Context

UnitofStudyBDES1011ArchitecturalHistoryandTheorySemester1,2016300Students CorefirstyearunitinthreeBachelordegreeprograms B(DesigninArchitecture), B(ArchitectureandEnvironments), B(CivilEngineering)/B(DesigninArchitecture)

Team:BDESUnitofStudycoordinator LearningCentrelecturer

ObjecCves:toaddressfacultyissuesregardingstudentawarenessofandbasic useofscholarlywriHngconvenHonsinthediscipline FOCUS1.Useofsourcematerial,citaCon/referencing*keyissue:plagiarism

FOCUS2.WriCngcompetencecoherence,logicalargument,style,grammar

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Architectureembeddingproject

LearningDesign

-buildingcapabilitybyengagingwithexisHngassessmenttasks-aligningstudentandmarkerexpectaHonsbyengagingwithassessmentrubrics-makingexplicitlinkbetweenrubrics-exemplars-disciplinaryknowledgepracCces

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ArchitectureembeddingprojectCollaboraCveprocessinmeeHngsandviaemailsStep1UoScoordinatorandLearningCentrelecturer:

*idenHfypriorityneeds,deliverymodeandHmetable *discussapproachandlearningdesign *viewrelevantmaterial-UoSoutline,assessmenttasks,rubrics

Step2UoScoordinatorandLearningCentrelecturer

*interrogate,elaborate&/orreviserelevantassessmentcriteriainrubric*select,analyseandannotatepaststudentassignmentsrepriorityneeds

(Fail/Borderline+DisHncHon/HDsamples)Step3LearningCentrelecturer*preparesandUoScoordinator*consultson

tasks+ppt+pdfsforwebsite UoScoordinatorandLearningCentrelecturer

*planandrunmid-lecturecommunicaHondevelopmentsessionsStep4LearningCentrelecturerandUoScoordinator*evaluateproject

ProjectOverview:Weeks1-820-30minuteface-facesessionsembeddedin4oftheweekly2-hourlectureslots

20mins 30mins 30mins 30mins

WEEK1 Task1

WEEK2 Task1

WEEK7

WEEK8Task2 WEEK

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Task1Weeks1-2StudentsuseUoSrubrictoassesspaststudent’sAssignment1(CriHcalSummaryof2readings)

FocusONLYonacademicintegrityrubric:ReferencingandcitaHon;integraHonofsourcematerial

OnlineresourcespostedaYer/beforeeachclassinsubjectwebsiteforreview/preparaCon

Task2a

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Task2Weeks7-8StudentsuseUoSrubrictoassesspaststudent’sAssignment1(sameCriHcalSummaryasinTask1).

FocusonlyonwriZenexpressionrubric:organisaHon,logicaldevelopmentandcoherence;styleandgrammar

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BDES1011Assessmentrubricreacademicintegrity+elaboratedcriteriabelow

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EmbeddingcommunicaCondevelopmentinundergraduateArchitecture

WEEK1 Task1

1.INTRODUCTION+materialsonscreen(5mins):UnitofStudyrubricfromcourseoutlinePaststudentanswertoUoSAssignment1

2.CLASSTASK(pairdiscussion-5mins)‘Whatgradewouldyougivethisforacademicintegrity?

3.ELABORATIONofRUBRIC(10mins)Elaboratedversionofacademicintegritycriteriaonscreen

HOMEWORKTASK(materialstobepostedonline)‘Reviewyourgrade+bepreparedtojusCfyitusingelaboratedrubric’

Onlinepdfs

•  UoSAssignment1:CriHcalSummary (~300-words)

•  UoSRubric+elaboratedcriteria

•  Linkstoonlinelearningresources

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Session1AcademicIntegrityfocus

EmbeddingcommunicaCondevelopmentinundergraduateArchitecture

peer/classdiscussion

Onlinepdfs1.   Studentsummaryfullyannotated

bybothfacultyandLClecturers

2.   ModelsummaryfullyannotatedbybothfacultyandLClecturers

1.   LinkstowriHngskillsresources

annotatedbyLClecturer

1.GROUPTASK:conferongradesofstudentsummaryandjusHficaHonsaccordingtocriteria(groupwork-7mins)2.LECTURERSleadclassdiscussion:(5mins)*groupsreport+jusCfy(their)studentgradesI.eDisCncCons,Credits,Passes *lecturersrespond+givetheactualgradeFail3.LCLECTURERpresentsjusCficaConforFailgrade(10mins)byannotaHngstudentsummary-focusonsignificantissues4.LCLECTURERpresentsexemplarystudentsummary(8mins)*annotatesexemplaryacademicintegritychoicesonscreen*annotatesexemplarywriHngskills(organisaHon/coherence)prepforSession3. 6

WEEK2

Session2AcademicIntegrityfocus+prep.forSession3WriCngSkillsfocus

EmbeddingcommunicaCondevelopmentinundergraduateArchitecture

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POSTEDONWEBSITEBDES1011studentsummaryfullyannotatedforacademicintegrity

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Linkstolearningresourcesonacademicintegritypostedonwebsite

EmbeddingcommunicaCondevelopmentinundergraduateArchitecture

EvaluaConbystudentsAspectsofcourseratedasmostvaluable:

*Annota&ngofstudent&model/exemplarytexts70%

EmbeddingcommunicaCondevelopmentinundergraduateArchitecture

*Doingassessmenttasksonstudentsamplewithrubric63%

*Ge?ngandusingelaboratedmarkingcriteria62%

Almost50%studentsaddedposiCvewriZencomments:e.g“edi'ngagoodandbadpieceofwri'nginfrontofuswasextremelyuseful... Irewatchedthewri'nglecturesec'ononlinea;erthelectureseveral'mes.”

e.g.“Itwasgoodtobetakenthroughotherstudentsworkandhavepointedout

plainlyandsimplywhatwasandwasnoteffec've.Itwasalsoveryinteres'ngtoseewhatgradesdifferentresponsesweregiven”.

Plansfor2017basedonposiHvestudentandstaffevaluaHons:*toexpandembeddedcoursetoall1styearcoreUnitsofStudy9