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A third year one-semester design project in electronic engineering has required students to individually keep a reflection journal and submit entries weekly. Previously, to encourage the writing of such a journal any form of submission was accepted, whether in a notebook, individual sheets of paper, document files or even emails. Such a varied form can become a logistical problem and with the class increasing to above 70 students this became difficult to organize and even physically carry (in the case of notebooks) for marking. It was decided to move to an electronic format for writing and submitting journal entries, using a learning management system (LMS). This use of a standard form of electronic submission could potentially inhibit the writing of reflection journal entries and consequently detract from the goal of developing metacognitive skills in students. This paper considers the challenges and degree of success in using an LMS based reflection journal system. It was seen that the response rate of the reflections was good and little difference was seen in the quality of reflections from the previous year with the paper based system. Sketches and circuits were infrequently seen, but the electronic medium did allow photographs to be included in the reflections. A survey was conducted for the student opinion on the reflection journals. From the 30% of the class response, 58% agreed that the journal use helped with their reflection but 59% viewed the process of producing the journals a burden. The benefit to the instructor of using the LMS was significant, allowing security, legibility plus easy access and marking. The type of journal entries seen were similar to previous years with some good reflections by a few and many providing weak reflections and just describing what was done. It appears the LMS is a valid route to use for reflection journaling in this type of project course. Future focus may be on ways of encouraging and developing the reflection process.

USE OF A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION AND MARKING OF A REFLECTION JOURNAL