International Foundation Programme EF3020 Academic Practice 350061 Case Study Materials 2023-2024 EF3020 Summative 1 Individual Presentation (40%) Module Learning Outcomes being assessed: MLO1 Develop use of a range of study and research skills needed for academic study. MLO3 Develop understanding of appropriate academic style for different types of written text which may be produced in an academic context. Task You have a case study featuring an example student studying on an International Foundation Programme. This student will be preparing for a written assignment and facing some challenges. You must prepare a 5-8 minute pre-recorded presentation with accompanying slides which advises the student on how to apply relevant study skills to successfully complete their assignment. Your presentation must: Use research to identify and discuss 2-3 appropriate academic and study skills required to help the student in overcoming their challenges. A minimum of 3 appropriate sources should be used to support your research, and these sources must be referenced appropriately. You must clearly demonstrate your understanding of what these skills involve by creating an appropriate action plan to support the student (MLO1) Provide clear guidance to the student on the correct use of academic style for their written assignment (MLO3) Important: You must not write the example assignment itself. Your task is to create and deliver a pre-recorded presentation advising an example student on how to prepare for their example assignment, as detailed in the case study provided. By doing this, you will demonstrate your awareness of how to approach the types of assignments students typically encounter in their undergraduate studies and will show how to overcome common challenges encountered during university study. Nadia: Background: Age: 18 years old Nationality: Moroccan Pathway: Humanities Nadia’s Assessment Brief: Nadia needs to prepare for the following assessment: Produce an individual argumentative essay of 1000 words which discusses the following topic: “A rtificial I ntelligence (AI) is having a negative impact on students’ education”. To what extent do you agree with this statement? You must use appropriate sources to support your arguments. Nadia’s Challenges: It is week 3 of her course and Nadia’s essay needs to be submitted in week 9. She wants to start her assignment early, but she doesn’t know where to start: Nadia wrote all her essays on paper in school and has never had to do an essay electronically or submit her work to Blackboard before. She has never needed to type an essay before and is nervous about her IT skills. Although Nadia attends all her classes, she hasn’t taken any notes so far and is worried about remembering everything from her classes this term when it’s time to write her essay. Nadia has some of her own ideas about the topic but doesn’t know where to start with using appropriate sources correctly in her work. Nadia has had feedback from her tutor about her writing style and knows that she needs to make it more academic but isn’t sure what this means for her assessment. Assessment Checklist: Before submitting your assessment, please check your work carefully and make sure you have: Read the case study carefully Identified 2-3 academic and study skills that will help this student overcome their specific challenges Researched the academic and study skills you have identified, and used this research to inform your presentation Used these skills areas to create an action plan to support the student in completing their assignment successfully and on time Given the student guidance on how to write in an appropriate academic style for their assignment. This should be specific guidelines which show you understand appropriate academic style, not just a resource or reference to look at Included full references for the sources used in your research into academic and study skills, using either APA (if you are a Business and Law student) or Harvard (if you are a student on any other pathway) referencing https://library.northumbria.ac.uk/skillsplus/referencing Submission Checklist: Remember that you must submit two things for this assessment: The PowerPoint slides for your presentation to the Turnitin submission point on Blackboard Your Panopto recording of your presentation to the submission point on Blackboard EF3020 Academic Practice Summative Assessment 1 Case Study – 2023/2024