Overall feedback on Project 1
Virginia, what is your core belief? It could be clarified in your essay. Is it the importance of the role bio-med plays in healthcare? I agree that bio-med is critically important to healthcare, but not sure that is a core belief. I spent 6 years in business development in bio-med services for linear accelerators in radiation oncology, so I am very familiar this field and the importance of bio-med engineers. You did a nice job on APA formatting, still some room for improvement. While I appreciate the effort to include citations and references, I also appreciate it when I know students are following the instructions for the assignment. Step 3 does state that references should not be used. Other than these observations, thank you for sharing this essay!
Project 2: Next, you will search for information that enables you to identify three top trends in your profession or field. This project will span two weeks. You will learn about the two main systems that classify job titles to capture economic and employment statistics. When you have an industry or occupation code, library databases can help you identify trends. You will then choose one issue that you discovered in your research of trends, working to craft a research question, conducting research on the issues and providing an analysis of the findings. This project focuses on the process of inquiry and research as you exercise information literacy skills to locate and evaluate information and develop well-reasoned conclusions. This project will prepare you to conduct serious inquiries of fact and a strategic approach to research.
In this project, you will search for information that will enable you to identify three top trends in your profession or field. Over the course of the project, you will exercise information literacy skills as you locate and evaluate information, and develop well-reasoned conclusions. Reviewing the many sources available to you, you will choose those that are relevant, timely, and helpful to your quest to understand the issues of your industry. Once you have identified the top trends, you will choose one that is particularly interesting to you or one that you think is the most problematic, and research more deeply to produce an analytical research paper for your team. Your project is intended to prepare the search committee on the issue so that it is well-prepared to interview candidates. This project will prepare you for more complex research projects, as you will refine and hone your ability to create a statement of the problem and find the information you need to produce a well-reasoned, well-supported analysis.
There are four steps that will lead you through this project. Begin by watching the video above, which introduces the project as it might occur in the workplace, and then continue with Step 1: Search Techniques.
Step 1: Conduct Research to Identify Top TrendsStep 2: Choose an Issue to Research FurtherStep 3: Writing your Research PaperStep 4: Submit Your Paper and Share Your Research Experience
When you submit your project, your work will be evaluated using the competencies listed below. You can use the list below to self-check your work before submission.
• 1.1: Organize document or presentation clearly in a manner that promotes understanding and meets the requirements of the assignment.
• 1.2: Develop coherent paragraphs or points so that each is internally unified and so that each functions as part of the whole document or presentation.
• 1.3: Provide sufficient, correctly cited support that substantiates the writer’s ideas.
• 1.4: Tailor communications to the audience.
• 1.5: Use sentence structure appropriate to the task, message and audience.
• 2.1: Identify and clearly explain the issue, question, or problem under critical consideration.
• 2.2: Locate and access sufficient information to investigate the issue or problem.
• 2.3: Evaluate the information in a logical and organized manner to determine its value and relevance to the problem.
• 2.4: Consider and analyze information in context to the issue or problem.
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