Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

1. Drafting against the criteria
2. Tutor and peer feedback
3. Improving the final submission
4. Things To Do Before You Hand In Your Assignment

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Explain what is meant by professional development.
• 1.2 Explain ways of overcoming barriers to professional development.
• 1.3 Determine the different sources available for professional development.
• 1.4 Analyse factors to consider when selecting opportunities and activities for keeping knowledge and practice up to date.
• 2.1 Evaluate own knowledge against standards and benchmarks.
• 2.2 Create SMART goals and targets for own professional development.
• 2.3 Determine appropriate goals and targets to meet expected standards.
• 2.4 Assess learning opportunities to meet objectives and reflect personal learning style.
• 3.1 Produce a professional development plan.
• 3.2 Apply techniques to review progress toward personal and professional objectives.
• 4.1 Compare models of reflective practice.
• 4.2 Apply reflective practice techniques to improve performance.
• 4.3 Evaluate the effectiveness of own reflective practice.
• 5.1 Explain the principles of academic writing.
• 5.2 Produce written work according to academic conventions.
• 5.3 Apply techniques to review on own academic writing skills.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.

Study materials

Videos

• Things To Do Before You Hand In Your Assignment · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 22 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Writing Guide, 3.5: Peer review and using feedback · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 92–94 · for registered students
• Supporting learners' agentic engagement with feedback: a systematic review · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students