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Conference abstract and conference presentation

Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Conference abstract and conference presentation

This peer-reviewed conference abstract is the second of three assessment pieces in SWSP1012 - Social Being: Power, Structure and Agency, at the end of which students will be ready to present a paper at a fictitious conference entitled Advancing Human Rights, Social Justice, and Respect for Diversity in Australia Today.

First year
Class size of 40-60
Open
Genre Writing with Peer-review Report

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Genre Writing with Peer-review Report

In addition to producing their own piece of creative or academic writing, students work in pairs to provide a detailed feedback report of their partner's draft written assessment. Students are assessed on both the final written piece and on the report they produce for their student partners.

Third year
Class size of 20-40
Open
Funding Pitch

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Funding Pitch

This authentic assessment sees students collaborate to prepare and present a 5-minute pitch aimed at a hypothetical funding body. The imagined context is that this will precede a hypothetical five thousand dollar grant application for a product or project relevant to a specific disciplinary content or area of professional practice.

Second year, Third year
Class size of 40-60
Open
Article Review Presentation (using Pinterest and Padlet)

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Article Review Presentation (using Pinterest and Padlet)

In small groups students present an article review in dedicated tutorial time. Groups create a Pinterest page in which they collate and curate digital material relevant to their topic. Audience members use Padlet (an online notation tool) to comment on presentations in real time (via personal smartphones) to inform discussion.

First year
Class size of 20-40
Secure
Media Lab Student Negotiated Assessment

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Media Lab Student Negotiated Assessment

Designed explicitly to provide student flexibility and cater to diverse learning styles, this technique has students produce a piece of written or audio-visual content in response to a provocation from a course practicum or theoretical perspective. Content can take numerous forms including a blog, critical review, documentary, or reflexive essay.

Third year, Post-graduate
Class size of 100-500
Open
Workplace Learning Portfolio

Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Workplace Learning Portfolio

In Phase 2 (the clinical years) of the MD program in the Faculty of Medicine, students collect evidence of observed practice of core clinical skills - Mini Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX), Direct Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS) and Compulsory Observed Procedural Skills (COPS). They also lodge Clinical Participation Assessments for each clinical rotation. The overarching aims of the Workplace Learning Portfolio course are intern readiness, to be observed practicing core skills and receive feedback, and to use that feedback to continue to grow and develop.

Post-graduate
Class size of 100-500
Open
Video Presentation

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Video Presentation

In small groups students create a short YouTube video production communicating an otherwise complex or scholarly argument (developed out of an essay assessment item) in a form appropriate to an open audience. Ideally scaffolded with reflexive assessment items, this technique emphasises key workplace skills in production, messaging and interpersonal communication.

Third year
Class size of 80-100
Open
Video Experiment

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Video Experiment

Likened to a video essay, this technique sees students design and conduct an individual practical or experiential experiment based on course principles, documenting it (including background, rationale, results and implications) in a 10 minute YouTube video. Videos are edited and published online, with some being potentially translated into scholarly publications.

Second year, Third year
Class size of 40-60
Open
Technology Showcase

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Technology Showcase

Students are each assigned a different discipline-specific piece of equipment or technology and must give a presentation during class time outlining its key features and functions This assessment is designed to create a collaborative learning environment that introduces students to the relevant materials and technologies used within their discipline.

First year, Second year
Class size of 10-20
Secure
Simulation Exercise

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Simulation Exercise

Students complete a 3 hour in-class simulation where a hypothetical scenario occurs (in POLS7255, a foreign policy negotiation). Students form groups representing key stakeholders and must accurately represent their interests. Students prepare for the simulation (scheduled towards the end of semester) in advance and are assessed on preparation and participation.

Post-graduate
Class size of 40-60
Secure