This is a two-part assignment: Part 1: Locate five peer-reviewed articles published within the past 5 years related to a topic of interest you wish to explore for your dissertation research. Do not include book chapters, books, editorials, white papers, trade magazine articles, or non-peer-reviewed sources. Then, complete the following for each source in the form of an annotated bibliography: 1. Begin each annotation with an APA formatted reference. 2. Then, annotate the source with a block paragraph. The annotation should be double spaced, 200-250 words, including a brief synopsis of the article, the problem, the purpose, a description of the methodology, the findings, the recommendations for future research, and any particular strengths or weaknesses of the article. Part 2: After reviewing each annotation, describe the topic you wish to explore for your dissertation research. This topic should logically flow from the gaps in the literature noted in your annotations. Total Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. PLEASE READ: I WANT A POTENTIAL TOPIC TO BE: A STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES. · Please develop the paper around this or a similar topic. MIS500-Assign3 Page 1 of 3 ASSESSMENT BRIEF Subject Code and Name MIS500 Foundations of Information Systems Assessment Assessment Three – Reflective Portfolio Individual/Group Individual Length 3000 words Learning Outcomes This assessment addresses the following subject learning outcomes: d) Develop own professional practice and ethical standards around business problems and implementation of solutions Submission By 11:59 PM AEST/AEDT Friday of Module 6.1 (week 11) Weighting 40% Total Marks 40 marks Context: The assessment suite in this subject is built on top of skills you are building in your learning activities. Although the learning activities do not carry any assessable weight by themselves, completing them and seeking input from your peers and the learning facilitator is essential for you to achieving a positive result in the subject. Before beginning this assessment, be sure that you have completed the learning activities in all of the modules. Instructions: As you begin this subject, start and keep a learning journal that you add to during the process of learning about the foundations of information systems. A suggested format for the learning journal is as follows: Date Learning Activity Impact Evidence (You are free to have another format of your choosing, and if you do, the following comments will need to be adjusted.) MIS500-Assign3 Page 2 of 3 For each day in your learning journey, write the date and then the learning activity you engaged in. Detail what impact the learning had on you and then inclu ...

1. This is a two-part assignment:
Part 1: Locate five peer-reviewed articles published within the
past 5 years related to a topic of interest you wish to explore for
your dissertation research. Do not include book chapters, books,
editorials, white papers, trade magazine articles, or non-peer-
reviewed sources. Then, complete the following for each source
in the form of an annotated bibliography:
1. Begin each annotation with an APA formatted reference.
2. Then, annotate the source with a block paragraph. The
annotation should be double spaced, 200-250 words, including a
brief synopsis of the article, the problem, the purpose, a
description of the methodology, the findings, the
recommendations for future research, and any particular
strengths or weaknesses of the article.
Part 2: After reviewing each annotation, describe the topic you
wish to explore for your dissertation research. This topic should
logically flow from the gaps in the literature noted in your
annotations.
Total Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages
Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration
of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing
new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic.
PLEASE READ: I WANT A POTENTIAL TOPIC TO BE: A
STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES IN FINANCIAL
SERVICES.
· Please develop the paper around this or a similar topic.
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2. ASSESSMENT BRIEF
Subject Code and Name MIS500 Foundations of Information
Systems
Assessment Assessment Three – Reflective Portfolio
Individual/Group Individual
Length 3000 words
Learning Outcomes This assessment addresses the following
subject learning
outcomes:
d) Develop own professional practice and ethical
standards around business problems and
implementation of solutions
Submission By 11:59 PM AEST/AEDT Friday of Module 6.1
(week 11)
Weighting 40%
Total Marks 40 marks
Context:
The assessment suite in this subject is built on top of skills you
are building in your learning activities.
Although the learning activities do not carry any assessable

3. weight by themselves, completing them
and seeking input from your peers and the learning facilitator is
essential for you to achieving a
positive result in the subject. Before beginning this assessment,
be sure that you have completed the
learning activities in all of the modules.
Instructions:
As you begin this subject, start and keep a learning journal that
you add to during the process of
learning about the foundations of information systems. A
suggested format for the learning journal
is as follows:
Date Learning Activity Impact Evidence
(You are free to have another format of your choosing, and if
you do, the following comments will
need to be adjusted.)
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For each day in your learning journey, write the date and then
the learning activity you engaged in.
Detail what impact the learning had on you and then include any
evidence you might like to keep

4. later. This journal should be appended to this assessment when
you submit it.
To do this assessment well, you will need to engage in
reflective analysis. Reflection is what
happens when you are quiet and calm and have appropriate time
to study and is how you
integrate the materials in this subject with what you already
know. Sometimes the materials
may challenge what you already know, and at other times it may
create new knowledge,
opinions or ways you will integrate into your professional
practice. Reflection is not a
cursory comment about a learning activity but instead is an
authentic assessment as it
involves you being vulnerable, allowing your personal beliefs
and the way you perceive the
world around you to be challenged and, if necessary, changed
by what you learn. An
important element of reflection is your incorporation of your
belief system, your morals and
ethics as well as how you view the impact of information
systems on people.
Toward the end of the trimester, take your learning journal and
then build a narrative that
summarises the journey and learnings you undertook while
studying this subject. You should refer
to specific journal entries and/or extracts from learning
activities to demonstrate your learning. You
should refer to how you can apply the learnings in your future
career or the organisation you
currently work for. Should you wish to you can focus your self
reflection on one aspect of the
subject from the following topics :

5. - Business Intelligence and Big data
- Cybersecurity
- Agile Methods and system development
- CRM technologies
- SCM Technologies
There is no required format for the assessment. Students should
use initiative and be sure to
conform to the APA referencing style, making use of external
sources as appropriate.
Be sure to bookend your assignment with an introduction and
conclusion. You may also like to
append your learning activities or other artefacts that
demonstrate the attainment of your learning
or the ways in which the learning materials have affected you
personally.
Submission Instructions:
Do not leave this assessment to the last minute!
You are expected to begin this assessment when you begin the
trimester, especially as you relate the
learning activities (formative assessment) to this and the other
(summative) assessments. Be sure to
keep several drafts of your work as well as your notes and any
sources you used to draw on in
preparing it.

6. Although the journal is not part of the word count in this
assessment, to get the level of richness
required, it is expected that it will be approximately twice the
number of words in the assessable
component of the assessment.
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Be sure to build a narrative as your learning journal on its own
will not be read.
Extensions will be considered only in extenuating circumstances
where the student has applied
before the due date. At that point, students are required to
provide the latest draft, in case the
extension is not granted.
Students are responsible for keeping appropriate back-ups and
drafts of their assignments and to
submit the correct version.
Torrens University Australia policies apply to the preparation
and submission of this assignment.
Learning Rubric: Assessment Three

7. Assessment Criteria
Fail
(Unacceptable)
0-49%
Pass
(Functional)
50-64%
Credit
(Proficient)
65-74%
Distinction
(Advanced)
75 -84%
High Distinction
(Exceptional)
85-100%
Cogency and
completeness of
learning journey
40%
The learning journey has
been cursorily put

8. together and needs
significant work in scoping
and recounting how the
student has developed.
The scope of the report
needs significant
adjustment and the student
needs further work in
demonstrating how they
have changed as a result of
undergoing the subject.
The scope of the
learning journey may
need to be adjusted or
the account provided
may need more
imagination as to how
the subject developed
the student.
The learning journey has a
scope that is good and
includes a very good account
of how the student changed
as a person and as a
professional.
The learning journey narrative
has been scoped well and
includes a complete account
of how the student changed,
both as a person and a
professional.

9. Depth of learning
journey demonstrated
in the narrative
40%
The learning journey has
been cursorily put
together and needs
significant work in
demonstrating how the
subject has developed the
student.
The learning journey has a
passable level of detail;
more work is needed to
demonstrate how the
subject has changed the
student as a result of
undergoing it.
The learning journey
shows an average level
of depth; there may not
be any vulnerability or
detail in how they have
changed as a result of
undergoing the subject.
The learning journey has a
good level of depth and the
student has shown a hint of
vulnerability as well as good
detail in how they have grown

10. as a person and as a
professional.
The learning journey is
chronicled to an appropriate
depth and the student has
shown vulnerability as well as
significant detail in growing as
a person as a professional.
Use of artefacts to
support demonstration
of learning journey
20%
It may be obvious that the
student has not
completed self-directed
study or completed the
learning activities.
Significant more work is
needed to demonstrate
the work the student did
in the subject.
The student can be seen to
have made an attempt to
refer to work they have
done in their study of the
subject to illustrate their
journey.
The assessment includes
a good number of

11. references to work the
student has previously
done in the subject to
illustrate their journey.
The assessment includes a
very good number and
frequency of references to
work the student has
previously done, to illustrate
their journey.
The assessment includes
numerous references to the
learning journal and learning
activities throughout.
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