ADA5111 Design Thinking for Business - Self Reflection No.2 (Assessment - Reflective Journal 2 - Persona, Prototyping, Life-Centred Design and collaborative Ideation)
ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW
Due: by 11:55 PM on Monday 5th of June (Week 14 / Exam Week 1)
Format: All reflections must be compiled as a single PDF document which must be submitted to the Reflective Journal #2 Submission folder within this section.
Worth: 40% of the semester grade.
Length: 2000 words, +/- 10% (images and reference lists are not counted within the word limit)
Suggested structure: around 300 words for introduction and 300-350 words for 5 weeks that you select.
This link provides further tips on planning and structuring your reflective journal (see "4 essentials for reflective writing in Business and Economics")
https://www.monash.edu/learnhq/write-like-a-pro/annotated-assessment-samples/business-and-economics/buseco-reflective-essay
This link provides further helpful information about reflective writing at Monash University
https://www.monash.edu/learnhq/write-like-a-pro/how-to-write.../reflection
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Use this guiding question to structure your first reflective journal:
What is your experience with specific skill development through the design thinking project and how might this be applied in professional business contexts?
Think back to the Employability Skills Reflection 1 worksheet in Week 1 and the skills you set out to actively work on during this unit. You should outline these skills as your focus in the introduction to Reflective Journal 2. Then consider these skills each week as you write your second reflective journal.
Following each class (including Week 5), you should write an entry into your Reflective Journal 2. Each reflection should focus on your skill development as a result of completing that week’s creative activities, video lecture and reading. You will then need to discuss how these experiences and skills could translate into a professional business contexts.
The journal's word limit means that you cannot include all of your reflections for every week. Instead, you will need to select 5 weeks (out of 8) that best demonstrate the particular skill development that you chose as your focus. This selection can be done towards the end of the semester.
Reflections should include a combination of text, images and diagrams. Extra points go to those that use their own images and create their own diagrams to help communicate their reflections.
References should be used to support your reflections. These should include at least the assigned weekly readings, though can also be enhanced through other relevant literature that you find. All references should be done using APA7 referencing.
Use this Monash University guide for APA7 referencing - https://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/apa7th
You can consider the some of following points in your weekly reflections:
What employability skill(s) did I work on this week?
How did specific moments during the activities allow me to work on a specific skill?
What did I learn through the readings and video lecture this week?
How could these skills and knowledge from readings help me in my future professional business context?
Include images of your design work from class (images will not detract from word count)
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies: You will be invited to explore generative AI technologies for critique and reflection during some design thinking tasks within this unit. Despite this, this Reflection Journal should be written in your own words, showcasing your own personal experience and perspective - without the use of generative AI technologies. Basing your reflections on your personal experience and perspective will provide the greatest benefit to your learning. Where ever generative AI technologies have been used in you submission (activities or writing), you must acknowledge their use clearly in your submission. Failing to do so may be considered a breach of academic integrity.
https://www.monash.edu/learnhq/maintain-academic-integrity/what-happens-if-i-breach-academic-integrity
Monash University has protocols for responsible use of AI technologies, which you can find about here
https://www.monash.edu/learnhq/build-digital-capabilities/create-online/using-artificial-intelligence
You can find out more about how to properly acknowledge the use of generative AI technologies in your submission here
https://www.monash.edu/learnhq/build-digital-capabilities/create-online/acknowledging-the-use-of-generative-artificial-intelligence
Assessment criteria
Capacity for critical reflection (40%) - This criterion focuses on the ability to reflect critically on your experience and skill development in relation to design thinking activities and concepts.
Capacity to connect ideas (40%) - This criterion focuses on the ability to make clear and direct connections between design thinking concepts and business contexts through referencing your experience in and out of class, the weekly readings, and other academic or professional resources.
Professionalism (20%) - This criterion focuses on the level of professionalism displayed in your work. It refers to how your work has been completed, how it is presented, how you have used supporting images and how readings are referenced.