E-portfolio and reflection on contemporary Australian society

An e-portfolio is a collection of electronic evidence assembled and managed by a user, usually on the Web. The electronic evidence may include electronic files, images, multimedia, blog entries, and hyperlinks.

For this assessment students are required to assemble an e-portfolio of resources and reflection on contemporary Australian society. This portfolio will include four components:

1. Hyperlinks to 3 video clips (whether on YouTube or some other source) that are relevant to one of the four topics on contemporary Australia in this Unit.

2. A 600 word document in which you explain why you have selected each of the clips and their relevance to the topic.

3. Hyperlinks to 3 opinion articles from the Australian online media (including web posts on political blogs) which are relevant to one or more of the four topics on contemporary Australia in this Unit.

4. A 900 word paper in which you briefly outline the key argument of each article and your opinion of this argument. You should provide reasons for your opinion. In this paper you should make reference to the document ‘International Comparisons’ from Australian Social Trends 4102.0.

Suggested sources for opinion articles and web posts:

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/opinion

http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion

http://clubtroppo.com.au

http://andrewnorton.info

http://larvatusprodeo.net

You may select articles other than from these sources.

The 4 related topics:

1. Australia: culture, history and politics

2. Globalizing the Australian economy

3. The Australian environment

4. Health, education and social inequality in Australia