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BISM7255 Business Information Systems Analysis and Design
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT - WEIGHTING: 25%

Reflective Journal on Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Blended Learning
Lectures with the Low-Code Platform Mendix
Assignment task
Starting in Week 7, the learning and teaching in BISM7255 will be in Blended Learning Mode with a
particular focus on the no-code/ low-code application Mendix. This is the core part of Work-Integrated
Learning (WIL). To have a final assessment of the student’s learning, a reflective journal about the low-
code business application (app) will be created, which corresponds with the app. It is the final
assessment piece for the course.

Students are expected to write in their reflective journal about their significant Mendix learning
experiences. This means they should reflect on the content, meaning, and value of the experience in
learning coding and app development. It is important in the reflection to personally assess how the
learning improves their future careers and career prospects (e.g., as a Business Analyst, Product Owner).
This discussion should address whether and how the learning experience positions them better in the
job market. Finally, the journal should end with a critical account of the learning choice made (i.e., the
learning style/ approach the student chose to learn coding and app development in the context of the
WIL blended learning mode), and an evaluation of how that learning choice affected their overall
learning of the Mendix app development.

To better appreciate this assignment, it needs to be clear what a reflective journal is and how it is used
for teaching and learning purposes. Based on the article by Plack et al. (2005) (p. 200), a reflection is
defined “as the process of examining an experience” undertaken as “an internal process that helps the
individual refine his or her understanding of an experience”. An expected and desired outcome of the
reflection is that “it may lead to changes in the individual’s perspective”. Ultimately, reflections “result
in new insights and deeper understandings of [a person’s] experiences” … and … “through this
analytical process that the reflective [person] … develops a change in perspective”.

The Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority explains that reflective journaling helps students
achieve core learning skills. A learning journal can document various information, ideas, thoughts,
learning strategies, and working processes, and should contain decisions made and reasons or
justifications for these decisions. Because the learning journal is reflective, it informs further learning
or future experiences. It enables students to identify their growth throughout a subject or experience,
set goals, and develop metacognitive skills.

It is recommended to structure, with the relevant headings, the journal into the following four sections:

1. Purpose
In your own words, describe how the reflection on the WIL Blended Learning lectures on Mendix can
help you learn better.

2. Significant Learning Experiences
In your own words, present learning experiences and reflect on their meaning. The learning experiences
must relate to different knowledge, skills, and capabilities. This means each learning experience must
be a unique learning event – not learning the same but more of it. It also must be a specific moment in
time, not referring to an ongoing learning process.
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In this section, the student must also master the articulation of a reflection, not a description. A reflection
shall be a critical and reflective engagement about the Mendix learning experiences and their meaning
for the student.

The described learning experiences need to match the Mendix app submitted. This means that the
description needs to be an authentic account of the learning in the course. For example, it cannot be that
a student reflects on the app development and elaborates how s/he created microflows, but the student’s
app does not have a microflow. Inconsistencies like this will be reflected in reduced marks.

3. Implications for Career
In your own words, think ahead of your future workplace, the job you want to do, and the company you
want to work for and reflect on how the Blended Learning lectures helped, prepared, and advanced you
in this regard.

4. Assessment of Learning Choice
In your own words, assess your choices in preparation, engagement, and own contributions for the
Blended Learning lectures on Mendix. It can include a personal reflection on things that worked for
you and things you would do differently considering the unique nature of Blended Learning and the
creation of an app.

It is expected that the reflective journal will be around 750 words to present the learning and impact
reflections. However, the word limit is not considered a specific criterion in the marking. This means
that an assignment with only 500 words, but written concisely and focused tightly on the reflections
and insights made, might be of better quality than a longer journal. Hence, students should dedicate
time to revising and improving their writing to clearly achieve a reflection, not simply reporting past
experiences.

Hints: We found that longer texts are not better assignments. A longer journal means that the student
includes a lot of descriptions. Yet, the assignment asks you to reflect. Reflections are shorter because
they articulate your own awareness of how you think. Markers do not want to read ‘what’ you did in
WIL but ‘why’ you did it and ‘how’ you achieved it.
Analysing and understanding yourself better through the reflections will make you a better learner for
the ‘next’ innovation.
Layout
The assignment must have a cover page with the title of the assignment, student name and ID.
Use the following format & presentation:

− Times New Roman
− Size 12 font
− 1.5 line spacing
− Left aligned
− Normal margins (2.54 cm)
− Number all pages

Students must have four headings as outlined earlier to indicate the different sections of their reflection,
such as 1) Purpose, 2) Significant Learning Experiences, 3) Implications for Career, 4) Assessment of
Learning Choice.

Important note: All points or aspects of the layout not specified above are left to the student’s
judgment to ensure the professional presentation of the reflective journal.

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Submission Format and Process
The assignment must be submitted electronically via Turn It In through the Online Submission Folder
on the course Blackboard site. Files submitted as email attachments will not be accepted.
Format: Word File ----- NO PDFs

ALSO – Students need to submit their Mendix App created as part of the WIL project.

Name of the app: Student ID (8 digits) and first and last name. No spaces, use underscore. For example,
“44191384_Michael_Smith” and also see screenshot below. Facilitators will help you with naming the
app in your tutorial.

To submit your app you need to add a marker as your team member:

1) Go to the Mendix platform
2) Go to Developer Portal and select on the left side COLLABORATE select Team
3) Now you can invite team members. Click on the blue button that says “Invite member" (see 1st
screenshot)



4) A new screen opens with the title: “Invite Users to [name of the app] App”
5) Enter the email address of [email protected] into the entry field when
prompted
6) Click “Add to List”
7) Select the role for the marker as “Business Engineer” (2nd screenshot)
8) Click Send Invite(s)

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Submission Date
Submission date: 26 October 2022 at 2pm

The assignment will remain open for late submission, but late submission penalties will apply per the
electronic course profile. If a student has not submitted the Mendix application, then the submission is
considered “incomplete”, and late submission penalties will apply.
References
Margaret Plack, Maryanne Driscoll, Sylvene Blissett, Raymond Mckenna, Thomas P Plack (2005) A
method for assessing reflective journal writing: Journal of Allied Health 34(4):199-208.
Materials provided by the Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority;