Assessment 2   Written Report & Video Presentation and Discussion Forum: The Interrelationship Between Natural Disaster and The 3 Pillars of Sustainability

Assignment description:

Natural disasters have a catastrophic impact on the lives of humans, interrupting their social and economic activities to a great extent.  Communities that are located in high-risk regions encounter greater challenges in developing a resilient and sustainable tourism economy. 

Along with a global focus on the pandemic, concern over climate change has reached new levels this past year, with an increasing determination by businesses and individuals everywhere to do their part to mitigate carbon emissions. In fact, one of the silver linings of the pandemic has been the decrease in travel-related carbon emissions. Hotels can do their part to help further reduce emissions through sustainable building design, the efficient use of energy, by addressing issues in their supply chains and reducing single-use plastics.  One important way that hotels and restaurants can contribute to reducing emissions – and address consumer concerns – is by serving sustainable foods.  That means, for example, reducing red meat, which has a huge carbon footprint, and serving more plant-based and foods from local farms.

Australia has its problems with bush fires every year during the hot and dry summer months.  In recent years, the intensity has been rapidly increasing due to climate change.  Research has shown that natural disasters have an impact on tourism through three socio-economic main variables, namely economic, destination image and the degree of community activity.  The devastating bush fires in late 2019 have shown the two sides of the issue in regards to the Tourism Industry.  First, the destination most affected by the devastating effects of the bush fires caused a huge drop in international tourist arrivals which led to businesses experiencing closures and slow down.  The silver lining is that the bush fires fostered strong feelings of solidarity by the Australian population and international community.   Stakeholders were lured to the region for further economic opportunities, including tourism in the rebuilding efforts.

The hospitality industry has a large footprint both in the area of providing employment and consumption of natural resources like energy, water, waste and food consumption. 

Outline of the assessment task – Approach and Requirement:

Warning and advice:

There are many sources of information available on the internet.  You need to avoid plagiarising other people’s materials – do not exceed the cut-off limit of a 20% similar score.  If you do not understand the requirements of the assessment task, please ask the lecturer for clarification.  If you need help with paraphrasing, please seek help at student services.  If you have issues with time management, the best approach is to have a note book and list down the due dates of all Assessment task and start working on the tasks from the first day be adding snippets of content into the outline of your report.

Part A Task Description:

Assessment 2A: Written Report & Video Presentation

Assessment Criteria – 2A Written Report & Video Presentation   (30 marks):

The Assessment Task of the video presentation will be graded based on the following criteria:

Submission Instructions

Your written report of 1500 words and Video Presentation must be submitted in LMS by Week 6 (Due 2^nd May 2021 Sunday by 23:55 PM)

Feedback and Return of Work

Feedback and marks will be provided via LMS within 2 weeks of the due date.

Estimated Student Workload: 8 – 12 hours

Part B Task Description:

Assessment 2B: Response Discussion Forum

An online forum provides the opportunity for students to comment and respond to each other’s writing.  It creates a virtual classroom discussion and gives students who are not able to talk in a classroom setting an opportunity to voice their opinion.  Some students also prefer to formulate and structure their thoughts in a writing format.

• Topic development

Develop a 150 words executive summary of the report topics which is reflective of scholarly thinking and curiosity.  Develop a thesis, argument or question as the topic of your Discussion Forum which would attract some form of response from other students.  (estimate 1 hour)

• Response Discussion

Response writing to other student’s discussion forum provides the opportunity for you to practise critical reading skills and train yourself to read insightfully, by asking meaningful questions to invoke a response by giving the writer’s interpretation of his/her Discussion Forum.  You are required to make scholarly comments of at least 50 words on other students’ Discussion Forum and provoke meaningful scholarly responses from them.  (estimate 4 – 5 hours)

Assessment Criteria used to grade this task:

Assessment 2B  Forum Discussion    10 marks

1.  The executive summary, as discussion topic, should have at least 150 words.      (5 marks)

2.       Response writing: You have used at least 50 words to make meaningful and scholarly comments on other students’ Discussion Forum.  The responses received should also be at least 50 words and be meaningful and reflective of scholarly thought.  For every completed pair of comment and corresponding response to another student’s Discussion Forum, you will be given 1 mark for a maximum of 5 marks.   (5 marks)

Submission

You need to post your Topic of your Discussion Forum in Week 6 (Due 2^nd May 2021 Sunday by 23:55 PM). 

You have 1 week to make at least 5 scholarly comments on other students’ Discussion Forum Topics and receive corresponding scholarly responses. 

The topic of your Discussion Forum and the 5 pairs of scholarly comments and responses must be submitted in LMS by Week 7 (Due 9^th May 2021 Sunday by 23:55 PM)

Feedback and Return of Work

Feedback and marks will be provided via LMS within 1 week of the due date.

Estimated Student Workload for this assessment: 13 – 18 hours

See Marking Rubric for the detailed marking allocation

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