KNoT Completion Evidence

The KNoT Completion Evidence is the compilation of tasks that you have completed over the semester. It might help you to coalesce some ideas around your Learning Portfolio, but it is a separate task.

Students must complete at least 12 points worth of KNoTs over the semester, with a minimum of 2 points in each Knowing, Being and Doing.

Each KNoT has a completion task. This is simply the compilation of these tasks, your updated Course Pathway Plan and any other explanatory notes.

Milestones

Attend and complete KNoTs

WINDOW - Over the course of the semester/session.

(Optional) KNoT Completion Evidence - Early Submission Deadline

SUBMISSION WINDOW - By Friday Week 10 (semesters) | Three-quarters through session (sessions)
WEIGHTING - AATD: Optional | LAWS: Up to 20% in your Portfolio

(Required) KNoT Completion Evidence - “Last Call” Submission Deadline

SUBMISSION WINDOW - By Monday Week 12 (semesters) | Before the end of session (sessions)
WEIGHTING - AATD: Hurdle | LAWS: Hurdle

(Required) KNoT Completion Evidence

This task ties together the KNoTs that you have completed. Please include:

  • Your Course Pathway Plan (please update it if your original plan has been superceded)
  • An overall 250-500 word reflection that considers your journey through the course (see below)
  • A collation of the completion tasks (ie the evidence) from the KNoTs you have completed (see each KNoT’s completion task)

Guidance on the reflection

The reflection component is to look back on your journey and take an holistic view. This should not be an onerous task, more an opportunity to draw a thread through the course, and tie the knot (so to speak).

Your reflection can take any form, but you might find a prompt useful. Consider:

  • how your plan changed or developed over the course
  • serendipitous opportunities that you have either worked out or not worked out as you expected
  • ideas that you have collected throughout the course
  • KNoTs that you would like to see included, or that you wish you could create
  • how you might take your learning in SoCIETIE further
  • advice that you would give a future student

Reflection is a fantastic activity to promote learning - it is an opportunity for you to think about your thinking /after/ thinking. Kolb’s famous experiential learning cycle shows that when learning you need to go through four distinct stages: Abstract conceptualisation (Thinking), Active experimentation (Doing), Concrete experience (Feeling), Reflective observation (Watching). This is a chance to go through this cycle throughout the course as you develop ideas for your portfolio and about Complexity

Time Commitment

The time commitment for this task will depend on which combination of KNoTs you take. In general, Knowing and Being KNoTs account for 5 hours of time commitment. Doing KNoTs account for 10 hours. Remaining time (up to 130 hours) should be spent on the Portfolio.

Marking Criteria

  • AATD: Not yet complete, Complete with Revision, Complete without Revision
  • LAWS: LAWS students may submit elements of the Evidence of KNoT completion for graded assessment as part of the Learning Portfolio for a maximum weighting of 20%.

See the Class Grading Structure for details on marking criteria.