| Assignment or Test |
Contribution to Final Mark |
Learning Outcomes Assessed |
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Mid-term test 1
|
20%
|
1, 2, 3, 4
|
|
Mid-term test 2
|
20%
|
1, 2, 3, 4
|
|
Seminar Assignments
|
20%
|
1, 2, 3, 4
|
|
Reading Assignments
|
15%
|
4, 6
|
|
Leading Discussion of Reading Assignment
|
5% |
4, 6 |
|
Student Presentation
|
20%
|
5, 6
|
Additional Notes:
Marking Scheme for Course Assignments, Test and Exam
Seminar Assignment - Written Submission (20%)
Date: weekly, DropBox - Seminar Assignments
Seminar sessions will be dedicated to a presentation by a guest speaker.
Seminars will include a Circle process to facilitate discussions that invite students to co-create and share their knowledge. The invitation to the Circle is to bring our many ways of knowing to the conversation- body, emotion, spiritual, as well as our mind. Students are encouraged to integrate what they are learning with stories of their personal experience as well as their intellectual knowledge.
An important principle of Circle is that each person is invited to speak their truth but not assume that it is the truth for others. Each offering of insights, ideas, experience, and curiosity is given as a gift to the whole. In the spirit of gift giving and responding to the gifts, we do not have to agree. You may respond to the offering while considering how you might respond. We respect the gifts of the different perspectives and contributions that each of us bring to the discussion. We learn to listen deeply and to learn from each other.
After each seminar, there will be an assignment, with questions about the topics discussed within each seminar period. The seminar assignments are due the following Sunday at 11:59 pm. The answers are to be typed on the Word file sheet and the file name must include your name. The assignments must be submitted in the Dropbox for Seminar Assignments by the due date.
The Seminar Assignment will be 20% of your final grade.
Reading Assignment Discussion Post (20%)
Date: Assigned Dates, Discussion platform
Students will be assigned readings and asked to submit a discussion posting in response to assigned questions. The 8 readings and questions will be available on CourseLink at the start of the semester. Students will review the readings according to the assigned schedule and submit a discussion posting. For each reading discussion label your discussion with the following: 1) due date, 2) your name, and 3) reading title.
The posting must be a minimum length of 200 to 400 words.
The posting will be evaluated out of a score of 5 according to the following i) Clarity - the meaning must be clear and not ambiguous, ii) Timing - the posting must be on time, iii) Direct - the posting must address the question(s) directly, iv) Critical Thinking - comparing and contrasting and v) Length - (200 to 400 words).
The overall weight for the reading assignment is 15% of the overall mark.
Leading Discussion of Reading Assignment (5%)
Students will be assigned in pairs to lead a short discussion from one of the weekly reading assignments. Dates will be assigned in January and grading rubric will be given out in advance.
Student presentation (20%)
Date: during lecture and seminar sessions
Each student will choose a topic from a list of selected topics in organic agriculture and deliver a 12 to 14 minute presentation to the class during the lecture or seminar period. Select the title of your chosen topic and send the instructor your choice by Wednesday, Jan 25, 2023. Upon approving the title, the instructor will assign a specific date for your presentation in the lecture week to which your topic most appropriately applies.
The presentation should include at least 5 references from refereed journal articles. In addition, references from electronic sources will be accepted if they are university or government, or other credible sources, Wikipedia references are not allowed. Data from these papers should be compared and contrasted in relation to the objective of the presentation.
The presentation should include the following sections: i) Title Slide with your name, date, title, ii) Introduction and Objective(s), iii) Literature review and current state of the product or process discussed, iv) Recommendations to improve the product or process, v) Conclusions and vi) References.
Please be sure there is a minimum font size of 28 on the text in all slides except for citations and URLs which other students can see later on CourseLink. There should be citations throughout the text, as required for information from other sources, in a presentation or paper. Below each photo, give credit to the photographer, if not you, or cite the source of the photo. After your presentation, submit a pdf of your slides and notes into the DropBox. Your presentation will be shared with your classmates.
The instructor will mark according to the following criteria i) slides are clear and understandable (4 marks), ii) speaking style is clear and understandable (4 marks), iii) presentation includes each required section (2 marks), iv) presentation is within the time limit of ~12 min (2 marks), v) content is presented with suitable references and evidence i.e. data (numbers) (12 marks), vi) questions are answered accurately and effectively (4 marks), and vii) asking a minimum of two questions to your peers on their presentations (questions should be asked from two distinct presentations) (2 marks)
Midterm Test 1 (20%)
Date: Fri, Feb 17, 8:30 am, In Class
The mid-term test will be Friday Feb 17, 2022 during the seminar period. It will consist of multiple choice questions, short answer questions and an essay question. It will cover material from the lectures, seminars, and readings.
Midterm Test 2 (20%)
Date: Wed, Mar 29, 8:30 am Web
The mid-term 2 test will be Wednesday March 29th, 2023 during the lecture period. It will consist of multiple choice questions, as well as short and long answer questions. It will cover material from the lectures, seminars, and readings.
