Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-rector

Activities guide and evaluation rubric – Step 0 - Recognize
technologic innovation as a key source for successful business

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Basic Science, Technology and Engineering

Academic Unit School
Academic Level Undergraduate
Academic Field Disciplinary
Course Name Valuation and Negotiation of Technology
Course Code 212032
Course Type Theoretical Can be yes ☒ No ☐
enabled
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Type of Numbe
the Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐ r of 2
activity: weeks
Moment of Unit
Initial ☒ ☐ Final ☐
evaluation Intermediate:
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Monitoring and Evaluation
activity: 25
Environment
Starting date of the
Deadline of the activity: 14/02/2020
activity: 01/02/2020
Competence to develop:
The student recognizes the course structure and the importance of
technologic innovation as a key source for successful business

Topics to develop:
Course contents and environments recognition

Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop

Recognition Step - Recognize technologic innovation as a key source
for successful business
Activities to develop

It is important to clarify: This course is in English and as it is specified

in the Rules and conditions for the development of the course:
The student must develop the proposed activities on due time,
in English. Contributions in different languages won´t be evaluated.

Also it is important to take into account: Submitting a document that

is not developed by the student will achieve a score of (1)

Individual
The students must develop the following activities:

1. Update its profile including picture of your face.

2. Review all environments and contents of the course, download

and analyze the syllabus of the course at the Knowledge
Environment

3. On the Initial Environment, General forum (Social Interaction

Forum), participate sharing the following:

 Name, Skype user, professional profile, expectations with

this course and the course language (English).

4. Identify your tutor and send an invitation to get communication

on skype. Include in the message the following:

 Name, course, group number.

5. Read the following article, attached as Annex 1 - You need an

Innovation Strategy, at the Collaborative Learning
Environment:

PISANO, G. P. (2015). You Need an Innovation Strategy. Harvard

Business Review, 93(6), 44–54. Retrieved from:
https://bibliotecavirtual.unad.edu.co/login?url=http://search.eb
scohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=102786227&l
ang=es&site=eds-live&scope=site
 6. Based on the article, record and post in YouTube a 2 - 3 minutes
video where the student appears himself including in English:

 Name
 Date
 Group number
 Explain the four types of innovation and its importance
to create and capture value

7. Based on the article, write a conclusion (100 to 200 words

paragraph), answering the following question:

How Breakthrough Innovations have changed the way managers

run business?

8. With the aim of sharing your ideas with your group mates, post
your conclusion on the Collaborative Learning Environment Forum

9. Consolidate all evidences in a creative PowerPoint presentation,

according to the guidelines given below in section Products to
deliver by student, and name it with the following structure:

 VNT_Recognition Step_Name_Group number

Environme
nt for the Initial, Collaborative Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation
developme and Practice Learning Environments
nt

Individual:

Each student submits to the Monitoring and Evaluation

Environment a creative PowerPoint presentation
Products
including:
to deliver
by student
 Cover (Activity tittle, Student name, Group
Number, Date)
 Profile update screenshot (Activity 1)
 Social Interaction forum participation
screenshot (Activity 3)
  Skype invitation student-tutor screenshot
(Activity 4)
 YouTube link (Activity 6)
 Screenshot of conclusions posted on the
Collaborative Learning Environment forum
(Activity 7)
 References (Use APA format)

General guidelines for the collaborative work

 Recognize and get familiar with the virtual

campus, its different environments and
activities.
Planning of
 Review frequently News and General forums.
activities for
 Develop a personal agenda to achieve all
the
proposed activities.
development
 Do not leave everything to the last minute.
of
 Participate on due time posting relevant
collaborative
information on the forums.
work
 Respect copyright, citing the sources.
 Use correct English grammar and spelling
 In case of doubt, ask in advance to the due date
Roles to  Compiler
perform by  Reviewer
the student  Evaluator
in the  Deliveries
collaborative  Alerts
group
Compiler: Consolidate the document constituted as
the final product of the debate, taking into account
that the contributions of all the participants have been
Roles and
included and that only the participants who
responsibilit
participated in the process are included.
y for the
delivery of
Reviewer: Ensure that the writing complies with the
products by
rules of presentation of work required by the teacher.
students
Evaluator: Ensure that the document contains the
criteria present in the rubric. You must inform the
 person in charge of the alerts so that you inform the
other members of the team in case any adjustments
have to be made on the subject.

Deliveries: Notify delivery times of the products and

send the document in the stipulated times, using the
resources destined for the shipment, and indicate to
the other partners that the delivery has been made.

Warnings: Ensure that the members of the group are

notified of new developments and inform the teacher
through the work forum and messaging of the course,
which has been sent the document

Use APA format. Edition 6th

The APA Standards is the most used style of
organization and presentation of information in the
area of social sciences. These are published under a
Manual that allows to have the scope in the forms in
which a scientific article must be presented. Here you
will be able to find the most relevant aspects of the
Use of sixth edition of the Manual of the APA Rules, such as
references references, quotations, elaboration and presentation
of tables and figures, headings and seriation, among
others. You can check how to implement them by
entering the page

http://centrodeescritura.javerianacali.edu.co/index.ph
p?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:normas-
apa&catid=45:referencias-bibliograficas&Itemid=
In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article
99, the mistakes that infringe upon the academic
order, among others, are the following: paragraph e)
“To plagiarize is to present as your own work the
Plagiarism
whole or part of a writing, report, task or document of
policy
invention performed by another person. It also implies
the use of cites or lack of references, or includes cites
where there is no coincidence between them and the
reference” and paragraph f)”To reproduce, or copy for
profit, educational resources or results of research
 products, which have intellectual rights reserved for
the University”.

The academic punishments that the student will face

are:
a) In case of academic fraud proved in the
academic work or evaluation, the score achieved will
be zero (0.0) without leading to disciplinary measures.
b) In case of plagiarism proved in the academic
work of any nature, the score achieved will be zero
(0.0), without leading to disciplinary measures.

To know how the documents must be cited, check the

following document:
Centro de Escritura Javeriano ( ) Normas APA. Sexta
edición. Taken from
http://centrodeescritura.javerianacali.edu.co/index.ph
p?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:normas-
apa&catid=45:referencias-bibliograficas&Itemid=

4. Evaluation rubric

Evaluation rubric

Activity Individual Collaborativ

☒ ☐
type: Activity e Activity
Moment of Unit
the Initial ☒ Intermediat ☐ Final ☐
evaluation e:
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity Scor
Aspects High score Media score Low score e
The student The student The student
submits a submits a does not
Recognition
creative PowerPoint submit a
of the
PowerPoint presentation, PowerPoint 5
course
presentation, but it is not presentation,
structure
according to the according to or it does not
given guidelines, the given include any of
 including a guidelines or the required
complete profile the activities activities
update, proposed to
communication recognize the
on skype with course
the tutor and a structure are
complete not complete
personal or well-
presentation developed
posted on the
Social
Interaction
forum
(up to 5 (up to 3 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student The student
submits a submits a
YouTube link video, but it The student
with a video does not meet does not
where appears all submit a video
himself requirements or it does not
indicating its or does not evidence its
Comprehens name, date and evidence understanding
ion of the the group clearly the of the
technologic number, understanding importance of 10
innovation explaining the of the combining
for business importance of importance of innovation and
success combining combining technology in
innovation and innovation and sustainable
technology in technology in businesses
sustainable sustainable
businesses businesses
(up to 10 (up to 5 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student The student The student
Understandi writes a 100 to writes a does not write
ng of 200 words conclusion, a conclusion in
10
technologic conclusion but, it does not relation to the
innovation evidencing a meet the technologic
as a key proper requirements, innovation as a
source for a understanding of or its content key source to
new the relevance of does not run a business
business technologic evidence an
innovation, understanding
including some of the
of the contents proposed
explained in the reading
proposed article
(up to 10 (up to 5 (up to 0
points) points) points)
Final score 25