In assessment task one, you will select a topic (burning interest) and write a short overview. In addition, you will outline the search strategy (and individual steps) used to source the literature you selected for the overview.  

Please note: the topic you select will be unique to you and your specific area of interest in emergency and disaster management. The topic will be used for all assessment work, so please carefully consider your choice. You can pick any emergency or disaster management-related topic, which you consider is both important to the context you work (or volunteer) in and one that can be improved upon, that is, you can make recommendations for enhancement (addressed in a later task).

As such, assessment task one is broken into two parts.

Part 1) Topic Overview
In part 1) you will provide the topic overview. In this overview you will a) describe the topic, b) identify how the preliminary literature you sourced informed your topic selection, and c) based on the literature found, argue why the chosen topic (burning interest) is important to your particular work or volunteer context.

Part 2) Literature search
In part 2), you must provide an overview of the literature search strategy (including the individual steps) you used to find relevant literature. The strategy may be presented in a format that best suits you, including in a table.

Assessment task one is 650 - 800 words (approx.) and must be supported by appropriate literature.

The assessment criteria for this unit are in the form of a detailed rubric, which is available from the Moodle site. However, broadly you will be assessed on:

- Knowledge of contemporary emergency or disaster management related issues, with depth in a selected topic
- Application of knowledge and skills in relation to the selected topic
- Communication and presentation

In assessment task two, you will expand on your topic overview and produce a short literature review (for the topic you selected in assessment task one) and an overview of the steps you undertook in your literature search. As such, assessment task two consists of two parts.

Part 1) Literature Review
The literature review is your description and analysis of the available literature and should help reinforce the key ideas and concepts related to your interest and the reasons why your topic is important. It should also make a summary comment about the recommendations that are made within the literature you have selected (you will expand on these and make your own recommendations in a later assessment task).

Your submission should have at least 10 (maximum 15) references. A vast majority of the references must be peer-reviewed articles, but some may be non-peer reviewed sources, such as books/book chapters, government documents, news articles, non-peer-reviewed articles and/or web pages.

Part 2) Literature search strategy
In part 2), you will provide an overview of the literature search strategy (including the individual steps) you used to find your sources. You may present part 2) in any format, including a table. 

Assessment task two will be approximately 1700 - 2000 words (approx.).

The assessment criteria for this unit are in the form of a detailed rubric, which is available from the Moodle site. However, broadly you will be assessed on:
- Knowledge of the literature related to contemporary emergency or disaster management issues, with depth in a selected topic
- Knowledge of the elements that relate to a selected topic
- Application of the literature relevant to a selected topic
- Communication and presentation

In assessment task three, you will bring the threads of your overview and literature review together and deliver a presentation related to your chosen topic (burning interest). As such, this assessment task has both a written and audio component.

Part 1) Written component – this written component takes the form of an abstract (like the ones in the journal articles you drew on for your literature review).

Your abstract will include four components (approximately 250 - 300 words), including:

1. Your topic and why it is important
2. Summary statement of the relevant literature
3. Broad recommendation(s) for enhancement
4. How the enhancement(s) are envisaged to improve practice/ an aspect of your context

Part 2) Written component - a PowerPoint presentation which speaks to the above points (which you will use as the basis of your audio component). The PowerPoint presentation will have a maximum of 15 slides. The first slide should include the title of your presentation and your name. The last slide will be a reference list.

Part 3) Audio component – the audio component is an MP3 file (or embedded audio in your Powerpoint) of your presentation. The presentation itself is an extrapolation (expanded discussion of the topic) and verbal presentation of the abstract you submitted in part 1). The audio presentation can be a maximum of 10 minutes.

The assessment criteria for this unit are in the form of a detailed rubric, which is available from the Moodle site. However broadly, you will be assessed on:
- Knowledge of the literature related to contemporary emergency or disaster management related issues, with depth in a selected topic
- Ability to analyse a selected topic and relevant literature in order to make a recommendation for enhancement
- Ability to communicate (present) the topic and literature relevant to a selected topic
- Communication and presentation