• Relevance - Is what is written relevant to the topic, question, video, or podcast? Did the student use relevant work/life experience?
• Application - Did the student appropriately discuss and apply the covered course materials to very specific real-life examples or scenarios.
• Quality - Was the thinking and analysis high quality?Did the assignment meet the word requirement?

IMPORTANT: The journal should not be a summary of the course readings but should focus on very specific ways that you have or plan to apply the course concepts. I'd like to have you identify a specific scenario where you apply specific key learnings/course concepts. When identifying a specific scenario, consider including the people involved, the organization, and what you plan to accomplish. If you are able to see the results during this course, then consider sharing what worked or what didn't.

For those of you who are working, consider using specific examples within your organization. If you are not currently working, consider prior organizations and reflect on a prior scenario and how you would have applied your learnings/course concepts. If you are not currently working, consider discussing scenarios regarding your learning teams, church, community, or civic groups that you might be part of.

As with most assignments for this course, I'd like you to focus on the experiential learning model below where the application of course concepts and your key learnings is the key to higher-level learning.

Experiential Learning

• Formulate an Action Theory
• Test it Out Behaviorally
• Assess Consequences and Obtain Feedback
• Reflect
• Modify
• Refine Theory