CLIM2002 – Risks and Impacts of a Changing Climate: Climate Conundrums Discussion Forum brief
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Two Climate Conundrums Discussion Forum Assessments Weighting: 20% (10% each) Due Date: End of week 5 and week 10. Type: Collection of discussion forum post URLs Group work: No Length: For full marks there should be enough to satisfy all components of the marking rubric. Generally your best post from each week. Submission requirements: This assessment requires you to collect a list of URLs of your discussion forum posts from each half of the course and submit them following the instructions provided. Feedback Details: Feedback will be provided based on the rubric below 2 weeks after the submission. Aligned CLOs: 1, 2, 4, 5, & 6. Assessment Description
Rationale Being an online-only course has some advantages (e.g. you can go through the material at your own pace, at a time that suits you), but it also has some disadvantages. One disadvantage is that it is difficult to build a sense of being part of a learning community. To address this disadvantage the Climate Conundrums Discussion Forum is available each week to discuss topics relevant to that weeks material. By engaging with the Forum on a regular basis you will find that there are a multitude of opinions and possible actions when it comes to dealing with climate risk. In some cases we find "wicked" problems for which there does not appear to be any good solution. I strongly encourage you to engage with the forum (myself and other tutors will too) and note that participation in the forum is worth 20% of your final mark. Task description The discussion forum participation mark is based on your engagement in online discussions in Moodle. Marks are not awarded for knowing a lot about a topic nor are they lost for being wrong about anything in particular. Students who constructively and critically engage in discussions throughout the course can expect to receive a full mark. Students are required to submit a collection of posts in the middle and at the end of the course to be assessed. Instructions and a detailed marking rubric that shows how marks are given is provided below. Submission details
Towards the end of the week 5 (covering weeks 1-5) and week 10 (covering weeks 7-10), make a single submission containing examples of your contributions to be assessed by staff. Submit the URL of your posts (i.e. click on and copy the “Permalink” of your posts). For example Do NOT post the actual text of your contributions. To add examples of your contributions, click on the 'Comments' link below, paste the URLs of your contribution to the discussion, and save. Be sure to hit the "Add Submission" button once you are ready to submit the assessment. Then check the "For Individual Assignment" check box, write "See comments" in the "Online text" box, and save your submission. Resources
To receive full marks for this assessment you should engage with the discussion forum each week. Both writing your own original posts and responding to the posts of others. In each half of the course you will need enough posts of the right variety to satisfy all components of the marking rubric below. Marking rubric below
4 - Excellent 3 - Good 2 - Fair 1 - Poor 0 - No
attempt Leadership Consistently posed challenging, thoughtful and critically engaged questions and opinions Posed some clearly challenging, thoughtful and critically engaged questions and opinions A little evidence of critical thought or potentially challenging ideas Almost no evidence of challenging or critical engagement No attempt at all
Helpfulness and
Constructiveness Worked hard to help others understand material, always respectful, polite constructive Several examples of helping others or expanding on detail for others benefit Generally posted their own thoughts without incorporating what others had said Posted generic material unrelated to others points No attempt at all Consistency Consistent engagement throughout course, posting in relevant week (rather than retrospectively), including following up on questions or responses to previous discussions Engagement in most weeks, including following up on questions or responses to previous discussions, mostly in current week Engagement over only a few periods, with consistent engagement in at least one discussion thread Engagement almost entirely in one period or retrospectively or no replies in any thread No attempt at all Research and
accountability Responses consistently used reliable range of sources and gave references Some posts gave references and detailed researched information Posts were mostly personal thoughts, with some external sources Posts were typically short, personal thoughts No attempt at all 51作业君版权所有