DIAL5111P2
DIAL5111P2
2022
MODULE NAME: MODULE CODE:
DIGITAL AND ACADEMIC LITERACIES DIAL5111/d/p/w
ASSESSMENT TYPE: PROJECT 2 (PAPER AND MARKING RUBRICS)
TOTAL MARK ALLOCATION: 30 MARKS
TOTAL HOURS: A MINIMUM OF 10 HOURS IS SUGGESTED TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT
By submitting this assessment, you acknowledge that you have read and understood all the rules
as per the terms in the registration contract, in particular the assignment and assessment rules in
The IIE Assessment Strategy and Policy (IIE009), the intellectual integrity and plagiarism rules in
the Intellectual Integrity Policy (IIE023), as well as any rules and regulations published on the
student portal.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. All work must be adequately and correctly referenced.
2. No material may be copied from original sources, even if referenced correctly, unless it is a
direct quote indicated with quotation marks. No more than 10% of the assessment may
consist of direct quotes.
3. Please remember to submit your project response through SafeAssign.
4. Make a copy of your assessment before handing it in.
5. Assessments must be typed unless otherwise specified.
6. Begin each section on a new page.
7. Follow all instructions on the assessment cover sheet.
8. This is an individual assessment.
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Referencing Rubric
Providing evidence based on valid and referenced academic sources Markers are required to provide feedback to students by indicating
is a fundamental educational principle and the cornerstone of high‐ (circling/underlining) the information that best describes the
quality academic work. Hence, The IIE considers it essential to student’s work.
develop the referencing skills of our students in our commitment to
achieve high academic standards. Part of achieving these high Minor technical referencing errors: 5% deduction from the
standards is referencing in a way that is consistent, technically overall percentage – the student’s work contains five or more
correct and congruent. This is not plagiarism, which is handled errors listed in the minor errors column in the table below.
differently.
Major technical referencing errors: 10% deduction from the
Poor quality formatting in your referencing will result in a penalty of overall percentage – the student’s work contains five or more
a maximum of ten percent being deducted from the percentage errors listed in the major errors column in the table below.
awarded, according to the following guidelines. Please note,
however, that evidence of plagiarism in the form of copied or If both minor and major errors are indicated, then 10% only (and
uncited work (not referenced), absent reference lists, or not 5% or 15%) is deducted from the overall percentage. The
exceptionally poor referencing, may result in action being taken in examples provided below are not exhaustive but are provided to
accordance with The IIE’s Intellectual Integrity Policy (0023). illustrate the error.
Required: Minor errors in technical correctness of Major errors in technical correctness of
Technically correct referencing referencing style referencing style
style Deduct 5% from percentage awarded Deduct 10% from percentage awarded
Consistency Minor inconsistencies. Major inconsistencies.
The referencing style is generally Poor and inconsistent referencing style used in‐
The same referencing format consistent, but there are one or two text and/or in the bibliography/ reference list.
has been used for all in‐text changes in the format of in‐text Multiple formats for the same type of
references and in the referencing and/or in the bibliography. referencing have been used.
bibliography/reference list. For example, page numbers for direct For example, the format for direct quotes (in‐
quotes (in‐text) have been provided for text) and/or book chapters (bibliography/
one source, but not in another instance. reference list) is different across multiple
Two book chapters (bibliography) have instances.
been referenced in the bibliography in
two different formats.
Technical correctness Generally, technically correct with some Technically incorrect.
minor errors. The referencing format is incorrect.
Referencing format is The correct referencing format has been Concepts and ideas are typically referenced,
technically correct throughout consistently used, but there are one or but a reference is missing from small sections
the submission. two errors. of the work.
Concepts and ideas are typically Position of the references: references are only
The correct referencing format referenced, but a reference is missing given at the beginning or end of large sections
for the module’s discipline has from one small section of the work. of work.
been used, i.e., either APA, OR Position of the references: references are For example, incorrect author information is
Harvard OR Law only given at the beginning or end of provided, no year of publication is provided,
every paragraph. quotation marks and/or page numbers for
Position of the reference: a For example, the student has incorrectly direct quotes missing, page numbers are
reference is directly associated presented direct quotes (in‐text) and/or provided for paraphrased material, the
with every concept or idea. book chapters (bibliography/reference incorrect punctuation is used (in‐text); the
list). bibliography/reference list is not in
For example, quotation marks, alphabetical order, the incorrect format for a
page numbers, years, etc. are book chapter/journal article is used,
applied correctly, sources in information is missing e.g. no place of
the bibliography/reference list publication had been provided (bibliography);
are correctly presented. repeated sources on the reference list.
Overall Feedback about the consistency, technical correctness and congruence between in‐text referencing and bibliography:
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DIAL5111 Assessment Background _
As explained in your Module Outline, on Learn and in Project 1, the assessment structure for
DIAL5111 has three components:
ICE tasks (10% of your final mark).
Two formative projects (15% and 25% of your final mark, respectively).
One summative project (50% of your final project mark).
ICE Tasks
ICE stands for Integrated Curriculum Engagement, and the various short tasks that you will work
on during the course of the semester are aimed at helping you to practise and develop some of
the key skills you will need for your formative and summative projects. A minimum of four tasks
need to be completed – these could be Learn activities, tasks set by your lecturer/tutor, or a
combination. Your lecturer/tutor will indicate which tasks/activities will count towards your ICE
Task final mark.
Projects
Projects contain a set of questions that all focus on one topic, and that build on one another,
requiring you to implement the constructive feedback you receive from one project into your
work on the next project. DIAL5111 has three projects and you need to be working on them
throughout the semester.
Your campus will instruct you on when to submit Project 1 and Project 2 during the semester.
Your lecturer/tutor will then mark each project and provide you with detailed feedback that you
are expected to use to develop your thinking and improve your work for the next project.
At the end of the semester, you will submit the final summative project (Project 3).
NB – Do not resubmit Project 1 and Project 2 when you submit Project 3. Rather, you are
expected to incorporate all the feedback you have received throughout the module into your
work on Project 3, to demonstrate what you have learnt.
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In summary, your DIAL5111 Projects are as follows:
Project Focus Mark Allocation Mark Weighting
Project 1 – Searching for, evaluating, and referencing 20 15%
credible and relevant resources.
Project 2 – Reading strategies, quoting, paraphrasing, 30 25%
identifying parts of an argument, referencing.
Project 3 – Writing an academic essay. 50 50%
Total 100 90%
Project Topic – The Purpose, Importance, and Accessibility of Higher Education in South Africa
The topic on which all the DIAL5111 projects focus is for you to critically evaluate the following
statement:
Currently, higher education is too difficult to access and pass in South Africa. All admission requirements
should be removed for all higher education qualifications, and the pass mark should be lowered to 30% in
all higher education modules.
In recent years, many challenging questions have arisen around the purpose and importance of,
and access to, higher education: Is higher education a human right? Is it an individual, societal, or
even governmental responsibility? How can higher education be made more accessible in terms of
costs, but also in terms of knowledge and skills development? Should there be entry requirements
to study in higher education – why? In what ways, and for what purposes, do students in higher
education need to be assessed? What determines success in higher education, and is this success
the same for all students – why?
In South Africa, in particular – with our history of racial, gender‐based and socio‐economic
disadvantages – such questions can be very controversial and increasingly difficult to answer or
justify with any certainty.
With the above in mind, you need to decide what position you will adopt on this topic – and on
the provided statement itself. Do you agree with the statement? Why? Do you disagree? Why? Do
you agree and/or disagree with certain parts of the statement? Which parts, and why?
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Please note: There is no “correct” position or “right answer” to this – it is a complex topic with
many different sides. That is why we are asking you to apply your mind critically to your projects.
Do not just accept the statement as it is; ask questions, research and investigate, and make up
your own mind only after having reviewed all the information you can find on the topic. Some
examples of positions that you may want to adopt or combine, include (but are certainly not
limited to):
i. Higher education is not too difficult to access and pass in South Africa because of a, b and c,
and so nothing needs to change because of x, y, and z.
ii. All admission requirements should be removed for all qualifications because of a, b and c –
but the pass mark should remain 50% in all modules because of x, y, and z.
iii. All admission requirements should stay the same for all qualifications because of a, b and c
– but the pass mark should be lowered to 30% in all modules because of x, y, and z.
iv. Some admissions requirements for higher education need to remain because of a, b and c,
and some should change because of x, y and z.
v. The pass mark in some modules should remain at 50% because of a, b and c, but should
change to 30% in other modules because of x, y and z.
vi. Other factors – such as a, b, c, x, y and z – should determine who can be admitted into
qualifications and/or what students need to achieve to pass modules.
NB – You will not be assessed on what position you adopt, but rather on how you present and
support this position across your three projects. In other words, you need to make sure the
reasons for your position (the ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, and ‘x’, ‘y’, ‘z’ in the above statements) are clearly
explained and well‐supported through the inclusion of credible and relevant examples and ideas
that are accurately referenced.
[PROJECT 2 INSTRUCTIONS AND QUESTIONS FOLLOW OVER THE PAGE]
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Project 2 Instructions _
For this project, you need to continue working with the four relevant and credible resources you
found and used for Project 1.
If you decide, based on feedback from your lecturer/tutor, that some or all of the four resources
you selected for Project 1 are not suitable for an academic essay, then you need to search for and
find better, alternative resources – i.e., go back and work through the Project 1 instructions until
you have found at least four relevant and credible readings you can use to support and/or
counter your position on the project topic.
Make sure you use accurate and appropriate IIE Harvard in‐text referencing for all Project 2
questions. Include a corresponding IIE Harvard reference list at the end of your full Project 2
answer.
Your lecturer/tutor will use the marking rubrics provided in Appendix A at the end of this project
to mark your project responses. Work through all the marking rubrics to ensure you have
completed this question sufficiently.
Also, please note that your lecturer/tutor will not mark beyond the maximum word counts
indicated for Q.1 and Q.2.3. For example, if you exceed the 700‐word limit by submitting a 900‐
word answer, you could lose all marks allocated to the conclusions of your explanations if these
fall into the 200 words not marked.
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Question 1 – Applying an Appropriate Reading Strategy (Marks: 10)
Use the SQ5R active reading strategy to examine the four relevant and credible resources you
selected for this project topic.
Write three to four paragraphs (500 – 700 words) in which you explain concisely in your own
words how you applied each step of the SQ5R active reading strategy to help you understand the
structure, argument(s), and evidence of each resource. Use specific examples from your
resources to support your explanation.
Remember to follow all appropriate IIE Harvard referencing conventions in your answer.
Question 2 – Quoting and Paraphrasing Parts of an Argument (Marks: 20)
Q.2.1 Choose one of your four selected resources and quote the thesis statement of this (4)
resource. Remember to follow all grammatical and IIE Harvard referencing
conventions of quotations.
Q.2.2 Choose one of your selected four resources (this could be the resource from Q.2.1, (4)
or another one), and quote one topic sentence from the resource. Remember to
follow all grammatical and IIE Harvard referencing conventions of quotations.
Q.2.3 Choose one of your selected four resources (this could be the resource from Q.2.1, (12)
Q.2.2, or another one), and write three to four paragraphs (500 – 700 words) in
which you explain concisely in your own words:
The specific position of that resource on the topic.
How that resource uses evidence/examples to support its position on the
topic within and across paragraphs.
How that resource uses counterargument(s) to strengthen its own position on
the topic.
Remember to follow all grammatical and IIE Harvard referencing conventions of
paraphrases.
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Appendix A – DIAL5111 Project 2 Marking Rubrics
Students – The following rubrics will be used to evaluate the quality and accuracy of your Project 2 question responses. Please work through each relevant rubric
before finalising your project submission to ensure that you know exactly how you will be assessed for each question and are satisfied that all required components
are present and of a high standard in your responses.
Markers – Please clearly indicate the specific mark you allocate for each criterion below to show how you reached the question total. Also, please provide
constructive feedback on each question to ensure students and moderators can follow your marking logic based on the rubric criteria, and to enable students to
demonstrate skills development project on project. NB – it is recommended that lecturers/tutors work through these rubrics with their classes, helping to explain and
contextualise the rubric wording as part of project preparation.
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Constructive Feedback on DIAL5111 Project 2:
Final Project 2 Mark / 30
Referencing Deduction (0%, 5% or 10% for poor quality referencing. Please refer to referencing rubric.)
[TOTAL MARKS: 30]
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