Assessment 2 requires YOU to complete an individual reflection based on the Team-on-Team review (feedback) provided to your team. The word limit for the reflection is 750 words and should address the criterion in the marking matrix for Assessment 2. You will need to provide academic references to support your reflection and proposed actions.
The articles below should assist you in preparing Assessment 2. You are also encouraged to do your own research.
Li, L, Liu, X & Steckelberg, A L 2010. “Assessor or assessee: How student learning improves by giving and receiving peer feedback’. British Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 525-536.Woodward, Gary M.,2015 ‘Peer review in the classroom: Is it beneficial?’, Literacy Learning: The Middle Years. Vol. 23 Issue 1, p40-46. 7Brtuus Stephanie, Donna Magda, Ronen, Sigalit 2103, ‘Can Business Students Learn to Evaluate Better? Evidence From Repeated Exposure to a Peer-Evaluation System’ .Academy of Management Learning & Education, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p18-31.Lam, Ricky, 2010, ‘A Peer Review Training Workshop: Coaching Students to Give and Evaluate Peer Feedback’, . TESL Canada Journal, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p114-127Signorini, Adriana 2014,’ Involving Undergraduates in Assessment: Assisting Peers to Provide Constructive Feedback’ Assessment Update, Vol. 26 Issue 6, p3-13
BPD3100 Applied Business Challenge Assessment 2: Individual Reflection According to research, studies have shown that providing constructive feedback can significantly improve student learning, overall performance and productivity. (AITSL, 2019) In the previous assessment, each group were given the role of being an assessor, by providing constructive feedback to another group and being assessed by receiving feedback in the areas that were lacking, to enable the group to adequately enhance their work accordingly. It is believed that high quality feedback leads to better performance as it creates an effective channel for communication and helps individual increase their skills and knowledge. (Li, Liu & Steckelberg, 2010) This reflection will provide an insight into how feedback is portrayed. After receiving feedback from the other team and educator there was a number of improvements that needed to be made. It has been identified that our presentation included too many words on a single slide. It suggests that we recognise the key points to communicate the message across to the audience in a clear and concise manner. Daffner (2000) stated that slides should never be crowded and words should be kept to a minimum to emphasize the points the speaker is making. He also advised to avoid using a broad colour combination as it distracts the audience from the point being conveyed. (Daffner, 2000) Therefore, the background should be dark with a light colour font (For example, a medium blue background with either yellow or white lettering) to reduce eye straining. The inclusion of diagrams, graphs and company logo in slides can also help convey the message more effectively than words as it enables the audience to picture the talk rather than imagining. Furthermore, we were suggested to carefully clarify and refine our S.M.A.R.T objectives as they did not meet the criteria. It states that we missed our marketing objectives as it was not clear how our team would promote our small business to the community to gain customers and bring awareness. Ryan Shelley (2020) has stated that goals are really important to set a destination for where you’re trying to go. It is important that we are setting the right goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and also time-bound as we want to see our business succeed and move forward. Therefore, taking time to effectively make our objectives smart is crucial in order to identify how the business will move forward and meet its demand. Peer review is defined as a process of subjecting an author’s work, research or ideas to the scrutiny of others. (Kelly.J, Sadeghieh.T & Adeli.K 2014) It helps to identify whether the standard of work provided meets the criteria and expectation of others. The opportunity to evaluate and analyse the other team has enabled myself to identify some issues and key areas that were missing in the rubric criteria so that I can learn from their mistakes but also help the group to strive and fix those areas to a higher standard. Therefore, feedback is important as it gives an opportunity for positive criticism and allows individuals or team to improve their focus and results. In addition, to depicting a healthy communication flow. Studies have suggested that meaningful peer and student self-assessment have the potential to positively contribute to student learning and achievement. Lam (2010), agrees as he articulates that trained peer review, plays a significant role in helping students improve their interim and final drafts. In addition to the use of scoring guides which are very useful and easy to express and evaluate one’s work through mediating improved performance and self-regulation. (Signorini, 2014) Although, I thought I had marked the group’s presentation a bit harsh, such as giving them a score of two out of five for their strong visuals and engagement. However, this would benefit them in the future rather than sympathizing and talking highly of them when in fact the pitch was mediocre. By providing constructive feedback such as ‘the information provided was easy to read and expanded upon however, S.M.A.R.T objectives were missing from the pitch’ would allow them to improve on this area to get a higher result. Overall the activity of peer evaluation has allowed myself to critically analyse and provide constructive feedback in order to substantially reflect on the positives and negatives of one’s presentation. It enabled me understand the important pointers to remember such as engaging with the audience through asking questions and interacting with them as well as making sure key points are being communicated across clearly so the audience can have a better understanding of the business pitch. Therefore, the feedback received from both the group and educator will greatly benefit the team and I to acknowledge our strengths and weaknesses for future assignments. References Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited (AITSL), 2019, ‘Reframing feedback to improve teaching and learning’ viewed 02 March 2020,
Daffner, RH 2000, ‘On Improvement of Scientific Presentations: Using PowerPoint’ AJR Am J Roentgenol, vol.5, pp.40-52. Kelly.J, Sadeghieh.T & Adeli.K 2014, ‘Peer Review in Scientific Publications: Benefits, Critiques, & A Survival Guide’ Lam, Ricky, 2010, ‘A Peer Review Training Workshop: Coaching Students to Give and Evaluate Peer Feedback’, . TESL Canada Journal, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p114-127 Li, L, Liu, X & Steckelberg, A L 2010. “Assessor or assessee: How student learning improves by giving and receiving peer feedback’. British Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 525-536. Ryan Shelley, C. (2020). Why SMART Goals are Important to Your Long-Term Success. Smamarketing.net. viewed on 03 March 2020< https://www.smamarketing.net/blog/why-smart-goals-are-important=""> Signorini, Adriana 2014,’ Involving Undergraduates in Assessment: Assisting Peers to Provide Constructive Feedback’ Assessment Update, Vol. 26 Issue 6, p3-13 ASSESSMENT 2: INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION (15%) Instructions 1. As a reviewer you will individually review ANOTHER group’s presentation of their project. Fill out this hardcopy template during their presentation and Q&A session. (The Review team will be expected to lead the Question and Answer). 2. This individual review will be COLLATED into a team review. (All individuals will discuss, review and synthesise their individual reviews and as a team you will then combine these to complete= one team review document.) 3. You will EMAIL your collated team review to both the team you reviewed and to your facilitator prior to the end of Session 3 . 4. You will reflect on the feedback provided by the Team on Team Review. Use the marking matrix to guide what you need to address in your reflection. This is an individual piece of assessment. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Team-on-Team Review Template Use this template to make notes during the presentation. It is designed to capture your views on the content included in the presentation. Project Content What is the specific nature of this project? How and why has the project been initiated? What is the project trying to achieve? What are the main project objectives? Are they SMART objectives? Why/Why not? It is a restaurant that specialises in southern Indian Cuisine. They are to be based in Melbourne CBD. They are targeting Indian families and Asians as their target audience, in other words people who are already exposed to Indian food. To bring a taste of south Indian cuisine to the Melbourne CBD due to a lack of current business serving or engaging in that market. Increase 10% monthly revenue in first year Improve service through training Emphasize specialty food like Chicken Dum Biryani All three of these objectives are not SMART as they are not specific or measurable in some cases. For example for the first year they talk about a 10% increase but you can't have that without a base figure to work on. In terms of improving service through training, it is not specific enough as they haven't discussed what kind of training they want to engage or what kind of service they want to improve. For their third target, they have not mentioned the purpose of why emphasizing specialty food is significant to their business. To fill a void in the market in the lack of southern Indian Cuisine in Melbourne CBD and to generate a profit. This section is designed to capture your views on the presentation. Presentation Please give a score between 1-5 and justify your scoring with appropriate comments. 5 = excellent 4=very good 3=good 2=fair 1=poor Criteria Score Comments Specific nature of project is clear and succinctly explained. The presentation has a strong visual impact and engages audience. The visual presentation has a logical flow of information. Slides are of a high standard. Teamwork is evident through the presentation. Team members demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the project. Acid Test Overall, what score would you give this project, taking everything into account? 3 Wasn't clear on the difference between southern Indian and northern Indian food. 3 Relevant photos to project and context. Pictures and examples of specialty food would have been better. 2 Information was not clear as a result flow could not be attained which made it confusing. We would recommend more specific information with more clear and concise formatting. 3 3 1 2 Slides were lacking a good flow of informations and the content wasn't strong. More research needs to be done on competitors and differentiation. Teamwork didn't call specific members to transition slides. Lack of flow of information showed a lack of teamwork. Failed to answer questions appropriately and completely changed narrative upon challenging questions. Did not show confidence or sufficient research in the area. Project idea is good but lacking research and SMART objectives. Teamwork needs to improve by collaborating ideas together more. Find competitors and how you would specifically differentiate yourselves from them.