8/14/2019 DIGC101 Reflective Essay Guide

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DIGC101 Spring 2009

New Media and Communication

Assessment Criteria Reflective Essay

Due: Week 5 Thursday, August 27 by 4pm.

Weight: 20%

Topic: Using and Experiencing the Web as a Communication Form

In the first four weeks of the semester, you will be developing your experience with a collection of

online technologies, including blogs, social networking sites, wikis, forums, image sharing sites and

personal web pages among others. From your experience so far and drawing on other primary,

secondary and tertiary sources, construct an essay that incorporates the ideas, concepts and issues

studied in the lectures and labs/seminars.

Reflection Essay Style

A reference list should be provided in aconventional academic format. The reflection essay should

consider the texts and further readings from the lecture and class content. Remember to introduce

further credible academic sources and include relevant primary and secondary materials to exemplify

your observations. If you are unsure about academic referencing protocols, you must check the UoW

Library Website. The Harvard style is recommended.Assessment criteria

A reflective essay is a demonstration of your expertise in a certain area of inquiry. It will demonstrate:

the capacity to communicate an argument that is substantiated with relevant supportingevidence in a concise, well-constructed short essay form

the ability to integrate online sources that deal directly with the subject; this includes forms ofcommentary you have generated about your experience subject. Critical commentary couldand should be from other students blogs

the capacity to integrate at least 10 sources into your research and writing. These sourcesshould come from a combination of locations include the lectures, background materials andyour own research and analysis of primary, secondary and tertiary sources

sources should go beyond required readings for the subject and demonstrate extendedresearch by the student

a minimum of grammatical and orthographical errors: implicit in this is not only its quality as

an assignment, but also its public dissemination as a blog post. Please proofread beforesubmitting ( and perhaps get someone else to read it through before posting)

correct and consistent referencing and citation of all images and images used in the essay

an ability to use quotations/referencing that have clear added value to the argument and theessay citing for the sake of citing will weaken the value of your essay

The reflective essay will be a blog post and be deposited as the last post on your blog. Finally, it is

acceptable to have appendices to your work, hyperlinks, videos and other media that can expand

certain points.

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