Course Coordinator:Sandra Elsom (selsom@usc.edu.au) School:School of Education and Tertiary Access
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Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus. |
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This course is about using information communication technology (ICT), and also about learning. It is designed to teach fundamental skills in ICT, help you understand your individual learning preferences, and develop skills and confidence for lifelong learning. It begins with a self-assessment of your needs and the negotiation of a personalised learning plan. We use a combination of guided instruction and online resources to help you gain expertise in software use. This course is suitable for all levels of ICT learners.
Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
Blended learning | |||
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Student-led in class activities | 2hrs | Week 1 | 13 times |
Learning materials – Broader theory and concepts delivered in video format. | 1hr | Not applicable | 13 times |
Online | |||
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Online | 2hrs | Week 1 | 13 times |
Learning materials – Broader theory and concepts delivered in video format. | 1hr | Week 1 | 13 times |
100 Level (Introductory)
12 units
Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
1 | Plan personalised ICT learning goals related to your study, work or life | Empowered |
2 | Develop and demonstrate foundational ICT skills and competencies required in a study area of choice. | Empowered |
3 | Demonstrate technical communication skills to transmit information and skills to others. | Empowered |
4 | Create an ICT portfolio and presentation for your choice of audience. | Creative and critical thinker |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Must be enrolled in Program TP000
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Standard Grading (GRD)
High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
All | 1 | Plan | Individual | 10% | 500+ words |
Week 3 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
All | 2 | Journal | Individual | 45% | Journal entries equivalent to 2000 words |
Week 9 | Online ePortfolio Submission |
All | 3 | Portfolio | Individual | 45% | 10 minute presentation + portfolio |
Week 13 | Online ePortfolio Submission |
All - Assessment Task 1:ICT Learning Plan | |
Goal: | This task is designed for you to familiarise yourself with the ICT that will be of use to you at university, in your future career or in your personal life, and to develop a personalised ICT learning plan. You will consider your aspirations and goals, decide on two programs in which you would like to become proficient or improve your skills and create a plan to learn them independently. |
Product: | Plan |
Format: | The learning plan details are available in Canvas. The learning plan will be negotiated with and approved by your Lecturer . Software suggestions will be provided. |
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All - Assessment Task 2:ICT Learning Journal | |
Goal: | This assessment will require you to track and provide evidence of your learning as planned in Task 1. |
Product: | Journal |
Format: | For the software you have identified, you will create journal entries. Each journal entry will include a description of the training completed each week, your reflections on the process and evidence of completing practice exercises or of your progress as detailed in your plan. Your first journal entry will be submitted in week 6 for formative feedback. You will submit the remainder of your journal entries at the end of week 9. |
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All - Assessment Task 3:ICT Portfolio including video | |
Goal: | Docendo discimus ("by teaching, we learn") - Latin proverb. The purpose of this task is to apply your ICT learning to create a product that demonstrates your learning across the semester. Your presentation can: • teach someone else how to use a new ICT application, skill or function OR showcase something you created over the semester, explaining how you created it; OR showcase yourself and your learning in the form of a "Who are you and what do you do?" presentation as demonstrated in class. This task will allow you to share your new knowledge and skills with your classmates. |
Product: | Portfolio |
Format: | You will submit a 10-minute presentation using PowerPoint, or another presentation tool of your choice, demonstrating one or more of the skills you have developed in your independent studies. You will present to the class in week 13. You will also submit a Word document to the specifications in the task sheet, explaining your design decisions, and including your reflections. The presentation & supporting material will be presented in your PebblePad portfolio along with tasks 1 & 2. The final portfolio should showcase your engagement with ICT packages that you have explored throughout the semester. |
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A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
We will be working in computer labs, but you are welcome to bring your own laptops and work on them if you prefer.
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct
Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: - 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.
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