Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: English V
Code: 518010

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 8 Open Discussion

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Final
Highest score of the activity: 75 points
The activity starts on: Tuesday, The activity ends on: Monday, December
December 1, 2020 14, 2020
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

Develop activities that promote the improvement of communication skills of

production and reception in the context of everyday language situations.
The activity consists of:

Pre-Task: Watch a video.

- Step 1: Watch the video “Molly Russell: Did her death change social media? by
BBC News”
https://youtu.be/xhm_Fkwqlsw
Read the article: Is social media bad for you? The evidence and the unknowns.
By BBC https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180104-is-social-media-bad-for-
you-the-evidence-and-the-unknowns
- Step 2: Once you have watched the video and read the article, post your
perception about the topic and answer the following questions:
o What do you think about the use of social media in children?
o From your teacher's role, how would you show the advantages and
disadvantages of the use of social media in your students and their
parents?
Task-Cycle: Develop an open discussion with your group about the topic
“Use of social media in Teenagers”
- Step 3: Create an outline of the discussion following this structure:
o Identify your topic or thesis statement.
o Decide what points you would like to discuss during your speaking
discussion.

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 o Put your points in logical, numerical order so that each point connects
back to your main point.
- Step 4: Choose the app you will use to develop the Open discussion.
o An open discussion is when anyone can participate and say anything
basically. The opposite of an open discussion would be a closed
discussion which is like when your parents are telling you what to do and
you cannot respond. An open discussion is when anyone can participate
and say anything basically.
o In this activity, each member of the group must participate in an active
way, and you have to pick the app that you will use in order to develop
the Open discussion.
o Here you have a list of some apps you can use in order to develop the
conference to record your open discussion.
 Join.Me
 Zoom
 Google Hangouts
- Step 5: The open discussion must have the following structure:
o Opening: Where you introduce all the participants of the discussion and
give a general idea about the topic.
o Retake the information you included in the outline to give an order to the
discussion.
o Step 6: Record the open discussion and get a link of the recording.
Post-Task: Delivery
Step 6: Work together with your classmates to prepare a Word document that
includes the individual participation and comments posted in the collaborative forum
for this task. (Please organize this information in one page per student). Please also
include the link of the Discussion recording.
For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Agenda to organize your time.

- Check the Course News for important information.
- Verify the date of the First Web Conference so that you can plan your
participation accordingly.
- Verify your tutors’ synchronous attention by Skype.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

- Check the Course Contents and Bibliographic References for Unit 1: Quite a

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Change.
- Go to the discussion forum for the task and actively participate with your
collaborative group.
- Give feedback to your e-mates if necessary.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

- Upload a PDF file with the task’s individual and g group evidences. Identify your
file as follows: 518010 - Task 8 - Group X.pdf

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

Watch the video and read the article.

Choose your role for the collaborative activity.

Post your opinion about the topic and answer the suggested questions.

Post your individual contribution.

Have an active participation in the collaborative discussion and help the group to
develop the collaborative part of the task.

Evidences of collaborative work:

The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:

Work together with your classmates to prepare a PDF document that includes the
individual participation and comments posted in the collaborative forum for this task.
(Please organize this information in one page per student).

Read your partners’ participation and comment on their contributions. You should
consider possible corrections regarding structure, vocabulary, and content.

Keep in mind your suggestions or corrections must be well based and show respect for
your partners’ ideas and intellectual work.

Create the outline for the open discussion with your classmates.

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Share your opinion about the app would you like to use for the development of the
open discussion and get an agreement about when you are going to record the open
discussion.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Collaborative evidences, consider the following:

a. Cover page (names and last names of participants, course info, tutor name,
date).
b. Individual activity one page per participant.
c. Comments and feedback given to partners’ contributions regarding to the topic.
(Please do not use screenshots).
d. Link with the recording of the open discussion.
e. References (APA style).

 All members of the group must participate with their contributions in the
development of the activity.

 In each group a single member will be chosen to submit the requested product in
the environment indicated by the teacher.

 Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it meets all
the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.

 Only the members of the group that participated with contributions during the
time assigned for the activity should be included as authors of the submitted
product.

Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA style.
In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found in the virtual
campus.

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Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference and
paragraph f) To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13
de diciembre de 2013, artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Collaborative

Evaluation moment: Final
The highest score in this activity is 75 points
First evaluation High level: The student shows a clear understanding of the
criterion: information included in the video through the way he/she
answers the suggested questions and the arguments he/she
Video used to support the ideas.
Comprehension and If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points
answers. and 15 points

This criterion Average level: The student partially shows he/she understood
represents 15 the information included in the video because his/her answers
points of the total are not clear, and the information is not precise.
of 75 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 9 points
the activity. and 11 points

Low level: The student did not answer the questions or the
answers do not match with the information of the video.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 8 points

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Second evaluation High level: The student follows the instructions given to create
criterion: the outline and the discussion includes relevant aspects about
the suggested topic, the information is clear and well-structured.
Outline and Open The discussion was correctly organized they are coherent to the
discussion topic and the student used conditionals, perfect tenses and
Development. future structures to build them.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 16 points
This criterion and 20 points
represents 20
points of the total Average level: The student partially follows the instructions
of 75 points of given to create the outline and the discussion partially includes
the activity. relevant aspects about the suggested topic, the information is
almost clear and well-structured. The discussion was not
correctly organized they had some coherent to the topic and the
student used conditionals, perfect tenses and future structures
to build them.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points
and 15 points

Low level: The student did not create the open discussion, or
the student did not participate in the outline construction.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 11 points
Third evaluation High level: The student shows accuracy and fluency during
criterion: his/her participation in the open discussion, the ideas are clear,
the arguments are well structured, the pronunciation is correct,
Speaking and he/she did not read during his/her speech.
performance. If your work is at this level, you can get between 16 points
and 20 points
This criterion
represents 20 Average level: The student has some pronunciation and fluency
points of the total problems, despite, his/her speech is comprehensible in a certain
of 75 points of way. The student does not show accuracy during his/her
the activity. participation in the open discussion because he/she was reading
most of the time.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 12 points
and 15 points

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 Low level: The student did not participate in the open
discussion or the student were reading all time and he/she did
not show the required skills for the English level of the course.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 11 points
Fourth evaluation High level: The members of the group have an on-time and
criterion: active participation in the forum regarding the correct
development of the activity. They picked the roles and played
Group Performance them in a correct way.
developing the If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
activity. and 10 points

This criterion Average level: The members of the group participated in once
represents 10 or twice, but their participation was not meaningful. The chose
points of the total the roles but they did not perform them in an appropriate way.
of 75 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
the activity. and 7 points

Low level: The students only posted their individual activities

on the forum and they did not play their roles.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5 points
Fifth evaluation High level: The document is correct, and the group sent the
criterion: complete document and it was delivered in the correct link.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 8 points
Final document and 10 points
fulfillment.
Average level: The document did not fulfill the requirements
This criterion of the activity in a complete way or the group did not send the
represents 10 document including all the required information.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
of 75 points of and 7 points
the activity.
Low level: No document was delivered or it was not delivered
on time in the evaluation environment. .
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 5

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