Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Padlet Digital Reflections

In this assessment task students are asked to post to the free UQ supported app, Padlet. Every week of semester students are required to add to their own Padlet wall story for that week. That is, they are asked to write a reflection using concepts and theories from the week's lecture, readings, and from other resources such as academic and media articles, open blogs, images, video and social media. They are required to use those concepts and apply them to a their own experience or a phenomenon in their knowledge. Students' contributions can include commentaries or short reflections, photographs, short videos, artwork, and any other creative form of contribution that is closely related to the theme for the week. Students are encouraged to use the first person, and to write about their impressions and personal experiences as they relate to the week's topic. Students are asked not to write in a formal academic writing, but to still write well. This assessment provides students with an opportunity to personally reflect on what they are learning and apply it to experiences and events familiar to them. Each student's contribution is marked on the quality of the research that went into it (i.e. engagement with, and understanding of, readings, lecture materials, and other sources), ability to apply that knowledge to the empirical world rather than just describe what they have learnt, their presentation of materials and the creativity they bring to their reflection.