Welcome to your first summative assessment of WC106. You’re nearly at the finish line, so let’s finish strong with this synthesis and reflection assignment!

ou will synthesize all of your key learnings from this course in the form of an infographic. An infographic is a visual representation of concepts, ideas, and information. The information that you will address in your infographic will focus on the main ideas you have learned regarding discourse and the OTM these past 5 weeks, including:

• Your assumptions and beliefs going into WC 106 regarding talk-led learning and OTM.
• Theoretical concepts, readings, frameworks, etc. that have shaped your learning and how.
• Course learning experiences  that have shaped your learning and how.
• Enduring takeaways that will impact your classroom practice and how.

In terms of content and structure, we have provided a template for you to use to organize your thoughts. There are clear instructions on each section of the template that indicate which points to address and how. 

Citations: Use APA formatLinks to an external site. for any references to specific standards or academic sources.

In terms of format and style, the template we have made lives on Canva. Canva is a free online resource that houses hundreds of thousands of templates and images for the graphic designer in each of us! You will need to sign up for a Canva account using your Reach email address to access the template for this exercise . 

Once you have typed up the wording on your infographic, the next step is to make it reflect you aesthetically! Feel free to change up any of the colors and to add graphics and images to get your key points across in a visual way. There is a bank of suggested images at the bottom of the template, but you can, of course, search for alternatives by clicking on the ‘Elements’ tab on the left hand side of the Canva menu and searching for relevant images under ‘graphics’.

This is a personal reflection, which you should complete independently and in your own words. The purpose of this exercise is to bring together your enduring understandings and key reflections on your course experience in a visual form. This infographic will support you not only with part 2 of the summative assessment, but will also act as a tangible artifact that you can keep in your workplace or portfolio to return to whenever you need a refresher on the core tenets of OTM and discourse going forward!

Click on the following link Links to an external site.to access the template. Make sure you click the second choice: ‘Use template for new design’ to make your infographic.

Once you have finished working on your infographic on Canva, click the ‘Share’ button at the top right of the Canva page. A drop down menu will appear. Click on the ‘Download’ option in this menu, and make sure that it says ‘ PDF’ under ‘File Type’ before clicking the purple download button.

Once your infographic has saved as a PDF on your device, go onto this assignment page on Canvas, and submit your PDF file!