We used (Rolfe et al.’s 2001) reflective model where it is based upon 3 questions “What? So What? Now What?” to describe a moment of significance that has occurred in the course.

What

 Over this week, members of our team worked together on the Infographic. Our group split up the work equally, but we found that the Infographic was too long after we put up individual’s work together. Hence, we decided to shorten the Infographic into one page by focusing on the key points. This specific task provided our team an opportunity to collaborate as a team instead of combining individuals’ work without efficient communication. We also reflected on the five components such as Identity, Scoping, Select, Write and Sketch while developing our infographic (Session 10 – Developing Infographics | Land, Food + Community || (LFS 350), 2016).

So What

 Unlike previous assignments, the Infographic is a “graphic depiction of complex information” and “relies upon visual elements to clearly and concisely communicate complex information to diverse audiences” (Session 10 – Developing Infographics | Land, Food + Community || (LFS 350), 2016).  This suggests that a complete infographic must involve group discussion to condense and possibly simplify the informations from each group member’s work while avoiding similar contents from collapsing. However, there was always opinion differentiation during group discussion. In this kind of situation, a group leader equipped with communication skill and leadership was required to gather opinions from each team member and incorporate the best of those into the final project. Additionally, since we have a culturally diverse group, during the group discussion, we learned that diversity “is important for reducing bias and providing different ways of looking at the [project]” (Medin et al., 2014). Members from different cultures had contributed to different suggestions from different perceptions, resulting in a well-rounded infographic that could be presented to audiences from different cultural backgrounds. Therefore, this experience allowed us to understand the significance of group communication, leadership, as well as cooperation between individuals from different cultures.

Now What

 Now, we have successfully completed the Infographic as required. However, to further improve the result to be used for the final presentation, we hope to ensure the presenters to fully understand the entire Infographic and to be well prepared and confident while presenting.

References

Bang, D. M., Carol D., & Lee, M. (2014). Point of View Affects How Science Is Done.      Scientific American. From http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/point-of-view-affects-how-science-is-done/

Session 10 – Developing Infographics | Land, Food + Community || (LFS 350). (2016).   Lfs350.landfood.ubc.ca. Retrieved from: http://lfs350.landfood.ubc.ca/session-notes/term-1-session-notes/session-10/

Rolfe, G., Freshwater, D., Jasper, M. (2001) Critical reflection in nursing and the helping professions: a user’s guide. Retrieved from:

http://my.cumbria.ac.uk/Public/LISS/Documents/skillsatcumbria/ReflectiveModelRolfe.pdf