Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-Rector

Activity guide and evaluation rubric

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación

Academic Unit
Academic Level Profesional
Academic Field Formación disciplinar
Course Name BASIC ENGLISH I
Course Code 551008
Course Type Metodológico Retake yes ☐ No ☒
exam
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Number
Type of of
Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐ 2
activity: weeks

Evaluation
Initial ☒ Intermediate ☐ Final ☐
moment:
Total score of the activity: Environment to submit the
25 activity: Evaluation Environment
Starting date of the Deadline of the activity: February
activity: February 5 2018
th 18th 2018
Competence to develop:
Finding and sharing general information.
Topics to develop:
General descriptions of the learning environment and its participants.
Step, phase or stage of the learning strategy to develop
Recognition activity- Initial evaluation stage.

Activities to develop

This is an individual activity to identify the main aspects of the virtual

environment.
1. Answer the following questions:

a. Who is the course director of the course Basic English I?

b. What is the number of your group?
c. What is the name of your tutor?
d. How many participants are there in your group? Write down
their names.
e. Where can you find the contents of the course?
f. How can you communicate with your tutor or course director?
g. Where can you find the course agenda? What can you use it for?

2. Enter the Recognition Forum (Collaborative Environment),

introduce yourself, set goals for teamwork, send a greeting to your
partners and tutor. Take a screenshot of your message.

3. Create and upload your file (Word or PDF) to the link Course
Recognition, in the evaluation environment. It should include all the
information as requested. (7 answers and 1 screenshot).

Environmen
ts for the
Collaborative Environment and Evaluation
developmen
Environment.
t of the
activity
Individual:

One file containing the answers to the questions about

the virtual environment and a screenshot of his/her
Products to participation in the recognition forum.
be
submitted Collaborative:
by students
Does not apply.

4. General guidelines for the collaborative work

 Collaborative learning is a strategy that allows students
to work together in order to achieve a common goal.
Accordingly, the collaborative work proposed for the
course is based on a structured and planned process
that includes individual and group activities, as well as
interaction and socialization in the virtual classroom.

Initial evaluation:

Course recognition.

Individual activity to review the virtual learning

environment.

Weeks 1-2

Midterm
Planning of
activities for
Assignment One: Talking about me and others.
the
development
Individual contributions, forum interaction, group
of
work, comments and consolidation of a final product.
collaborative
Knowledge test 1.
work
Weeks 3-6

Assignment Two: Talking about location and places.

Individual contributions, forum interaction, group

work, comments and consolidation of final product,
Knowledge test 2.

Weeks 7-10

Assignment Three: Routines and past habits.

Individual contributions, forum interaction, group

work, comments and consolidation of final product.
Knowledge test 3.
 Weeks 11-14

Final evaluation:

Individual work. (Writing and speaking).

Final test. (Listening, grammar, etc.)

Weeks 15-16
Different roles are proposed within the collaborative
environment, which allow an appropriate space for
academic growth and effective interaction that
promotes learning and interpersonal relationships.

Each of the learning moments is divided in an

individual and a group stage. Every student will take
up one of these roles for the development of the
course assignments and can only be changed if
decided by the group members.

Facilitator: Makes sure that every voice is heard and

Roles to be focuses work around the learning task. Provides
performed leadership and direction for the group and suggests
by the solutions to team problems.
student in
the Recorder: Keeps a public record of the team's ideas
collaborative and progress. Checks to be sure that ideas are clear
group and accurate.

Time keeper: Encourages the group to stay on task.

Announces when time is halfway through and when
time is nearly up.

Planner: States an action for the completion of the

task at hand according to the instructions and course
agenda.

Task monitor: Looks for supplies or requests help

from the teacher when group members agree that
they do not have the resources to solve the problem.
 Compiler: Puts together the final product and
includes the work done only by those who participated
on time. Informs the student in charge of alerts about
people who did not participate and will not be included
in the final product.

Reviser/editor: Makes sure the written work follows

all the criteria established in the activity guide.

Evaluator: Evaluates the final document to ensure it

Roles and
follows the evaluation criteria of the rubric and
duties for
informs the student in charge of alerts about any
the
changes that need to be made before delivering the
submission
product.
of products
by students
Deliveries: Student in charge of informing about the
dates set for presenting each task and delivering the
final product according to the course agenda. Also
informs other students that the final product has been
sent.

Alerts: Informs group participants about any news in

the work being done and reports the delivery of the
final product to the course tutor

All references considered for this activity have to be

References
cited using APA Style. http://normasapa.com/
¿Qué es el plagio para la UNAD? El plagio está
definido por el diccionario de la Real Academia como
la acción de "copiar en lo sustancial obras ajenas,
dándolas como propias". Por tanto el plagio es una
falta grave: es el equivalente en el ámbito académico,
Plagiarism al robo. Un estudiante que plagia no se toma su
policy educación en serio, y no respeta el trabajo intelectual
ajeno.

No existe plagio pequeño. Si un estudiante hace uso

de cualquier porción del trabajo de otra persona, y no
documenta su fuente, está cometiendo un acto de
plagio. Ahora, es evidente que todos contamos con las
 ideas de otros a la hora de presentar las nuestras, y
que nuestro conocimiento se basa en el conocimiento
de los demás. Pero cuando nos apoyamos en el
trabajo de otros, la honestidad académica requiere
que anunciemos explícitamente el hecho que estamos
usando una fuente externa, ya sea por medio de una
cita o por medio de un paráfrasis anotado (estos
términos serán definidos más adelante). Cuando
hacemos una cita o un paráfrasis, identificamos
claramente nuestra fuente, no sólo para dar
reconocimiento a su autor, sino para que el lector
pueda referirse al original si así lo desea.

Existen circunstancias académicas en las cuales,

excepcionalmente, no es aceptable citar o parafrasear
el trabajo de otros. Por ejemplo, si un docente asigna
a sus estudiantes una tarea en la cual se pide
claramente que los estudiantes respondan utilizando
sus ideas y palabras exclusivamente, en ese caso el
estudiante no deberá apelar a fuentes externas aún, si
éstas estuvieran referenciadas adecuadamente.

4. Evaluation rubric

Evaluation rubric

Collaborative
Activity type: Individual Activity ☒ ☐
Activity
Evaluation
Initial ☒ Intermediate ☐ Final ☐
moment
Evaluated Performance levels of the individual activity
Score
items High score Average score Low score
The file does not
The file contains
contain all the
all the answers The student did
Document answers or does
and the not complete the
content not include the 10
screenshot most of the
screenshot as
according to the activity.
requested in the
guide.
guide.
 (up to 10 points) (up to 5 points) (up to 1 points)
The student
answered the There are some
questions spelling mistakes There are many
accurately and or phrasing spelling mistakes
Writing skill wrote a message inaccuracy in his or phrasing 10
in the forum, answers or inaccuracy
which is effortless message.
and clear.
(up to 10 points)(up to 5 points) (up to 1 points)
The student did
The student
not upload his /
delivered a Word
her file according The student did
file in the
Delivery to the not sent any file. 5
evaluation
instructions
environment
given
(up to 5 points) (up to 5 points) (up to 0 points)
Final score 25