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Assignment One
09 Monday Mar 2015
Posted in Assignment One, Experiences
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09 Monday Mar 2015
Posted in Assignment One, Experiences
Ask the questions in the comments 😊
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Just got a question regarding assignment 1 for MS&E, I understand the experiences is part of a group, would the blog post be individual work? and if so each person of the group has to create a post?
Thanks for the question
Yes each person has to do a blog post and three worksheets
And if possible have some fun doing the experiences
Maybe some the questions and answers from last year might help
https://200273experience.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/assessment-one/
Another set of questions and some answers.
Sorry to bombard you with questions, but I’ve been trying to wrap my head around the theory in order to relate it to the 3 chosen experiences.
From my understanding, In order to complete the blog post successfully. We must show how the experiences relate to servicescapes, themes, element of theatre, the 4 realms etc.
If so should we incorporate all of the theories for each experience or split them up across the 3 experiences in order to avoid repeating.
When telling the story, are we explaining how our experiences relate to the experience economy, not the ‘experiences’ themselves?
Am I missing something? just confused as to how the blog post should be structured.
As for the worksheets is that 1000 words for each worksheet?
My answers
Let’s start with the easy part, the worksheet word limit. We were stuck with the limit – write the worksheets for yourself. Not worry about the limit.
The next part is more difficult – you should focus on the experiences not necessarily your experience of the experience.
In writing the blog you sure you should write an integrated piece of writing about the three experiences collectively rather than writing a separate part about each experience.
Hope this helps
Does each experience have to be done with the group or can one be done individually?
You should try and do the assignment as a group but you do not need to do all experiences together.
There are a variety of reasons you may need to do parts of the assignment in sub groups or as an individual. Location,cost, nature of experiences etc.
Some more questions
For the first assessment, how many references do we need to put in the experience worksheets? Also it says 2000 words, is that the total ? So the 3 experiences and the blog ?
So to answer the questions
Number of references = you need to demonstrate research into your three experiences, familiarity with Pine and Gilmore, familiarity with Britner and also that you have extended your research into other experience economy authors.
As for the word limit as explained in class – the blog needs to be 1000 words. The worksheets don’t worry about.
Here is another emailed question I think are few are asking
I am confused about the assessments as it says for both of them we have to go out as a team and participate in an experience. How do assessments 1 and 2 differ? I have read through the learning guide however I am still unsure.
I think the learning guide is fairly clear but I would
You have been divided into teams to work on both assessment tasks
The first assignment requires you to carry out the research & planning phase as a group
You should then undertake the experiences together – most are social in nature
You then write the assignment as an individual
You then need to as a group help each other improve your assignments by cross marking
The second assignment is a group assignment that requires you to plan, undertake, document etc etc as a group
Please see learning guide – these instructions are all documented but if you do not find them clear ask a question here
Another email
I just wanted to confirm some things about the first assessment. Could you please confirm the following..
1. We have to actually do the 3 experiences from the prescribed list in the learning guide
2. We fill out a worksheet for each of the 3 experiences and you said in the lecture that the 1000 words don’t necessarily matter because it’s mainly for us, if I heard correctly?
3. Write a 1000 word blog post (is this part like a summary and outline of each of the 3 experiences with evidence [pictures, videos, tickets etc] or is there something more/less we need to include?)
I read the learning guide and instructions a few times and it still didn’t quite make any sense so any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks for the email
So to answer your questions.
One – yes you must do three separate experiences from the categories outlined in the learning guide. The experiences must be done as part of the unit you cannot use previous experiences.
Two – yes as I stated in the lecture do not worry about the word length
for the worksheets. Write the worksheets for yourself.
Three – yes you need to write 1000 word blog post with photos, evidence etc.but importantly it is not just a simple description of each experience but an integrated piece of writing that describes a planned learning experience that has incorporated the three experiences.
Hope this helps.
a few good questions about the assessment 1 – individual report
1. do we write the blog in third person?
2. do we need a title for each experience? or do we write 1 blog and discuss learning excursion of all 3 experiences?
3. can we write the blog in a word document ?
4. can I choose to go to markets as a retail experience?
To answer your questions
1 – don’t mind you can you write in the first or third person.
2 – One blog discuss all three experiences as part of a co-ordinated coherent learning experience.
3 – yes use word or pages.
4 – yes good markets are excellent. Also there is significant amount of research about markets.
A number of students have emailed if they can do the first assignment by themselves
My responses hav been a long the lines of
Thanks for the question – a number of other students have asked similar questions so I thought it might be worth quoting the answers together and then reposting on the blog
You have been asked to do both assignments in your teams. The first reason was to get you to start working together and discussing both the material being studied and then start working on the micro adventure assignment.
In the first assignment there was the number of tasks that were group orientated this included the opportunity to go and do some of the experiences as a group. Given the social nature of experiences it seemed like a good idea to give you the opportunity of working together and build a network of friends. It also allowed groups to help each other to produce better assignments.
It is only really the writing in the first assignment that is individual in nature.
In the second assignment it is definitely a group assignment.
I understand people are busy but I have freed up about 9 hours of class time – not sure what else I could do. Also not sure why you would want to work alone. Hope my response helps.
Do we submit the blog and worksheets through turn it in?
Yes – but please note that some students may have a problem with turn it in if their file is large. The library have advice on how to manage this.
I am not sure why this is still such an issue –
You have been placed in teams to work on both assignments
In the 1st assignment you can help each other do the research
Work on planning the learning excursion to the three experiences
Enjoy the social aspects of the experiences
You then have to as individuals do each/all the written parts of the assignment
Each person has to do three worksheets + the blog post
You then can help each other improve your assignment via peer review
The second assignment is a group project
Hi Colin,
Where exactly you want our blog be posted?
Do we create an account on any blog page or you have a blog page to refer us?
The blog post is just a writing exercise in communication – it does not have to be posted to any web site. Just use word or pages to write it.
Why a blog post ? I thought it would be more interesting than an essay
what should be in the file I submitt?
In the file you submit – I would have a cover sheet, title page, table of contents, worksheets, blog post, bibliography, and any appendixes.
Have the photos in the blog and anywhere else that is appropriate
On the work sheet it says reference material – what does this mean?
The reference details required – you are asked in the question to research each of your experiences as part of a planned learning excursion. This is where I want to see the amount of research you did on each experience. (Then these will help form the bibliography)
I’m having problems uploaded the file to turnitin, I’m assuming the file is too big as it just shows ‘uploading..’ and does not do anything. Just wondering what we are meant to do?
Relax for the moment – in meeting – will get back to you
Disregard, I ended up finding the answer in turnitin FAQs