ASSIGNMENT / TUGASAN

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OUMH1103
LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNERS
SEPTEMBER 2014 SEMESTER
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INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS / ARAHAN KEPADA PELAJAR
1. This assignment contains FOUR (4) activities that is set in both Malay and English. / Tugasan
ini mengandungi EMPAT (4) aktiviti sahaja yang disediakan dalam bahasa Melayu dan bahasa
Inggeris.
2. Answer in Malay or English. / Jawab dalam bahasa Melayu atau bahasa Inggeris.
3. Download the language version of the assignment template concerned from the MyVLE for
preparation and submission of your assignment. Your assignment should be typed using 12 point
Times New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing. / Muat turunkan templat tugasan versi bahasa
yang berkenaan daripada MyVLE untuk penyediaan dan penyerahan tugasan anda. Tugasan
anda hendaklah ditaip dengan menggunakan saiz fon 12 Times New Roman dan langkau baris
1.5.
4. Your assignment should be between 2500 to 3000 words excluding references. Do not copy the
assignment question and instructions to your answer. Only assignment answer developed within
the approximate word limit will be assessed. The number of words should be shown at the end of
your assignment. / Tugasan anda hendaklah mengandungi 2500 hingga 3000 patah perkataan
tidak termasuk rujukan. Bilangan perkataan hendaklah ditunjukkan di hujung tugasan anda.
Jangan menyalin soalan dan arahan tugasan dalam jawapan anda. Pemeriksa tidak akan
membaca jawapan tugasan yang melebihi had patah perkataan yang dibenarkan. Jumlah
perkataan hendaklah dinyatakan di penghujung tugasan anda.
5. You must submit your assignment TO YOUR FACE-TO-FACE TUTOR. You are advised to
keep a copy of your submitted assignment for personal reference. / Anda dikehendaki
menghantar tugasan KEPADA TUTOR BERSEMUKA. Anda dinasihatkan menyimpan salinan
tugasan yang diserahkan untuk rujukan sendiri.
6. Your assignment must be submitted between 14th 16th November 2014 or Tutorial 4.
Submission after 16th November 2014 or Tutorial 4 will NOT be accepted. / Tugasan anda
hendaklah diserahkan antara 14hb - 16hb November 2014 atau Tutorial 4. Serahan selepas
16hb November 2014 atau Tutorial 4 TIDAK akan diterima.
7. Your assignment should be prepared individually. You should not copy another persons
assignment. You should also not plagiarise another persons work as your own. / Tugasan
hendaklah disiapkan secara individu. Anda dilarang meniru tugasan orang lain. Anda juga
dilarang sama sekali memplagiat kerja orang lain sebagai kerja sendiri.

EVALUATION
This assignment accounts for 100% of the total marks for the course and shall be assessed
based on the Rubrics or Answer Scheme attached.
You would be given feedback on the assignment before the Final Semester Examination
commences.
PLAGIARISM: MARKS DEDUCTION
Warning: The submitted assignment will automatically undergo a similarity check. If
plagiarism is detected, marks would be deducted as follows:

Assignments with 10 - 30% overlap with others: 20% deduction from the total marks
scored.
Assignments with 31 - 50% overlap with others: 40% deduction from the total marks
scored.
Assignments with more than 50% overlap with others: Zero mark would be given.

PENILAIAN
Tugasan ini menyumbang sehingga 100% daripada jumlah markah kursus berkenaan dan
akan dinilai berdasarkan kepada Rubrik atau Skema Jawapan yang dilampirkan.
Anda akan diberikan maklum balas tentang tugasan ini sebelum Peperiksaan Akhir Semester
bermula.
PLAGIARISME: POTONGAN MARKAH
Amaran: Tugasan yang diserahkan, secara automatik, akan disemak untuk menentukan
kadar pertindihan. Jika plagiarisme dikesan, markah akan dipotong seperti berikut:

Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan antara 10 - 30%: potongan 20% daripada

jumlah markah yang diperoleh.
Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan antara 31 - 50%: potongan 40% daripada
jumlah markah yang diperoleh.
Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan lebih daripada 50%: Markah sifar akan
diberikan.

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION
PURPOSE
The purpose of this task is to assess your ability to:

search for information;

make notes from the reading material;

acknowledge other authors work, and

demonstrate logical arguments/discussions with supporting facts and evidences.

ACTIVITY 1 (30%)
Successfully completing a university degree does not happen by accident. You will need to
plan carefully to ensure that you submit all of your assignments on time and attend all
lectures and tutorials whether on campus or online. In addition, you need to balance
university commitments with family and work commitments.
Write down your academic goals for your short-term and long-term plans at OUM. Identify
the obstacles and challenges you encountered and how you can use the resources available to
overcome obstacles and challenges.
Note: Write a 1500 word essay for the above activity.
ACTIVITY 2 (20%)
After you have successfully accessed myVLE, share your experiences and describe how
myVLE can enhanced your learning?
Note: Write a 1000 word essay for the above activity.

ACTIVITY 3 (30%)
Find the following in any academic discipline of your choice in the TSDAS Digital Library:
a) An academic article in the peer reviewed journal;
b) A published conference paper; and
c) An article in the book in the discipline which was published between 2005 and 2007.
Write a 500 word brief summary for each article.

ACTIVITY 4 (20%)
For this activity, write a reflective journal between 3- 5 pages about what you have learned
and how you have learned it throughout your activities (activity 1 3) and your study in this
semester.

SOALAN TUGASAN
TUJUAN
Tujuan tugasan ini adalah untuk menilai keupayaan anda dalam :

mendapatkan maklumat;

membuat nota dari bahan bacaan;

mengiktiraf kerja penulis lain, dan

mengemukakan hujah-hujah logikal/ perbincangan dengan sokongan fakta dan

bukti.

AKTIVITI 1 (30%)
Kejayaan dalam menamatkan pengajian tidak mungkin berlaku secara tidak sengaja. Kita
perlu merancang dengan teliti untuk memastikan bahawa kita dapat melakukan semua
tugasan dan menghantarnya seperti tarikh yang telah ditetapkan. Pada masa yang sama juga,
kita mempunyai tanggungjawab menghadiri tutorial sama ada di pusat pembelajaran atau
belajar diatas talian. Selain itu, kita juga perlu bijak untuk mengimbangi komitmen universiti
dengan komitmen keluarga dan komitmen kerja.
Nyatakan matlamat akademik anda untuk jangka pendek dan jangka panjang di OUM.
Bincangkan mengenai cabaran yang dihadapi dan bagaimana anda boleh menggunakan
sumber yang sedia ada untuk anda mengatasi cabaran tersebut.
Nota: Hasilkan tugasan ini dalam 1500 patah perkataan berbentuk esei.

AKTIVITI 2 (20%)
Kongsikan pengalaman dan jelaskan bagaimana myVLE boleh membantu dalam
mempertingkatkan pembelajaran anda?
Nota: Hasilkan tugasan ini dalam 1000 patah perkataan berbentuk esei.

AKTIVITI 3 (30%)
Anda dikehendaki mencari dan memilih artikel/jurnal dari mana-mana disiplin akademik di
Perpustakaan Digital TSDAS:
a) Sebuah artikel / jurnal yang diwasitkan oleh pakar;
b) Kertas kerja seminar yang diterbitkan di persidangan; dan
c) Sebuah artikel dari buku (akademik) dalam mana-mana bidang yang telah diterbitkan
antara tahun 2005 dan 2007.
Buat ringkasan (500 p/perkataan) bagi setiap artikel yang di pilih.

AKTIVITI 4 (20%)
Bagi aktiviti terakhir, anda dikehendaki menyediakan penulisan jurnal reflektif sekurangkurangnya 3 -5 muka surat berkaitan dengan Aktiviti 1 3 dan mengenai pembelajaran anda
pada semester ini.

ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
OUMH1103 LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN DISTANCE LEARNERS
SEPTEMBER 2014 SEMESTER
ACTIVITY 1 (30%) GOAL SETTING
NO

1.

ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA

Specific/
Measurable

INDEX
WEIGH
T
1

MISSING
ITEM
0

POOR

AVERAGE

GOOD

EXCELLENT

Goal statement
and/or strategies to
support goal are
general, incomplete
and vague (do not
have clear criteria
for measuring
progress toward the
attainment of goal.).
Does not address the
following questions:
what is the actual
behavior that will
occur?, how it will
be accomplished?,
and why is this goal
important?

Goal statement
and/or strategies to
support goal are
specific and
measurable (have
concrete criteria for
measuring progress
toward the
attainment of goal).
They are clear,
simple, complete
and explicit. They
answer the
questions: what is
the actual behavior
that will occur?,
how it will be
accomplished?, and
why is this goal
important?

NOT identified

Goal statement
and/or strategies to
support goal are not
specific or
measurable.

MARKS
(MAX)

2.

Achievable/
Realistic

Goal statement
and/or strategies to
support goal are not
achievable or
realistic

Goal statement
and/or strategies to
support goal may or
may not be
achievable and
realistic. Goal has
an outcome that is
likely not realistic
given the current
situation, resources
and time available.

Goal statement
and/or strategies to
support goal are
achievable and
realistic. Goal has an
outcome that is
realistic given the
current situation,
resources and time
available.

3.

Relevant/
Personal

Goal statement
and/or strategies to
support goal are
irrelevant &
impersonal.

Goal statement
and/or strategies to
support goal are
partly relevant and
personal. The goal
does not represent an
objective toward
which there is both
willingness and
ability.

Goal statement
and/or strategies to
support goal are
relevant and
personal. The goal
represents an
objective toward
which there is both
willingness and
ability.

4.

Timebound/
Dates

Goal has no timeline

for accomplishing
the goal.

Goal has a vague

timeline for
accomplishing the
goal.

Goal has a clear and

realistic timeline for
accomplishing the
goal.

5.

Positively Stated

0.5

Goal statement
and/or strategies are
not stated positively.

Goal statement
and/or strategies are
ambivalently stated.

Goal statement
and/or strategies are
stated positively.

6.

Obstacles

7.

Solutions &

0.5

Obstacles to
completion of goal
are not identified or
clear.

Obstacles to
completion of goal
are incomplete and
unclear.

Obstacles to
completion of goal
are identified and
clear.

Solutions are not

specific, measurable,
and realistic.

Solution to obstacles
are only loosely
defined or
unspecific,
immeasurable,
and/or unrealistic.

Solutions to
obstacles are
specific, measurable,
and realistic.

Resources and
support to help reach
goal were vaguely
identified or lack
relevance for
accomplishing the
goal.
Organization is clear. Organization is
No discernable
clear.
organization.

Resources and
support to help reach
goal were clearly
identified and are
relevant to
accomplishing the
goal.
Organization is
clear.

Resources/
support
Resources and
support to help reach
goal not identified.

8.

Organizing

0.5

JUMLAH

30

ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
ACTIVITY 2 (20%)
CATEGORY

WEIGHT

LOW

0
INTRODUCTION

No
introduction

CONTENT

The main idea

is not
mentioned.

CONCLUSION

No
conclusion.

ORGANISATION

0.5

ABOVE
AVERAGE
1
2
There is no clear
The introduction
introduction of the states the main topic,
main topic or
but does not
structure of the
adequately preview
paper.
the structure of the
paper nor is it
particularly inviting
to the reader.
The main idea is
Main idea is
not clear. There is somewhat clear but
a seemingly
there is a need for
random collection more supporting
of information.
information.

AVERAGE

EXCELLENT

3
The introduction
clearly states the main
topic and previews the
structure of the paper,
but is not particularly
inviting to the reader.

4
The introduction is
inviting, states the
main topic and
previews the structure
of the paper.

Main idea is clear but

the supporting
information is general.

There is one clear,

well-focused topic.
Main idea stands out
and is supported by
detailed information.

The conclusion is
strong and leaves the
reader with a feeling
that they understand
what the writer is
"getting at."
Details are placed in a
logical order and the
way they are presented
effectively keeps the
interest of the reader.

There is no clear
conclusion, the
paper just ends.

The conclusion is
recognizable, but
does not tie up
several loose ends.

The conclusion is
recognisable and ties
up almost all the loose
ends.

Many details are

not in a logical or
expected order.
There is little
sense that the

Some details are not

in a logical or
expected order, and
this distracts the
reader.

Details are placed in a

logical order, but the
way in which they are
presented/ introduced
sometimes makes the

TOTAL

LANGUAGE/
GRAMMAR

0.5

Writer makes
more than 5
errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distracts the
reader from
the content.

writing is
organised.
Writer makes more
than 4-5 errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distracts the reader
from the content.

writing less interesting.

Writer makes 3-4
errors in grammar or
spelling that distract
the reader from the
content.

Writer makes 1-2

errors in grammar or
spelling that distract
the reader from the
content.

Writer makes no
errors in grammar or
spelling that distracts
the reader from the
content.

TOTAL

20

10

ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
ACTIVITY 3 (30%) SUMMARY
NO

ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA

INDEX
WEIGHT

POOR
1

AVERAGE
2

GOOD
3

EXCELLENT
4

MARKS
(MAX)

Summary

No summary
provided

Most main points are

not addressed
Summary contains
many inaccuracies
Summary contains
many sentences
pulled verbatim from
the article with not
expansion
Summary lacks any
organization

Some main points are

summarized
Summary contains a
few inaccuracies or
omissions
Many sentences are
pulled verbatim from
the article without
expansion
Summary shows
some degree of
organization

Main points of the

article are
summarized
accurately and
thoroughly
Summary contains
few sentences pulled
verbatim from the
article and expansion
is evident.
Summary is
organized in a logical
way

16

Organization

The information
appears to be
disorganized.

Information is organized,
but paragraphs are not
well-constructed. Major
jumping around on points
made in review. Major
organizational edits
needed to articulate
clearly

Information is organized
with well-constructed
paragraphs. Minor
jumping around on
points. Could be better
with few minor moves.

Information is very
organized with wellconstructed
paragraphs and
subheadings. Well
organized thinking
that reviews the
article, discusses the
major points in an
order that makes
sense, and closes with
your thoughts.

No organizational
thought demonstrated
in writing of review,
major points discussed
in the article, or your
thoughts and ideas.

Reference

Article Submission

No reference(s) and
citation(s) are given

Reference citation is
provided but not in APA
format

Reference citation is
provided but not in
correct APA format

- Reference and
citation is provided
using correct APA
style

0.5

No article provided

Article attached to
summary
Partial documentation of
article

Article printed/copied
effectively on A4 paper
Display of article
includes correct citation

Article printed/copied
and effectively on A4
paper
Display of article
includes correct
citation
TOTAL

30

ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
ACTIVITY 4 (20%) JOURNAL WRITING
NO

ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA

INDEX
WEIGHT

1.

Structure Ideas

0.5

None of the entries

have a connection to
structure.

Few entries have a

connection to structure.

Most entries have a

connection to structure.

All or almost all of

the entries have a
connection to
structure.

None of the feelings

and thoughts is
revealed in any of the
entries.

Feelings and thoughts are

revealed in few of the
entries.

Feelings and thoughts

are revealed in most
entries.

Feelings and thoughts

are revealed in all or
almost of the entries.

2.5

None of the journal

writing reflects honest,
thoughtful responses
that are linked to the
student's own life and
experiences.

Journal is superficial and

do not reflect thoughtful
consideration or reflect
important aspects of the
student's life or
experiences or are
irrelevant.

Journal are vague, but

appear to be sincere
attempts to answer the
questions; they
demonstrate some
understanding of course
material, but the journal
does not clearly connect
the student's life to
course content

Journal reflects
honest, thoughtful
responses that are
linked to the student's
own life and
experiences AND
that go beyond just
answering the
questions by
connecting the
student's experiences
to the chapter/course
material.

10

Feelings and
Thoughts

Quality and
Mastery of content

POOR
1

AVERAGE
2

GOOD
3

EXCELLENT
4

MARKS
(MAX)

Completion

0.5

Organizing

0.5

Journals are not

present, nor are they
together or in order

Journals are not present,

but they are together or
in order.

Journals are present, but

are either not together or
in order.

Journals are present,

in order, and
together.

No discernable
organization.

Organization is clear.

Organization is clear.

TOTAL

20