Overview
In your industry placement, you will have a paid, supervised experience of work in the Information Technology. You will apply knowledge and skill developed in your academic units to this work environment. In addition to the work undertaken during placement, you are required to maintain a diary of the experiences, and to reflect upon those experiences to identify strengths and weaknesses for improvement and new learning. Your industry supervisors will also provide you with feedback to assist this reflective process.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Completion of 72 credit points, or special approval by the Dean or nominee
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Self reflection
Find more placements for students
More industry engagement is recommended.
- Demonstrate in the workplace the application of academic knowledge and skills.
- Demonstrate in the workplace good communication skills and an understanding of the relevance of legal and ethical issues.
- Demonstrate in the workplace an understanding of workplace learning.
- Demonstrate your skills in working in teams in the workplace.
- Evaluate the areas of strength and weakness in your knowledge base and outline how any gaps will be addressed.
Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is in use in over 100 countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles.
ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile at https://www.acs.org.au/professionalrecognition/mysfia-b2c.html
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA. The SFIA code is included:
- IT Operations (ITOP)
- Problem Management (PBMG)
- Technical Specialism (TECH)
- Methods and Tools ((METL)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 100% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1 - Communication | |||||
2 - Problem Solving | |||||
3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
4 - Information Literacy | |||||
5 - Team Work | |||||
6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
8 - Ethical practice | |||||
9 - Social Innovation | |||||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 100% |
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
m.wells@cqu.edu.au
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Submit Placement Diary Entry 1
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Submit Placement Diary Entry 2
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Submit Reflective Report 1
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Submit Placement Diary Entry 3
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Submit Reflective Report 2
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Submit Placement Diary Entry 4
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Submit Placement Report
Unit Coordinator: Dr Marilyn Wells
Location: Rockhampton, Building 30/Room 2.09
Phone: +617 4923 2758 (Internal x52758)
Email: m.wells@cqu.edu.au
Skype: marilyn.wells_cqu
1 Written Assessment
Details
The Placement Portfolio consists of three main elements:
- a daily diary entry
- two reflective reports
- one placement report
Diary
The Diary is a document consisting of daily entries - templates will be provided on the unit web site. The Diary entries must be submitted according to the following schedule:
- end of Placement Week 1
- end of Placement Week 3
- end of Placement Week 7
- end of Placement Week 12
Feedback will be provided on all submissions. The completed Placement Diary will form an attachment to the Placement Report
Daily entries are to consist of notes capturing significant activities and events that occurred during the day, and any reflections on those activities and events that demonstrate personal development identified as unit objectives. They will take the following form:
- date
- notes on significant activities and events
- reflections
Reflective reports
Reflective reports will be completed at the end of Placement Week 5 and Placement Week 10. Reflective Reports are designed to consolidate and summarise reflections that demonstrate personal development that has occurred in preceding weeks - a template will be provided.
Reflective Reports should consist of between 1000 to 2000 words. The document will consist of two parts:
- significant activities and events
- personal reflections on the activities and events
The reflective part of the document should consist of a minimum of 500 words, and should report on any insights gained into:
- the relevance of academic knowledge in the workplace
- the value of skills developed through academic study
- the importance of good communication skills in the workplace
- the relevance of legal and ethical issues
- the role of teams in the workplace
- learning styles that work for me
- areas of strength and weakness in my knowledge base
- areas of IT about which you would like to learn more
- aspects of IT work that have particular appeal to me
- aspects of IT work that do not appeal to me
Placement Report
The Placement Report is a document that provides an overview of the whole industry placement experience. The report is designed to provide
- an instrument of reflection for you,
- an instrument of assessment for the Academic Supervisor, and
- a document for a prospective employer to quickly assess the placement undertaken by the applicant.
A template is provided on the unit web site for the Placement Report. Major sections within the report are listed below:
- Overview
- Placement Procurement and Orientation:
- Significant Activities and Events
- Summary Reflections
- Attachments
- Placement Artefacts.
The Overview section provides a brief summary of the placement undertaken by you and describes the following sections of the report. The Placement Procurement and Orientation section provides a brief description of the process that led up to you securing the placement. It also describes the orientation undertaken by you on starting the placement. You will be asked to provide reflections on all processes involved. Feedback gained will be used for continual improvement of the Industry Placement unit. The Significant Activities and Events section will summarise activities and events reported in the two Reflective Reports and report on additional activities and events from the last weeks of the placement. The Summary Reflections section will provide additional insights based on your reports and diaries, combined with insights gained in the last weeks of the placement. The Attachments section will include a collection of items that serve to illustrate the tasks undertaken throughout the placement. Placement Artifacts should be numbered, and explanatory references provided in the section Significant Activities and Events
Students are entitled to submit a draft copy of their Placement Report. The timing of this submission would normally occur in Placement Week 10 or Placement Week 11, or at a time that is mutually convenient for the student and the Academic Supervisor.
As per Schedule
Placement Diary Entries: Weeks 2,4,8, and 13. Reflective Reports: Weeks 7 & 12. Placement Report: on Certification Day
This is a Pass/Fail assessment item. Pass grades will be awarded to students who are judged to have made a reasonable attempt to comply with all requirements of the assessment item.
- Demonstrate in the workplace the application of academic knowledge and skills.
- Demonstrate in the workplace good communication skills and an understanding of the relevance of legal and ethical issues.
- Demonstrate in the workplace an understanding of workplace learning.
- Demonstrate your skills in working in teams in the workplace.
- Evaluate the areas of strength and weakness in your knowledge base and outline how any gaps will be addressed.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.