Topic: Applying a literacy learning strategy

Learning Objectives Assessed: 1, 2, 3
Weighting: 50%
Length: 2500 words (+/- 10%) (includes all text and reference list; doesn’t include cover sheet or appendices)

Task Description:

Higher education setting
For this assignment, you will need to enrol in one of the Academic Skills workshop tutorials through the library website and critically evaluate its value in meeting

your academic literacy needs or those of other students. For this purpose use evidence from the readings provided in this course and other relevant literature.

Assessment criteria by which your essay will be marked:

Criterion Weighting (%)
1. clarity of the description of the online resource    10
2. clarity of the description of your needs and potentially those of other students 15
3. excellence of the critique of the resource 30
4. depth of your understanding of the implications for universities to develop and make available such resources 30
5. quality of your expression, the logic of your argument and the accuracy of your referencing 15

Submission: All assignments should be word processed using
• Times New Roman 12 pt or Arial 10 pt font,
• double line spacing and
• 2.54cm margin