Description Description. Each student will develop a digital leadership resource guide for their c ...
Description Description. Each student will develop a digital leadership resource guide for their current and/or future practice related to the leadership content learned throughout the semester. Over the course of the semester, we will be exploring a variety of resources related to leadership theory and practice. In addition to these resources, students should explore what additional campus, community, digital, or other information exists to help them in their leadership development. This assignment is intended to help students synthesize their developing leadership competencies and to create a digital resource guide that adds several additional resources beyond those examined in the class (minimum of 10 additional sources). The digital leadership resource guide should be in an ELECTRONIC format and may take the form of a web page, a hyperlinked document, an interactive infographic, a PDF, or part of the student’s academic portfolio as part of their degree program. In your digital leadership resource guide, please incorporate the following elements: • A recorded, oral summary of your personal philosophy of leadership and what competencies/topics we have explored in class that most resonate with you (5 minutes maximum); • Reflection on your Clifton Strengths Inventory results (Top 5) and their connection to your personal philosophy of leadership; • Your five favorite readings about leadership; these can be both academic and non-academic (web, magazine, news sources, etc.) but at least two must be academic and peer reviewed. Provide a paragraph summary of these readings, highlight aspects from them that are important to your personal philosophy of leadership, and discuss how you decided that these were reliable sources using information from Unit 2 on information literacy; • A minimum of two readings related to leadership in your intended major or career field of interest. Provide a paragraph summary of these articles, highlight aspects from them that are important to your personal philosophy of leadership, and discuss how you decided that these were reliable sources using information from Unit 2 on information literacy; • At least five campus and/or professional resources that relate to the development of leadership practice in your major and/or intended career. These can be activities/events/workshops on the WMU campus; activities in the community; and/or professional associations and professional development activities. Please provide details on where information on these activities is listed and how individuals can take advantage of the activities (timelines, processes, websites, etc.). This assignment is graded on the following criteria (see the Demonstrate and Apply Information Literacy Rubric in E-learning for additional information): • Location & Inclusion of required elements (summary, Strengths, five favorite readings with summary, two major related resources with summary, five professional development resources) • Evaluation of information, selecting the most appropriate resources (resources are appropriate to the topic, the types and numbers, relevant to leadership, connection to major as required) • Synthesis of resources – summaries connect sources of information • Creation of resources guide from a variety of sources (readings, digital, websites)
