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: 05/09/2019
activity: 23/08/2019
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

Individual
The students must develop the following activities:
 
1. Update its profile including picture.

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

and analyze the syllabus of the course at the Knowledge
Environment and draft a concept map including the contents of
each unit to be studied.

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 - Combining

Innovation & Technology for Real Change, at the
Collaborative Learning Environment:

LOWRY, K. M. . (2019). Combining Innovation & Technology for

Real Change. AALL Spectrum, 23(3), 30–32. Retrieved from:
http://bibliotecavirtual.unad.edu.co/login?
url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=lls&AN=136411699&lang=es&site=eds-
live&scope=site

6. Based on the article, use the online tool GoConqr, to create a

mind map, summarizing the main contents included in the
reading, not just mentioning its tittles, make sure you include:

 Images to explain your ideas

  Name
 Group number.

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

paragraph), answering the following question:

How is technologic innovation a key source for developing

successful businesses?

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
Products
to deliver Individual:
by student
Each student submits to the Monitoring and Evaluation
Environment a creative PowerPoint presentation
including:

 Cover (Activity tittle, Student name, Group

Number, Date)
 Profile update screenshot (Activity 1)
 Course contents concept map (Activity 2)
 Social Interaction forum participation
screenshot (Activity 3)
 Skype invitation student-tutor screenshot
(Activity 4)
 Mind map image (Use GoConqr) (Activity 6)
 Screenshot of conclusions posted on the
 Collaborative Learning Environment forum
(Activity 8)
 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
Roles and Compiler: Consolidate the document constituted as
responsibilit the final product of the debate, taking into account
y for the that the contributions of all the participants have been
delivery of included and that only the participants who
products by participated in the process are included.
students
Reviewer: Ensure that the writing complies with the
rules of presentation of work required by the teacher.

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=
Plagiarism In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article
policy 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
whole or part of a writing, report, task or document of
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
Recognitio The student The student The student 5
n of the submits a submits a does not
course creative PowerPoint submit a
structure PowerPoint presentation, PowerPoint
presentation, but it is not presentation,
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, a proposed to
concept map recognize the
reviewing all course
contents of the structure are
 course,
communication
by skype with
the tutor and a
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
creates a mind
creative mind
map, but it The student
map, presenting
does not does not
a consistent
include all create a mind
structure,
requirements, map to
Comprehen including images
or it does not evidence the
sion of the its name and the
evidence importance of
technologic group number to
clearly the combining 10
innovation evidence the
importance of innovation and
for business importance of
combining technology in
success combining
innovation and sustainable
innovation and
technology in businesses
technology in
sustainable
sustainable
businesses
businesses
(up to 10 (up to 5 (up to 0
points) points) points)
Understan The student The student The student 10
ding of writes a 100 to writes a does not write
technologic 200 words conclusion, a conclusion in
innovation conclusion but, it does not relation to the
as a key evidencing a meet the technologic
source for a proper requirements, innovation as a
new understanding of or its content key source to
business the relevance of does not run a 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