Social psychology (psychology)/Review

E-portfolio

 * Transcluded from: E-portfolio instructor notes

Essay

 * Transcluded from: Essay instructor notes

Exam

 * Transcluded from: Exam instructor notes

Lectures

 * A good balance/combination was struck in 2008 (9 lectures + 1 review lecture)
 * Lectures were prepared in Open Document Presentation (.odp) format and hosted on http://slideshare.net.
 * It is perhaps still an issue that the Aggression lecture is only presented electronically (in favour of showing Ghosts of Rwanda. This documentary provides an excellent point of reference and many students comment on its impact. The Aggression lecture could instead be pre-recorded and made available electronically.
 * Environmental psychology was surprisingly popular, based on e-portfolio comments - recommend keeping.
 * See also: Instructor notes on each specific lecture

Tutorials

 * A good balance/combination was struck in 2008 (5 tutorials + 1 tutorial as an Assessment Workshop)
 * Students appreciated the novelty and intrinsic interest level of the topic matter
 * Attendance was moderate (attendance was strongly recommended but not compulsory) - the e-portfolio was designed to assess attendance
 * These tutorials could continue to be worked on as engaging, dynamic, experiential, but also substantial content-worthy, practical-skill tutorials.

E-reserve

 * Selected e-reserve readings could be better incorporated into lectures, tutorials, and assessment

Textbook

 * Baumeister & Bushman (2008) was generally popular and well-received
 * See also: B&B2008 textbook

Websites

 * Ongoing efforts were made towards making the unit materials available electronically using free and open educational resources.
 * The unit was taught using Wikiversity as an organising framework, and ucspace for uploading and embedding materials which couldn't easily be done with Wikiversity.
 * Students were required to create Wikiversity accounts in order to prepare e-portfolios