Hi,This assessment is on Reflective writing which should be more of analysis & less description. I have written the requirements in word document & class activities in Excel spreadsheet. Please follow the presentation file to get a good picture and use the learning cycle given in the slide. No references required
Week 9 Week 9 Reflective writing Information Security Assessment Three – Reflective Portfolio Length 3000 words Submission By 11:59 PM AEST/AEDT Friday of Module 6.1 (week 11) Weighting 40% Assignment Three Let’s look at what you have to do … Journal AND Toward the end of the trimester, take your learning journal and then build a narrative that summarises the journey you undertook while studying this subject. You should refer to specific journal entries and/or extracts from learning activities to demonstrate your learning. There is no required format for the assessment. Students should use initiative and be sure to conform to the APA referencing style, making use of external sources as appropriate. Your journal RMIT University©2009 Academic Development Group, Business 5 What is Reflective Practice process of thinking about experiences, often new, with a view to learning from them a form of personal response to experiences, situations, events or information by reflecting on their meaning. This process enables you to better understand what you have learned and to gain new insights about yourself, others, and situations. These new insights may result in a change of behaviour, perspective or new action. There is neither a right nor a wrong way of reflective thinking, there are just questions to explore. RMIT University©2009 Academic Development Group, Business 6 What is the purpose of reflective journal writing To record the development of your ideas and insights, concepts, experiences To reflect on these thoughts and experiences as a means of increasing your understanding of both yourself and what you are observing To analyse what you learn and your self development – may lead to change RMIT University©2009 Academic Development Group, Business 7 What are the benefits of reflective practice? Life skill – by documenting experiences, thoughts, questions, ideas – develop an approach to thinking and learning - able to be transferred to all aspects of life observe, analyse & reflect your responses to situations opportunity to challenge ourselves, what we do and to explore ways to do it differently and better understand course material & gain skills related to your discipline recognise the acquired knowledge & skills developed enhance your employability as these skills are invaluable and attractive in the workplace and to potential employers. RMIT University©2009 Academic Development Group, Business 8 Reflective writing is NOT just conveying information, instruction or argument pure description, though there may be descriptive elements straightforward decision or judgement (e.g. about whether something is right or wrong, good or bad) simple problem-solving a summary of course notes a standard university essay 8 RMIT University©2009 Academic Development Group, Business 9 The Learning Cycle Record (what) . Reflect (think) Analyse (explain & gain insight) New action Simplified Learning Cycle Source: Adapted from Kolb’s Learning Cycle 1984 by the Study and Learning Centre 2002 RMIT University©2015 Academic Development Group, Business 10 Step 1 in Learning Cycle: Record what Summaries of the main points from your weekly sessions Immediate thoughts/responses to what you learned from the experience Describe the experience you are having while investigating IS RMIT University©2009 Academic Development Group, Business 11 Step 2 in Learning Cycle: Reflect (think) Which topics had the greatest impact on me? Why? What were the areas influenced my thinking? In Business? On self? How did I relate what I learned compared to what I believed/thought prior to the class (Relevance to me...beliefs, values, attitudes, assumptions) Did the weeks demonstrate any common characteristics/themes? What were they? How did what I researched link in with what I am studying Where there any surprises/challenges for me? What were they? RMIT University©2009 Academic Development Group, Business 12 Step 3 in Learning Cycle: Analysis Analysis in a reflective paper may involve three things: - Analysis of experience or content - Integration of experience with theory - Demonstration of improved awareness and self-development RMIT University©2009 Academic Development Group, Business 13 Step 3 in Learning Cycle: Analysis What questions you have since that experience? What can I use and apply from this experience in my business practice/ management/life? What I have learned about myself? What have I learned about the ways in which I interact with others? What aspects of myself could I change/ develop as a result of what I have learned? Conclusions you have drawn. RMIT University©2009 Academic Development Group, Business 14 Step 4 in Learning Cycle: New Action Comparisons and connections between your prior assumptions, preconceptions and prior knowledge your new knowledge and experience How new ideas challenge what you already know What will I change about..... How will I go about changing...... How will I monitor/evaluate the effectiveness of these changes? RMIT University©2009 Academic Development Group, Business 15 Style of writing Mostly subjective. In addition to being reflective and logical, you can be personal, hypothetical, critical and creative. Write in the first person. includes description (what, when, who) and analysis (how, why, what if)…. often resulting in more questions than answers. A reflective task may allow you to use different modes of writing and language: descriptive (outlining what something is or how something was done) explanatory (explaining why or how it is like that) expressive (I think, I feel, I believe) questioning Keep colloquial language to a minimum (eg, ‘kid’, ‘bloke’, ‘stuff’). 15 reflective writing is mostly subjective. Therefore in addition to being reflective and logical, you can be personal, hypothetical, critical and creative. You can comment based on your experience, rather than limiting yourself to academic evidence. Reflective writing is an activity that includes description (what, when, who) and analysis (how, why, what if). It is an explorative tool often resulting in more questions than answers. A reflective task may allow you to use different modes of writing and language: descriptive (outlining what something is or how something was done) explanatory (explaining why or how it is like that) expressive (I think, I feel, I believe) Use full sentences and complete paragraphs You can usually use personal pronouns like 'I', 'my' or 'we' Keep colloquial language to a minimum (eg, kid, bloke, stuff) Information security list as many threats to information security that you can think of … Cybercriminals TED talk Assessment 3 Reflective Writing Describe what we have done in class and link it to your life Reflect on this things like Torrens University, public transport, food, travel, friends, part time job, health & doctor etc., with respect to Australia Should more of analysis and less description Start with (describe with facts) What we have done & what we learn Evaluate ( Reflective thinking) 750-1000 words Melbourne life experiences, University experience with friends & lecturers, working in teams etc., Plan( Analyze not describe) 1500 words Set Goals Relating to my life like time management, work life balance with college, work, girl friend, things enjoyed in class, family in India. Also mention about my weakness in presentation skills and how should be done to be better next time in class Also, mention about my future goal to be businessman (to establish a foreign trade business of apparels) and how my foreign exposure and other learnings would help in this context Reflect How should I improve, what/how should I learn, How do I manage so that it helps in developing SMART GOALS Sheet1 DateLearning ActivityImpactEvidence 11/6/19Porters Value ChainGetting a clear picture on organisation activities 18/6/2019Timeline of ManagementUnderstood evolution of management and changes brought to it over 19th, 20th & 21st centuries 25/06/2019Ackoff's PyramidLearned how to extract information from raw data 2/7/19Tacit Knowledge and Explicit KnowledgeGot a fair knowledge on explicit and tacit knowledge. Learnt that to gain tacit knowledge you need experience 9/7/19Mapping Information SystemsIt helped to track the informations regarding all the IS with help of Hairdresser business 16/7/2019Customer Relationship Management at ZARAHad a live experience at the store with my team and had an conceptual observation in the store. Understood how the store interacts with the customers building business relationship with them 23/7/2019Disrupting Technology on Tesla Roof TilesUnderstood evolution of disruption technology and Tesla's invention on roof tiles has given good insights that it brings change to the market environment 30/7/2019Qualitative decision making It has given vivid understanding on how to assign things when there is scarcity to someone based on the criteria and one who achieves highest shall be awarded 6/8/19Reflective writingThis exercise was helped to identify loop holes regarding describing and analysing 13/8/2019Types of IT Security ThreatsThis was group exercise and was more of a like knowledge sharing since each group choosed one of the IT threat and described with examples