SCI1005 - Scientific research and communication

Overview

SCI1005 will provide you with the foundational skills needed to be a practising scientist and effectively communicate your science to diverse audiences. You will learn professional science-based skills, including: The ability to acquire and assess the validity of scientific information; The ability to conceptualise, propose and refine a current research … For more content click the Read More button below. Managing an ongoing research project; Effective teamwork; Communicating effectively to diverse audiences in various formats. You will also investigate scientific inquiry, science regulation, and the progression of science, and learn how to critically evaluate the global impact of science through advances in technology, knowledge, education, and the health of our planet and its species. The skills you will develop in this unit will allow you to make a greater impact throughout your scientific career to influence positive societal change.

SCI1005 will provide you with the foundational skills needed to be a practising scientist and effectively communicate your science to diverse audiences.

You will learn professional science-based skills, including:

The ability to acquire and assess the validity of scientific information;
The ability to conceptualise, propose and refine a current research topic;
Managing an ongoing research project;
Effective teamwork;
Communicating effectively to diverse audiences in various formats.

You will also investigate scientific inquiry, science regulation, and the progression of science, and learn how to critically evaluate the global impact of science through advances in technology, knowledge, education, and the health of our planet and its species.

The skills you will develop in this unit will allow you to make a greater impact throughout your scientific career to influence positive societal change.

Offerings

S1-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Dr Rosemarie Herbert

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Rosemarie Herbert

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:

Access, critically analyse, and synthesise scientific literature;

Conceptualise and refine a research topic using the process of scientific inquiry;

Communicate science effectively to diverse audiences, across multiple modes;

Critique your performance and that of your peers throughout the semester;

Critically interpret how the history, development, practice, and regulation of science have shaped society.

Teaching approach

Active learning

Research activities

Peer assisted learning

Assessment

1 - Research proposal

2 - Communication of science

3 - Literature review

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Workshops

Workload requirements

Workload

Learning resources

Required resources

Weekly Readings and Video Content via Moodle Lessons/Books

Weekly content will be arranged using “Moodle Lessons” or “Moodle Books” (format to be confirmed). These two formats arrange content into a linear learning experience, and step students through important content. An important advantage of this format is that ungraded formative assessment can be embedded throughout, allowing you to check your understanding and progress through the topic.

Feedback Fruits

Group effectiveness and peer assessment will be facilitated via Feedback Fruits, a Moodle-integrated platform.

Other unit costs

If you use one of the graphic based programs (e.g., Canva, Piktochart, Easel.ly, Infogr.am, Venngage etc.), there may be a cost associated with producing their infographic.

You can use the free versions of these products that have slightly less functionality.