Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Geopolitics and environment
Code: 151021

Activity Guide and Assessment Rubric – Unit 1

–Task 1 -Initial evaluation

1. Activity Description
Type of Activity: Individual
Evaluation Moment: Initial
Highest Activity Score: 25 points
The activity starts on: Monday, The activity ends on:
February 1, 2021 Sunday, February 14, 2021
With this activity, the following learning outcomes are expected:

Identify concepts for reading context on health problems arising from the
relationship between geopolitics, environmental, determinants in health
and sustainable development.

The activity consists of:

Individual activity:

● Read bibliographic sources of the Syllabus or Knowledge environment

and Glossary.

Design a conceptual map that integrates the definitions of geopolitics,

sustainable development, and health determinants. You must use
programs such as Lucidchart (https://www.lucidchart.com/), cmaptools
(https://cmap.ihmc.us/cmaptools/ ) or genially (https://www.genial.ly/es
)

● Additionally, prepare a 10 line paragraph where you give your opinion

about Geopolitics and the relationship with environmental health in
Colombia. You must cite the bibliographical references in the
paragraph.

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Is an individual activity. You must create a document of maximum 3
(three) pages and upload in the evaluation environment and forum. The
deliverable must include:

- Cover
- Goals of the activity
- Conceptual map ( 1 page)
- Opinion about Geopolitics and the relationship with environmental
health in Colombia.
- Two (2 ) Conclusions
- Bibliographic references according to APA standards.

Total weighting: 25 points

keep in mind for the development of the activity:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: revise the course

agenda and presentation Geopolitics and environment course.

In the Learning Environment, you must: read the bibliographic

references, the 10- year plan for public health 2012-2021 and the
sustainable development goals. In the forum you can participate by
publishing the doubts and concerns that you have during the
development of the pre-task.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must: as the final product you must
upload the deliverable in word Format, maximum three pages with the
dates described in this guide. In the same document, you must attach the
paragraph with the concepts and include the bibliographical references.
Individual Work Evidences:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:

Format:
• Document in Word
• Page size: Letter
• Typeface: Arial
• Font size: 12
• Interline spacing: 1.5 cm

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Collaborative Evidences:
No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to

Submit.

For Individual evidence, consider the following: Is an activity individual.

You must include cover, goals of the activity, the paragraphs with the
description of the content, conclusions, Bibliographical References.
Maximum three (3) pages. excellent writing and use of grammar rules.
Participation in the forum in the first week (minimum 3 contributions). Then
in the second week minimum 2 contributions.

 All members of the group must participate with their

contributions in the development of the activity in the forum.

Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products

must comply with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in
this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this
activity must comply with APA Format.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the
academic order, among others, are the following: paragraph e)
"Plagiarism is to present as your own work all or part of a written report,
task or document of invention carried out by another person. It also
implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it includes citations
where there is no match between these and the reference" and paragraph
f) "To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University ".
(Acuerdo 029 - 13 de diciembre de 2013, Article 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or

evaluation, the score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary
measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the

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 score obtained will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures
being derived.

Type of Activity: Individual

Evaluation Moment: Initial
Highest Activity Score: 25 points
First Evaluation Criterion: High Level: Participates in the Forum with the
Opinion about Geopolitics and the relationship with
environmental health in Colombia.

Participation in the Forum with the

Opinion about Geopolitics and the If your work is at this level, you can get
relationship with environmental between 6 points and 10 points
health in Colombia.
Average Level: Participates in the Forum, but
does not include the opinion about Geopolitics and
the relationship with environmental health in
Colombia.

This criterion represents 10
points of the total of 25 points
of the activity.
If your work is at this level, you can get
between 1 point and 5 points
Low level: Does not Participates in the Forum ,
and does not include the opinion about Geopolitics
and the relationship with environmental health in
Colombia

If your work is at this level, you can get 0

points.
Second Evaluation Criterion: High Level: The conceptual map contain the
three (3) core conceptual in the requested format.

Presentation of the conceptual

map that integrates the If your work is at this level, you can get
definitions of geopolitics, between 6 points and 10 points
sustainable development, and
health determinants in the
requested format.
4

This criterion represents 10
points of the total
of 25 points of the activity.
Third Evaluation Criterion:
Presentation of the document,
writing, spelling and citation in
APA standards
This criterion represents 5
points of the total of 25 points
of the activity.
Average Level: The conceptual map contain only
two (2) core conceptual in the requested format.
If your work is at this level, you can get
between 1 point and 5 points
Low level: The conceptual map do not contain
the definitions or is not presented.
If your work is at this level, you can get 0
points.
If your work is at this level, you can get 0
points.
High Level: The handling of references and
Grammatical Norms is satisfactory. The APA
referencing standards are used.
If your work is at this level, you can get
between 4 points and 5 points
Average Level: Bibliographic references are
presented but APA standards are not used. The
grammatical Norms is satisfactory.
If your work is at this level, you can get
between 1 point and 3 points
Low level: Bibliographical sources are not
referenced. The grammatical norms are not
satisfactory.
If your work is at this level, you can get 0
points.