Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Academic and Research Vice-rector

Activities guide and evaluation rubric – Step 0 - Recognize
technologic innovation as a key source for successful business

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Basic Science, Technology and Engineering

Academic Unit School
Academic Level Undergraduate
Academic Field Disciplinary
Course Name Valuation and Negotiation of Technology
Course Code 212032
Course Type Theoretical Can be yes ☒ No ☐
enabled
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Type of Numbe
the Individual ☒ Collaborative ☐ r of 2
activity: weeks
Moment of Unit
Initial ☒ ☐ Final ☐
evaluation Intermediate:
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Monitoring and Evaluation
activity: 25
Environment
Starting date of the
Deadline of the activity: 14/02/2019
activity: 01/02/2019
Competence to develop:
The student recognizes the course structure and the importance of
technologic innovation as a key source for successful business
Topics to develop:
Course contents and environments recognition
Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop
Phase 0 - Recognize technologic innovation as a key source for
successful business
Activities to develop

Individual
The students must develop the following activities:

1. Update its profile (including picture)

2. Review all environments and contents of the course and download

and analyze the syllabus of the course, at the Knowledge
Environment.

3. On the Initial Environment, General forum (Social Interaction

Forum), participate sharing the following:

 Name, Skype user, professional profile, expectations with

this course and the course language (English).

4. Identify your tutor and send an invitation to get communication

on skype. Include in the message the following: Name, course,
group number.

5. Read the following article, attached as Annex 1 - 10 Common

Mistakes When Launching a New Business, at the
Collaborative Learning Environment:

Taxali, V. (2018). 10 Common Mistakes When Launching a New

Business. LawNow, 42(4), 26–30. Retrieved
from http://bibliotecavirtual.unad.edu.co/login?url=http://searc
h.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lgs&AN=13001643
3&lang=es&site=eds-live&scope=site

6. Based on the article, use the online tool: GoConqr, to create a

mind map, describing the ten common mistakes when launching
a new business, not just mentioning its tittles.

Make sure you include images to explain your ideas, also, your
name and group number.

7. Write a conclusion (100 to 200 words paragraph), answering the

following question:

How is technologic innovation a key source for launching

successful businesses?
 8. With the aim of sharing your ideas with your group mates, post
your conclusion on the Collaborative Learning Environment Forum

9. Consolidate all evidences in a creative PowerPoint presentation,

according to the guidelines given below in section Products to
deliver by student, and name it with the following structure:

 VNT_Recognition Step_Name_Group number

Environme
nt for the Initial, Collaborative Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation
developme and Practice Learning Environments
nt
Individual:
Each student submits to the Monitoring and Evaluation
Environment a PowerPoint presentation including:

 Cover (Activity tittle, Student name, Group

Number, Date)
 Profile update screenshot (Activity 1)
Products
 Social Interaction forum participation
to deliver
screenshot (Activity 3)
by student
 Skype invitation student-tutor screenshot
(Activity 4)
 Mind map image (Activity 6)
 Screenshot of conclusions posted on the
Collaborative Learning Environment forum
(Activity 8)
 References

General guidelines for the collaborative work

Planning of  Recognize and get familiar with the virtual

activities for campus, its different environments and
the activities.
development  Review frequently News and General forums.
of  Develop a personal agenda to achieve all
collaborative proposed activities.
work  Do not leave everything to the last minute.
  Participate on due time posting relevant
information on the forums.
 Respect copyright, citing the sources.
 Use correct English grammar and spelling
 In case of doubt, ask in advance to the due date
Roles to  Compiler
perform by  Reviewer
the student  Evaluator
in the  Deliveries
collaborative  Alerts
group
Compiler: Consolidate the document constituted as
the final product of the debate, taking into account
that the contributions of all the participants have been
included and that only the participants who
participated in the process are included.

Reviewer: Ensure that the writing complies with the

rules of presentation of work required by the teacher.

Evaluator: Ensure that the document contains the

Roles and
criteria present in the rubric. You must inform the
responsibilit
person in charge of the alerts so that you inform the
y for the
other members of the team in case any adjustments
delivery of
have to be made on the subject.
products by
students
Deliveries: Notify delivery times of the products and
send the document in the stipulated times, using the
resources destined for the shipment, and indicate to
the other partners that the delivery has been made.

Warnings: Ensure that the members of the group are

notified of new developments and inform the teacher
through the work forum and messaging of the course,
which has been sent the document

Use APA format. Edition 6th

Use of The APA Standards is the most used style of
references organization and presentation of information in the
area of social sciences. These are published under a
 Manual that allows to have the scope in the forms in
which a scientific article must be presented. Here you
will be able to find the most relevant aspects of the
sixth edition of the Manual of the APA Rules, such as
references, quotations, elaboration and presentation
of tables and figures, headings and seriation, among
others. You can check how to implement them by
entering the page

http://centrodeescritura.javerianacali.edu.co/index.ph
p?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:normas-
apa&catid=45:referencias-bibliograficas&Itemid=
In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article
99, the mistakes that infringe upon the academic
order, among others, are the following: paragraph e)
“To plagiarize is to present as your own work the
whole or part of a writing, report, task or document of
invention performed by another person. It also implies
the use of cites or lack of references, or includes cites
where there is no coincidence between them and the
reference” and paragraph f)”To reproduce, or copy for
profit, educational resources or results of research
products, which have intellectual rights reserved for
the University”.
Plagiarism
policy The academic punishments that the student will face
are:
a) In case of academic fraud proved in the
academic work or evaluation, the score achieved will
be zero (0.0) without leading to disciplinary measures.
b) In case of plagiarism proved in the academic
work of any nature, the score achieved will be zero
(0.0), without leading to disciplinary measures.

To know how the documents must be cited, check the

following document:
Centro de Escritura Javeriano ( ) Normas APA. Sexta
edición. Taken from
http://centrodeescritura.javerianacali.edu.co/index.ph
 p?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:normas-
apa&catid=45:referencias-bibliograficas&Itemid=

4. Evaluation rubric

Evaluation rubric

Activity Individual Collaborativ

☒ ☐
type: Activity e Activity
Moment of Unit
the Initial ☒ Intermediat ☐ Final ☐
evaluation e:
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity Scor
Aspects High score Media score Low score e
The student
submits a
complete
PowerPoint The student
presentation, submits a
according to the PowerPoint
given guidelines, presentation,
The student
also, develops a but it is not
does not
complete profile according to
submit a
Recognition update, review the given
PowerPoint
of the all environments guidelines or
presentation or 5
course and contents of the activities
it does not
structure the course, liaise proposed to
include any of
with skype as an recognize the
the required
alternative course
activities
communication structure are
channel and not complete
post its personal or well-
presentation on developed
the Social
Interaction
forum
 (up to 5 (up to 3 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student
submits a The student
creative mind creates a mind The student
map, presenting map, but it does not
a consistent does not create a mind
Comprehens
structure, evidence map to
ion of the
evidencing the clearly all of evidence the
technologic 10
ten mistakes to ten mistakes mistakes to
innovation
start a business to avoid avoid running
for business
and other running a a business
success
concepts business
related.
(up to 10 (up to 5 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student
writes a
The student
conclusion
writes a The student
evidencing a
conclusion, does not write
Understandi proper
but, its content a conclusion in
ng of understanding of
does not relation to the
technologic the relevance of
evidence an technologic
innovation technologic 10
understanding innovation as a
as a key innovation,
of the key source to
source for a including some
proposed run a business
new of the contents
reading
business explained in the
proposed article
(up to 10 (up to 5 (up to 0
points) points) points)
Final score 25