Overview

The SoCIETIE Initiative approaches assessment as a process to develop your thinking and skills to create a positive influence in society, not your ability to match a “right answer”. This matches real-world complex problems, which have many valid approaches and solutions, requiring you to:

• Integrate multiple perspectives
• Make thoughtful decisions with incomplete information
• Reflect on your assumptions
• Learn from experience
• Adapt as you go

This course has been designed for you to develop these skills.

Assessment Tasks

There are four main assessment tasks that together tell the story of your learning journey:

1. Course Pathway Plan
   • Your plan for the KNoTs (Knowing/Being) and SoCIETIE Project (Doing) you plan to complete
2. KNoT Completion Evidence
   • Completion activities for the KNoTs you have completed, including a reflection on and any relevant outputs from your SoCIETIE Project
3. Shareable Artefact
   • For Skills-Focus pathway students, this is typically a cross-cutting exploration of themes from the KNoTs you have completed. For Project-Focus pathway students, this is typically a deep exploration of your SoCIETIE Project.
4. Shareable Artefact Showcase
   • A brief showcase to share your learning with your peers.

How the assessment comes together depends on how you’re planning your journey. There are slight differences for AATD and LAWS students, and for Semester vs Session enrolment, and whether you’re following the Skills-Focus or Project-Focus pathway.