaching on this module suit my learning preferences?

o Were there any subjects or activities I found particularly useful. Were there any I found unhelpful?

· Consider what you learned about your strengths, weaknesses, preferences and working behaviour from the teamwork in doing your group project?

o How did this experience compare with any other group or team working activities you have experienced?

o How did your group reach decisions?

o How did you deal with disagreements?

o How did the lessons of influence the way you and your team worked together?

o What have you learned about yourself from this experience?

· Reflect on this assignment.

o What do you think are the most important lessons you have learned from this assessment?

· Reflect on the subject.

o Why is the subject important? Is it any different to traditional business?

o What are its advantages and disadvantages?

o How does it affect our everyday life?

This is also about you setting the bench marks. The above list outlines an attempt to brainstorm some of the issues. On another day, that list may have been something else. The idea is not for you to go through the list and cover all the pointers. The idea is for you to get a holistic view of what might be appropriate from the list and create your own structure to your reflection. You must certainly study the module descriptor (see under module) and bring in aims and objectives of the module to help you develop some basis for the exercise.

You are well advised to look up notes on critical reflection.

Writing the Assignment

· We advise you to go back through the course material to see what we have said about these topics, and what is said in the text books.

· You should widen your reading to include relevant papers and Case Studies.

· Your personal blog that you have maintained through the year should play an important part in structuring your thoughts and help you provide evidence to your assertions.

The marking criteria below will tell you what we are looking for when we award marks. It is an individual assignment, but discussion is a valuable way of developing ideas and knowledge. We will take into account how much students have contributed to their personal blog and discussion forums on module's Blackboard site.

Outcome

· You are required to write an essay of no more than 1200 words. This is an individual piece of work and it has to be a personal account of your experiences A personal Blog to consist of student reflection throughout the delivery of the module.

Submission and deadline

Submission: Submission of work is through module's Blackboard site. A link is made available under "Assessment".

Hand-in date: You must submit one file through Blackboard by no later than 4:00PM on Friday, 30th of April 2010. The normal regulations for the submission of late work apply available at: http://students.shu.ac.uk/rightsrules/regs.html

Mark Scheme	0-40%	41%-50%	51%-60%	61%-70%	71%-100%
Concepts/ Content/ Learning Objectives 25%	Little or no evidence. Missing or demonstrates little understanding.	Allusion to the concepts and the learning objectives is vague.	Demonstrates accurate knowledge of concepts and practice.	Explores concepts in depth.	Establishes original thoughts in concepts and projects itself to develop ideas.
Experiences 25%	Little or no evidence. Little evidence of engagement in the module.	Experiences are explained albeit explanations maybe somewhat vague.	Accurate and clear description of experiences.	+ Evaluates learning processes and learning opportunities.	+ Critically evaluates to establish original insight about the experience(s).
Synthesis of concepts and experiences - Connections 25%	Little or no evidence. Does not demonstrate applicability of concepts.	Attempts to make connections between concepts and experiences albeit maybe vague.	+ Explores applicability of concepts.	+ Evaluates applicability of the connection(s).	+ Critically evaluates to establish original insight about the connection(s).
Communication with audience 25%	Little or no evidence. Dry communication. Lacks clarity, presentation.	Clear awareness of audience. Presentation is direct and to the point. Some effort to project energy and enthusiasm.	+ Engages the audience in the subject. Clear effort to project energy and enthusiasm.	+ Inspires the audiences and induces interest. Energy and enthusiasm sustained throughout.	+Influences thinking about the subject. Demonstrates creativity and originality.