Prepare a 10-15 minute oral presentation on a significant learning experience from your own life. A significant learning experience could be something you learnt in your childhood, such as riding a bike or looking after a pet. Alternatively, it could be something you have learnt recently, such as preparing to protect your home in a bush fire or caring for a baby. The choice is yours. The presentation must be a PowerPoint slide show with narration. The slides must include some visuals. Ensure your talk is well prepared, practiced and timed.

The following questions will direct your presentation; use them as prompts for each section.

• What was the learning experience?
• Who else was involved in the learning situation?
• What made the learning experience significant?
• Was it a positive or negative experience?
• What did you learn from it?

Please include an introduction slide and a recap or summary slide.

Before you develop your presentation, please read the information about this assessment in the Week 1 section on the Culture and Learning Moodle site. It outlines how to prepare and present an oral and PowerPoint presentation, and it includes further details on the marking criteria that will be used to assess your presentation. 

You will be assessed on how well you:

• introduce yourself and the topic, and engage the audience
• explain the details of the learning experience  
• conclude with a summary of the main points
• use PowerPoint slides to support your presentation.

Complete the eight (8) portfolio items listed below. Instructions on how to complete these portfolio items are provided in the weekly Study Guide modules on the unit Moodle site. Read the instructions carefully before you begin writing. The individual topics are:

Item 1 - About me
Item 2 - Culture
Item 3 - Identity
Item 4 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and identities.
Item 5 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of learning
Item 6 - University culture
Item 7 - University ways of learning
Item 8 - Inclusion of Indigenous Australian cultures and knowledges within university culture.

The purpose of the portfolio is to help guide your learning each week, critically analyse the unit content and reflect on its significance. The overall word count for the eight portfolio items is 1000-1200 words. You can write approximately 125-150 words for each item, or you can write a little more for some items and a little less for others as long as you meet the overall word count. Please write in complete sentences, number your pages, use 11-point Arial font and use 1.5 line spacing.

You will be assessed on how well you:

• reflect on the weekly portfolio items
• make links between your reflections and the ideas in the source materials on Moodle
• use Harvard style referencing
• use clear and concise language to express your ideas.

Leadership has a function in all cultures. Referring to the content on the unit Moodle site, write an 800-1000 word essay about a leader you admire. You can choose a leader from anywhere in the world. The person can be male or female, young or old. There are no restrictions on your choice. Please remember to include Indigenous Australian protocols, where necessary.

Below are some suggestions for content that you can include in your assessment:

• identify the person by name
• indicate where the person comes from or came from
• indicate where they are or were living
• describe the person’s qualities—why you have chosen that person
• pay particular attention to their leadership role and their leadership style
• add any other information you wish to include about the person’s leadership.

Please use Harvard style referencing when referring to any source materials, write in complete sentences, number your pages and use 11-point Arial font and 1.5 line spacing.

You will be assessed on how well you:

• describe a leader, their role and leadership style
• structure the content of your essay
• demonstrate evidence of research
• use Harvard style referencing
• use clear and concise language to express your ideas.

There are four (4) quizzes on the unit Moodle site. Although the four quizzes are due on the Friday of Week 12, you are encouraged to complete the quizzes in the weeks that they are scheduled, i.e. weeks 3, 6, 9 and 12. Each quiz will test your knowledge of the unit material from the previous three weeks and consist of ten (10) questions that are randomly selected from a question bank. Each quiz is worth 5% of the total marks for the unit and the complete assessment of four quizzes is worth 20% of the total marks for this unit. Although a mark will be available to you after the completion of each quiz, the overall mark for all four quizzes will not appear until the end of the term.

Points to note:

• The quizzes are not timed.
• You can attempt each quiz twice. The attempt with the highest result will be counted towards your overall mark for the quizzes.
• You are encouraged to refer to the unit materials in order to obtain as many correct answers as possible.
• If you have technical problems with any of the quizzes, please contact the Unit Coordinator or TASAC as soon as possible.

• Recognise culture and identity as social constructions.
• Compare the ways of learning associated with Indigenous Australian cultures ways of learning experienced at university.
• Recognise ways in which university culture and ways of learning can work together with Indigenous Australian cultures and ways of learning.
• Uphold university values and recognise racism where it might occur at university.