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this is going to be eater. It’s a timed exam so there’s going to be two hours and there’s going to be a case started. So you’ll be given a case study, which you need to read and respond to the questions and there is there are certain technique technicalities around submission.
and there will be communication sent if it hasn’t been done sir, but regarding the specifics of you know, uploading submitting your your answer and that’s all done centrally and you know, we will we will take into account you can when there are situations where there are issues with the broadband.
We took effect, you know submission over an exam paper and so on and so forth. That’s that’s going to be though the exchange the exception but for every eventuality we’ve got the tree detailed set of connecting lines with 350 V8 has been sent to use it only if it hasn’t it will be it will be sent. as we approach the extras such as I said on the technicalities you all today and
the terms of the content of the of the exams you will be given a case study. drum from the company and you will need you read the case study. for those of you who have interacted engage with the material. I’m sure you knew come up question read your number of case studies and we work in a number of companies and examples you’re looking at what companies are doing why they’re doing and all that so that that two knots the first part so that you know, you need to read and go through and then there’s
second bond, which is answering the four questions of the case that and this is really for this is really what I want you to. Not simply answer the questions answer the questions in a way that makes sense to everything that we work through all the semester it connects to the concerts to our won’t I really want to see you know, the links that you too when answering questions and how do you bring into the discussion points concert?
themes Lessons Learned From from other from the material from the presentations from the lectures and any any work. We did all this all these weeks. so as with every exam at this level at the embassy level the past Mark is 50 and 50 essentially means that you will be demonstrating basic understanding of of you know, the concept that you are it’s to this Council to address for to come up with a solution so that be a basic understanding and then slowly pop smooth.
Range of 60s. It means that you understand you’ve started showing signs of the meaningful discussion. You bring examples you make connections and so on and so forth and the fans first class that’s above 70 percent mark means that not only youth demonstrate an understanding but this understanding now is this fool is complete these Philistines. Eric you are now doing critical discussion. So you knew just saying why things are happening, but you’re explaining you say what is happening right now. It’s happening,. But you’re also explaining why so there’s a critical discussion element a and then when appropriate you also drink examples from the companies are the cases.
And many references, you know work research papers you you’ve seen on you come across during the term. And that’s something that you know you need to do forur or four questions. of course as an examination process and you know that from your even from your childhood or from your high school years, everything is boils down to time management. So, you know knowing the answer is one thing writing the answer and making sure you do it in a within the timing window you’ve got
Is another thing so you need to factor in not elements mean in your responses. It’s a it’s a it’s an open book exam in the sense that you know, you could you could go back the material from from the module and I really really need to do that because the nature of exam questions anyway are not in any way.
dependent on whether youíve got a point deck in front of you or not, the nature of questions, we’ll really You are who you want have it’s in engineering, you know to kind of do a little bit of Greece’s there. So you really need to bring everything together quickly in your head and then as you write them in response the response and then your own answers and I were looking off to see if that element of
You know the element of criticality if you will you can take your you know, your thoughts of the problem or the solution to problems in next level. Regional connections with with different parts of the module which are perhaps less obvious to the to the untrained eye or twisting the hasn’t been prepared. So well, and that’s really where you start, you know, getting the talking about the you’re getting the full marks close the full marks.
I think for them for the majority of you answering the questions or when you look at the questions and you look at the case study, you know, you’re not really thinking about looking moment or something about that thing all the questions and the case that we are really
easy to grasp. So they and and it’s not my intention to possibly your confuse you or do anything like that. What I’m trying to do is to give you the opportunity to Express yourself but in a in a way that you know when you see something when you see a problem when you see, it’s England’s you make sure you answer the question by eliminating you point your solution to to the literature and to the material into the company to achieve means is you have all these waves and I think that’s probably
wow, pause and open the floor to two questions. And thanks our research. That’s kind of like quite clear. I think so don’t you know certainly got no worm no questions on the Forum at the responses what we provide so, you know, I take it as a constructive response. We’ve got to put in our understanding and stuff as you explain what sort of average length from your experience before of the answers, obviously, so if you break it down you’ve, got the four questions which gives you about 30 minutes what?
You know, we could be looking at two or three parallel with it’s actually it’s less than 30 minutes because you need some time to read the case study as well. Right usual. You probably need about 20 25 minutes to read the case that the and then the remaining time to use it to answer the full question. So I’m not really looking for maybe some of the questions, you know will explicitly state. they you know discuss this and that and you know and where you see the when you see the verb discuss then that should immediately make you think that I need to be describing things here in England greater length. Whereas if you see something you like
list your list the benefits or something like that. Well clearly here. We talking about something which requires not a detailed or lengthy discussion. So think you need to be careful to see the signs. from the questions and obviously, you know you need to take into account that it’s going to be a 2 ounce examination process. So, you know, I’m not looking here for you know, the pages long answers responses unless I said as I said that are is a mix of questions and one question is, you know discuss in great depth and the other question says
What is X OB or what so you really need to look at carefully, you know the the tone The Hope in the words my using the either question that would signal to you. What type of responses you need to apply give. Doesn’t make sense. Yeah, absolutely.
Yes you Hannah’s is asking the question with the course material and readings cover the topics on the exam. Yes, but these not just going to be about. You know when you read the case study some of the responses will be you know, and be found in the case that they obviously that would be a source for you. So it’s just a matter of
over finding it, but also, you know know where to search so that’s another issue because you know if you have an expose yourself to the concert, it’s in the neurology. That’s not going to be a straightforward thing, you know, so they’re prepared student is one that can really get, you know quickly quickly understand. What is this paragraph talking about?
You know the maybe not going to use this Aura. So what does this happening? What is it about? so but then the most important thing is after having responded to the question with the material that you can find from the case that the the important thing now is to make the connection to some of the material from the readings from the corner of the course material as you say and it doesn’t it doesn’t mean all of the material but, you know part of the material and the would be office lakes and it would be less obvious links and that’s where you’re going to get.
few more months for demonstrating that you know, you’ve you’ve actually make connections with links that and material that he hasn’t it’s not very obvious. Not very direct related and that be differentiated in terms of performance. Thanks your highness. Yes, Selena.
Hi, Iris, just a quick question. So I know you’ve loaded past papers up already on the Blackboard how much attention should be paid to these considering now the example Max can be slightly different. It’s more of a case study sort of setting. Are they still kind of relevant? You know, how
Yeah, they are they are you should you should you should give you should give it a try, you know, just think about think about the questions and so they they are they are in the sense that you need to think. Okay? What how would I respond? the to this question, you know what will elements of the material what other connections aren’t I could do and that’s true how I want you to use this exam papers from the past. Okay, then in terms of material coverage, I’d probably say some of the beginning lectures where there are a lot of sir.
graphs and things and you know, I think probably be good to go over some of that. I don’t know how the rest of the class feel. Now, let’s see what you like to eat. Yah. What worked with the others? What do the others? think any thoughts, you know me not working as a good idea.
okay, is it is a very specific one feeling because that would that would make things easier my end. You know what you would do if you were to focus. the calculations Okay, I’ll make things the I’m not going to be asking for any calculations.
in the exams so the the reason going to be a calculation or a numerical calculation whether you’ll be asked to memorize to have o to have memorize the formula and then to apply the formula. so so don’t worry about the calculations on thinking is probably referring to the same thing, you know, they Konamin no mokou the quantity.
so, you know, they I don’t want you to and the reason there isn’t really a point in in memorizing any of these calculations or any of these formulas and that’s not really the scope of the of the module. or the nature of the iris. I think it was just things like we looked at things like trade off graphs that sort of thing. Although again understand what you mean is mean all calculations, but you can kind of use that as a basis to kind of maybe the maybe obviously, you know, there’s quite a lot of graphs. Let me just think that I’ll Point nice bike, you know your textbook your musicals.
but you need to be you need to be clever or whether you use this Christmas. Okay and what I mean by clever is that don’t be an example where where you want to demonstrate something but let’s say you want to demonstrate the link between you know number of warehouses and cost. Yeah yet that be that would be a situation where you could use this as a as an additional.
graph to highlight something you can always discuss the craft and you know, so I would up there isn’t going to be specifically requesting the you know for you to draw a graph or anything like that,. But if you wanted during during to during your response to some of these questions to back up same of the things you say with with a grunt
They’re not just that’s absolutely fine. But you know you can make sure that you’re using the right graph and make sure that you know, you can you can reproduce it in a great quick way, so I know I wouldn’t be unless no I wouldn’t I wouldn’t be censoring a response around the graph.
because remember this is a this is a case that the that you’re going to be working on. So it’s going to be a you know, a real real company real example. So only if you wanted to use this answer as an additional Response, you know point where you want to explain better than that’s World welcome. Otherwise if you don’t need to go back or memorize the crops now Iris and that makes a lot more sense because I just remember at the beginning they were there are loads of graphs and diagrams and things and I’m just thinking of you know, for example with you know, Barry’s module.
For example a key one would be suddenly like a product life cycle. So that is more graphical, you know, you can place products on the part of the cycle the patient we’ve talked about even in our more to our module. We talked about product life cycles when we talking about the evolution of Supply chains, you know, it’s if there is a question where you think there’s a reference or relevance to a product life cycles. You can always list the four stages now if you if you happen to you happen to remember the graph added to your response that be great.
But you know, there were no marks will be taken off know from you if you know if you give me the God you just say here the stages. No, I think that makes more sense. I think it was just the worry of you know, a lot of the lecture notes very very heavy based and it’s just trying I guess going through the revision and knowing where you’re at, I guess, but no, thank you. Yeah, the emitter is ask the question about reason the standard designs are going to be purely about critical thinking and applying the knowledge that it damages just
applying the knowledge not he’s making the connection to the concepts making the connections to the material we talked about with this cast. Your exposure to some of these things over and over and over the last few to three months. Yes. someone else
Sheba is informing as is going to be in January. Okay, so it’s a question mark Yeah, I don’t know. I don’t know the dates yet. I think I resist is mentioned in our lecture this morning. I think I think I’ve had debates but it’s I think the university set between the second and third week or both set the second and third weeks of January.
that sounds about right but as I said that place a fee and I’ll just wait for the for the formal announcement. I would want to give you any wrong information, but certainly you’ve got. you have quite some time to revise. Yeah, you need to you need to ask him.
I’m responding to do it. Just let me just comment and a question. Yes,. you need to upload the file. Okay.
we’ve got some time for that. more questions I want only if you have questions.
Okay, I don’t think I see anything that none of the know that there is going to be a review. Happy Happy Happy view when you have questions to arrange.
I’ll tell you why not my experience is when when I usually run reviews in the past. in every module and not find find myself in a situation where I’m in the room and going through the material and none of the students has actually start to do any revision. So the problem then becomes well, what are the questions that we can understand or we need clarification if we haven’t.
if you haven’t start revising show so over the years I’ve realized that that’s not from the best way while I’m offering instead is I’m happy, too. after a huge life of revising the material to have a one-to-one or one-to-many meetings and go to or exchange of emails depending on the nature of the question and answer specific queries as opposed to an overall University of the of the module.
Come on that much more useful for for the students Iris you sir another question if I make oh, yes, of course. Yes, do we all take the same exam or as a cock Bank of questions with know you’re all taking some exam.
Okay.
Yeah, thanks your highness. Yes. As I said, it’s all it’s all it’s all it’s all it’s all down to experience. You know, we’ve been in situations where we go do session the students, you know, you reviewed the material. No, so it’s a little bit strange situation where you know, we basically don’t know what questions because you can’t possibly have a review session with over, you know all the lectures.
in this specific duration Sabrina says perhaps we should do. quiz Oh. Yeah, that that could be an option again that goes back to preparation.
there’s this there’s lots of available quizzes and I could send you questions and all that. You know that be the appropriate type of review or revision for the module. I don’t think so. That is why I’m more in favor of
I think you know the meaningful one-to-one or one-to-many. sessions where you come up with a you know, whether with the real worried about the question, and then we talked to we talk about and we say OK how would you go about this this question? What would you do how to respond? easy answer to Queens
question no known specific concentration all the quit all of the topics are equally important. Whichever the exemptions of this made their own, you know, the calculations numerical examples and all that.
Iris, do you have any feedback last year? in terms of anything specifically that you noticed or anything and by the way, were they kind of take away exams at the back off or was it just still right now it was because he was dipping wanted was to it was it was normal normal exams.
Yeah, sure. Yeah, Bob. I’ve got some experience. You know, you’ve been running the module for quite some time. So the beam to do the Rumba statistically about probably eight out of ten nine out of ten students have no issue have no issues facing the module.
where things are little bit more difficult is when it comes to the upper marks, you know the up upper 60s or 70s decision level. Not that doesn’t happen happens. How many husbands in the past of course, but it’s not to the extent rooms that you could you. Could you could see and I wish I think if maybe if I don’t think I’m exaggerating, but I think you need to try hard to fail.
if you know if Youth and as you know many of you if you followed the lectures the material engaged with a you know, the child learning process. You know, you’ve done your readings you reflected you, you know, you won’t argue you look at this subject that you know in an organized systematic full-time job way. It’s really hard to do fail. So if you if I was showing you, you know Scripts.
That failed in the past. You only action and I’mean you can bet on yoga should be hounded PC – to give such a bad answer. We’re no response almost it would be generally students who you know who haven’t really studied the material. so and that’s when purpose because as I said to me is not you know, it’s not about failing students always not about giving suggestions to students. I just need to make sure that you’ve interacted, you know, the learning outcomes have been met.
so, you know the if I’m guessing now that my focus would be that he would I wouldn’t expect to see lots of students struggling with answering the questions, you know to get past milk, but obviously then, you know, you’ll see the difference is you know, the engaged students.
reflected and work on the materiality. It’s so easier for them to make the connections provide athe justification if the You know nice juicy responses., they be critical and so on and so forth. Okay.
someone else so how’s your self rising? Probably not. Sorry, Iris, what was the question? Have? We started ravana revising? Yes, these kind of three weeks have really been taken up with would be assignments. So it’s kind of like I think once we’ve completed this assignment, that’s when everyone will start revising over the yeah through through December. Yeah, nothing out of this than doubled. That’s understandable.
Okay, um. I had a thanks for your comment my plane. Yes, we do have a chance to revise. Yes. Yeah, Fair Point. Okay, we either not doing the big questions. I suggested we call it a day. Make sure you focus on direct your attention to the assignment, but slowly start.
Thinking about the exams go through the material and in hand with you know, the case studies the teaching material the knows the presentations. and if you have any questions, for me to clarify I’ll be happy to I think best thing just to start with just be an email and then depending on the nature of the the query we could arrange.
other one-to-one or one-to-many sessions but definitely what I would like to avoid is the situation where we are in the room, but which room and No, no provision has been done. And you know, it’s unclear what the questions are. and in exactly what the answers are for my for my side so, you know, I don’t want you to to drive this your needs to try this and I’ll be accessible for most of these are the sample with you know, the exception where the university is going to be. It’s going to be close, but even when and if the university is closed
I’m still you know, be still ignore my emails, and I’m so so worth saying that it’d be it’d be nice if you you know if these questions queries coming up organized. Cognitive function sometimes the path I would have students sending me the day before the exams a question about something.
not be a little bit difficult to address. So, you know you make sure you get your list off. topics where you need clarification questions and send send send it to me. Give me some time and then we can arrange. right
Any other questions?
Right silence. Okay, so that’s all for me. Look forward to seeing you next week where we’ve got the visitations. And yeah for anything do their life and
And I’d be happy to discuss with you. Okay, okay. OK have a nice done afternoon. Thanks, Iris. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks. Bye. She’s gone. Thanks, Iris. Thank you.
