17 ASSESSMENT TASK 3a: Group Written Report Purpose and aims: As a small group**, students will research, analyse and critique an existing activism campaign aimed at addressing a social or environmental issue. Each team is required to choose ONE campaign from the following list: 1. Black Lives Matter - http://blacklivesmatter.com/ 2. Vote Home Campaign (Australian for Affordable Housing) - http://housingstressed.org.au/ 3. Campaign against emerging tech - http://emergingtech.foe.org.au/about-us/ Once the campaign of interest has been chosen, students will critically analyse and appraise the campaign objectives, planning, design and outcomes and write up their findings in an executive business report. ** This assessment requires students to actively engage and work collaboratively with a diverse range of students to be able to understand the perspectives of others; therefore, small groups of 5 (groups will be formed in week 3 or 4) will be formed by self-selection (with the support of the lecturer) however, you are highly recommended to have a range of disciplines, ages, cultural and linguistic skills as the greater the diversity of your group, the broader the range of ideas that will be available to you. This assessment task provides students an opportunity for inter-cultural learning, which requires a culturally heterogeneous mix of students. Description of the assessment: Students are required to reference at least 4 types of resources in the group written report: 4. Minimum of 6 journal articles (students are required to use scholarly and peer-reviewed articles) and textbooks. 5. Newspaper/Magazine articles 6. Company/NGO Websites 7. Company Sustainability reports Assignment development and submission method: OU Wiki Students are required to actively engage and participate with their group members to deliver Assessment Task 3a using an OU Wiki. • What is OU Wiki? A wiki is a web-based platform helping you work together to create and edit a set of linked pages. It’s a quick, easy way of creating a mini-website. Wiki also keeps a record of who has made changes and created content and a history allowing you to ‘roll back’ to an earlier version. These features make it a useful tool for teamwork and creating a shared resource. • How to use it? OU Wiki is a module designed in LMS and students simply can use it as a platform to write their assignments. It is quite similar to common methods of typing e.g. MS Word but is web-based. The full instruction of how to use it, will Assessment Task 3a Activism campaign appraisal - Group written report Due date/ Assignment submission Sunday 14 May before 11:59pm Submit your assignment electronically via LMS. Groups are required to develop and submit this as an OU Wiki assignment via turnitin. Word limit 3000 words in total (+/- 10%), plus references (Students are required to use the LTU Harvard Referencing style) Type of assignment Group assessment Weighting 25% of the total marks for this subject Grading criteria: Assessment specific grading criteria in the Subject Learning Guide Important notes - Font size not smaller than 12. - You MUST keep a duplicate copy of your assignment18 be described within the workshops. We have prepared a tutorial video for you to learn how to use it. Please visit your LMS. • How will it be assessed? OU Wiki requires students to actively engage and work collaboratively with their group members. It also helps the lecturer to track students’ engagement and progress during their participations. Therefore, students would be evaluated using the common method of evaluation. Please see Grading Criteria Assessment Task 3a: Group Campaign Appraisal Report. Detailed guidelines on how to develop and submit your group OU Wiki are available on the subject LMS page. Suggested Template for Group Written Report 1. Assignment Cover Sheet 2. Executive Summary (5%)** 3. Background to the Issues (20%) a. Identifying the problems/issues the campaign aims to address b. Defining the campaign goals/objectives c. How did the campaign establish credibility as an activist? 4. Analyzing the policy environment (15%) a. Power-holder maps 5. Developing the strategy (20%) a. Integrated Strategy Maps 6. Implementing the plan (20%) a. Campaign calendars 7. Critical discussion of campaign outcomes (15%) 8. Conclusions (5%) 9. References 10. Appendices ** The percentages give you an indication of the relative word count for each of the sections, for example, 20% of 3000 words is 600 words. Tables, figures, references and appendices do not contribute to the word count for the report. A total of 15-20 references are expected for the report21 Grading Criteria Assessment Task 3a: Group Campaign Appraisal Report (25%) Criteria Excellent (A 80-100%) Very Good (B 70-79%) Good (C 60-69%) Pass (D 50-59%) Fail (N 0-49%) Marks Inquiry Research and ProblemSolving Aligns analytical process to campaign objectives to derive convincing evidence- based outcomes. Reliably interprets research evidence about campaign given an analytical process. Some interpretation of research evidence about campaign given an analytical process. Poor interpretation of research evidence about campaign given a weak analytical process. Application of a poorly researched analytical process about the campaign has produced inaccurate outcomes. /7 Writing, Argument and Report Structure Excellent logically developed structure matched to the task. Generates a highly developed, focused and sustained argument(s) related to the campaign appraisal report. Uses logically developed structure matched to the task. Generates developed and focused argument(s) related to the campaign appraisal report. Uses somewhat logical structure of paragraphs but with errors. Generates few developed and focused argument(s) related to the campaign appraisal report. Poor logic in structure of paragraphs. Poor development and focus of argument(s) related to the campaign appraisal report. Paragraph structure is not clear, well ordered or logical. Generates a series of statements or claims without connecting these to form a clear, logical argument. /5 Referencing Employs an accurate academic referencing convention citing multiple, highly relevant sources. Employs an accurate academic referencing convention citing multiple sources, with some errors. Employs a basic academic referencing convention appropriate to the discipline, with an adequate number of sources. Employs a basic academic referencing convention appropriate to the discipline Shows unfamiliarity with, and inconsistent application of the conventions of academic referencing /5 Collaboration and Participation An integrated contribution to the report, which reflects critical assimilation of group perspectives, reaching a balanced and well-founded conclusion, set of findings or recommendations. A co-ordinated contribution to the report, which reflects assimilation of group perspectives, reaching a qualified conclusion, set of findings or recommendations. A response to the report which attempts to accommodate or draw upon the group contribution in a coherent and structured fashion, reaching a tentative conclusion, set of findings or recommendations. A response to the report which reflects group contribution, and constructs a less than coherent, but plausible, conclusion, set of findings or recommendations. Response does not account for group social contributions, or is unable to effectively include other points of view to reach a plausible conclusion. /8 COMMENTS /25