Part 2: complete And submit the Module Reflection

Reflection Prompts

Be sure you answer each of the prompts located on Blackboard in each Module. I provide recommended lengths, but as long as you fully answer the prompts, it is fine if your responses are over or under the recommended length.

I ask you to 1) summarize the content and 2) reflect on your learning.

Although I grade these reflections, they are really for you! They are intended to help you remember the content and apply it to long-term memory. By thinking about the content and your experiences learning, you are more likely to recall the information later in life. Also, you'll now have something you can always access and look back on outside of Blackboard!

Each reflection entry is worth 50 points!

Criteria for Success

You must complete all the tasks in the interactivities and then complete your module reflection using the prompts above. I will also give you tips in each module for content/topics to include in your reflection. Sure, you could Google the answers. However, they might be slightly off from the material in the interactivities.

Summarize the material

Imagine you are writing these reflections like a blog post: a discussion or informational web post consisting of discrete, often diary-style text entries. Imagine you are explaining the material to someone outside the class who may have little-to-no backboard in Victim Studies or Criminal Justice. Then, you are reflecting and describing your experience in the course, which research indicates helps you connect with and remember the material long-term.

I help guide you through this process by giving you specific questions to answer, referred to as "Tips for what to include" in each module. You can go beyond these questions. I will never mark you down for providing more information. At the minimum, in order to explain/summarize what you learned, you must have responses to the questions.

You will be graded on whether you fully answered all questions in the prompt as grounded in the information from the interactivites. You can and should use content summarized in this class to formulate your responses. You can also use outside sources, but must link or cite them. You can also talk about your personal experiences, but please remember that I am a mandatory reporter, which includes course assignments. To avoid triggering a report, leave out specific dates, names, and locations (unless you want me to report, which I will!).

Reflect on your learning

Research shows that when we actively reflect on our learning experiences, it helps us better connect and remember the material. There are no right or wrong answers here. Just be sure to provide some detail on your experience learning that module. I provide you with specific questions to respond to.

The best reflections will fully answer the prompts, use specific examples, definitions, and statistics/figures from the course, and represent logical coherent thoughts written with full sentences.

Module reflections are best completed by each Monday 11:59pm