NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE CORE (ICC)
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2022-2023, SEMESTER 1
ASSIGNMENT 3
Module Code and Title
Assessment Title
Nature of Assessment
Weightage
Topic
CC0005 Healthy Living and Wellbeing
Integrative Reflection Essay
Individual Assessment
30% of Total Grade
The Influence of Technology on Healthy Living and Wellbeing
A. Task Completion
In the spirit of interdisciplinarity, write a reflection essay (750-1000 words) on your learning
journey of healthy living and wellbeing, and how the use of technology has shaped the way
you understand and experience healthy living and wellbeing. In writing your essay, refer
closely to the instructions in Section E: Assignment Task and the rubric in Section G:
Assessment Rubric.
B. Turnitin Submission: Deadlines and Guides
Reflection essay PDF to be uploaded to the Turnitin assignment folder on NTULearn tutorial
site by 14 November 2022 (Monday), 6pm.
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Late submissions penalty: 10 marks deduction from total essay marks. This applies
to submissions from 14 November (Monday), 6.01pm to 16 November 2022
(Wednesday), 6pm.
No submissions will be accepted after 16 November 2022 (Wednesday), 6pm.
Save the digital receipt of Turnitin report and a digital copy of your submission as
documentation that your essay was submitted on time.
Turn-It-In Reports and Detecting Possible Violations of Academic Dishonesty
The Turnitin report provides information on the degree of overlap between your essay and
existing essays/sources of information available in the repository. Plagiarism violates
academic integrity and carries penalties, including (but not limited to) receiving a 0% on this
assessment. It is your responsibility to ensure that the similarity report for your final
revision of the essay is at (or below) the threshold of 15%.
You are encouraged to view the Similarity Report, revise your assignment based on the
Similarity Report and resubmit your assignment accordingly. You can submit via the Turnitin
Assignment multiple times and receive a new Similarity Report. Please note that after 3
submissions, you will need to wait 24 hours after a resubmission to see a new
Similarity Report.
According to the NTU Academic Integrity Handbook, all parties involved in, contribute or
agree to plagiarism and other academic fraud including collusion will receive the
same penalty (see page 16 of the Academic Integrity Handbook).
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Naming Conventions and the Submission Process
1. Save the file name
FullNameAsPerClassRegister TutorialGrouponNTULearn
(e.g., BobSternbergT46)
2. Upload file to Turnitin
Assignment folder
Turnitin Assignment folder on NTULearn Tutorial Group
site
3. Complete submission
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Click View/Complete, then Select Submission Type:
Single File Upload in the drop-down menu.
Key in: FullNameAsPerClassRegister
TutorialGrouponNTULearn (e.g., BobSternbergT46).
Upload File, then click Submit.
For a video step-by-step guide on uploading to Turnitin, please see Submit to an
assignment (turnitin.com)
For additional notes on font sizes, margins, and the references, please refer to Section H:
Formatting the Essay, References and Word Count.
C. Learning Goal and Objectives
Goal: To reflect on the interdisciplinary approach to a healthy life with wellbeing and explore
how your newfound knowledge and skills impacted you beyond the classroom.
Learning objectives:
1. To demonstrate an accurate understanding of the materials covered in both domains of
the module;
2. To integrate the knowledge and skills acquired in the module through interdisciplinary
perspectives; and
3. To apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the module to one’s life beyond the
classroom.
D. Upholding Academic Integrity
NTU upholds exacting standards regarding academic integrity. Please ensure that you
adhere to the academic writing requirements and do not commit acts of academic
dishonesty, including:
a. Plagiarism: To use or pass off as one’s own, writings or ideas of another, without
acknowledging or crediting the source from which the ideas are taken.
b. Collusion: To submit an assignment, project or report completed by another person
and passing it off as one’s own
c. Academic fraud: A form of academic dishonesty which includes cheating, collusion,
falsification of data, false citation, and contract cheating.
d. Facilitating academic dishonesty: Allowing or contributing to another student to copy
your work/assignment/ assessment/exam.
Please read carefully the NTU Academic Integrity Handbook (NTU 06/22) especially
pp.4-21 for greater insight into NTU Student Academic Integrity Policy.
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E. Assignment Task
As we have learned throughout the module, a flourishing life encompasses the
interconnection between physical health and mental wellness. Building empathy and a
growth mindset help us understand the underlying context, enablers, and barriers for desired
healthy living and wellbeing. Improvements in our health and wellbeing entail a complex
interplay of various factors, including physical, individual, social, socioeconomic, cultural,
and environmental factors (i.e., the socioecological model; Dahlgren and Whitehead, 1991).
In a broader context, current digital technologies present new opportunities and challenges
for our personal health and wellbeing. Therefore, it is timely to discuss how technology has
influenced the way we view, approach, and experience healthy living and wellbeing.
Recent technological innovations promise to transform and personalise the way we engage
with health and wellbeing, engendering deeper interconnections between technology, our
personal health and wellbeing. Telemedicine, smart wearable devices, artificial intelligence,
virtual reality, robotics, 3D bioprinting, mobile applications are among the key trends, and the
list is evolving. These examples can spark a reflection on your personal experiences of how
technology, health and wellbeing intersect through an interdisciplinary lens of physical health
and mental wellness.
Write an insightful and succinct reflection essay (750-1000 words) to articulate how
you think technology has shaped your understanding of the interrelationship between
healthy living and wellbeing. Furthermore, discuss how you intend to apply this
connection in your daily life.
Essays should include the following sections:
1. Introduction
2. Interdisciplinary connection
3. Impact of interdisciplinary connection
4. Application of interdisciplinary connection beyond classroom
Learning to develop and present your ideas in a coherent form is part of the learning process
of this assignment. To be fair to every student, instructors will not answer questions
regarding the specific content of your essay, nor read drafts of the essays.
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F. Essay Prompts
You may consider addressing the prompts below that serve as a springboard to think
about, integrate across topics and write your reflection essay.
1. Introduction – Setting the Stage
• This section requires you to set the stage and provide an understanding of your
contributions to the reflection around the topics. You will refer to the module content
and may bring in additional sources to support your description.
• Briefly describe the key interconnection(s) between the selected healthy living and
wellbeing topics. You must select one topic from the Healthy Living domain, and
one topic from the Wellbeing domain (see Table below). You may select subtopics within each topic (e.g., discussion of NEAT from the Health and Fitness topic,
or symptoms of burnout from the Understanding Stress and Fostering Self-Care
topic).
• Briefly describe one specific use of technology in health and wellbeing that you will
discuss throughout the essay. In your description, provide a concrete use of
technology from fields including but not limited to telemedicine, smart wearable
devices, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, robotics, 3D bioprinting, mobile
applications (see Section E above).
Healthy Living
Health and Nutrition
Health and Fitness
Health and Disease
Health and Maturation
Health and Wholeness
Wellbeing
Understanding Stress and Fostering Self Care
Building Mental Health Awareness and Resources
Nurturing Healthy Relationships and Social
Wellness
Aspiring Personal Growth and Self-Actualization
Cultivating Wisdom and Creativity for a Flourishing
Life
2. Interdisciplinary connection – How Technology, Health and Wellbeing Intersect
• This section requires you to integrate the topics on technology, health and wellbeing.
You will need to draw relationships between these concepts using interdisciplinary
lens.
• Elaborate on the key link(s) identified in Section 1, highlighting the ways through
which the healthy living and wellbeing topics are interconnected, with concrete
examples.
• Discuss the interconnection between healthy living and wellbeing through the specific
use of technology you have described in Section 1. In so doing, illustrate the ways
technology, health and wellbeing intersect, with concrete examples.
3. Impact of interdisciplinary connection
• This section builds on the interconnections between technology, health and wellbeing
in Section 2 to explore its impact on your personal journey of healthy living and
wellbeing.
• Consider the new or different insights that emerged through the specific use of
technology for your personal health and wellbeing.
• Discuss how these insights affirm or challenge your perspective on the
interdisciplinary connection.
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4. Application of interdisciplinary connection beyond classroom
• This section requires you to share your experiences in applying what you have
discovered through your reflection on this module, and how your journey with healthy
living and wellbeing has evolved. If you have not been able to apply what you have
discovered, explore and share concrete plans on how you might do so.
• Explain the opportunities and/or challenges the technology presents, and how these
influence – improve or impede – the way you navigate and experience your health
and wellbeing.
• Articulate:
- 1) How might you be able to expect to be able to strive towards healthy living
and wellbeing given the opportunities and/or challenges technology presented
(and if not, identify potential barriers that may hinder you); and
- 2) A clear plan on how you would strive towards healthy living and wellbeing,
considering the efficacy and practicality of the plan.
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G. Assessment Rubric (30% of Total Grade)
Excellent
A+, A, A-
Good
B+, B
Adequate
B-, C+, C
Accuracy in
describing the
HL and WB
topics selected
(10 pts)
The details of the
materials covered in
both topics were
adequately and
accurately described.
The details of the
materials covered in
both topics were
mostly adequately and
accurately described.
The details of the
materials covered in
both topics were
somewhat adequately
and accurately
described.
Depth of
integrative
reflection
(20 pts)
The essay
demonstrated an indepth analysis of the
interdisciplinary
connection between
the topics with a high
degree of originality.
The explanation for the
connection was clearly
articulated, and
exhibited a high level
of critical thinking.
The essay
demonstrated a
reasonable analysis of
the inter-disciplinary
connection between
the topics with some
degrees of originality.
The explanation for the
connection was mostly
clearly articulated, and
exhibited some levels
of critical thinking.
The essay
demonstrated a
superficial analysis of
the interdisciplinary
connection between
the topics with very
little originality. The
explanation for the
connection was
somewhat articulated,
and exhibited low
levels of critical
thinking.
Impact on
interdisciplinary
perspective on
self - with a focus
on changes in
the thinking
process (30 pts)
The student presented
a highly focused and
detailed narrative on
how the
interdisciplinary
connection between
topics shaped the
student’s views on the
The student presented
a mostly focused and
reasonably detailed
narrative on how the
interdisciplinary
connection between
topics shaped the
student’s views on the
The student presented
a somewhat focused
and somewhat detailed
narrative on how the
interdisciplinary
connection between
topics shaped the
student’s views on the
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Marginal
D+, D
The details of the
materials covered in
both topics were
generally inadequately
or inaccurately
described.
The essay provided
very little evidence of
analysis about the
interdisciplinary
connection between
the topics by stating an
obvious and superficial
connection. The
explanation for the
connection was poorly
articulated and
exhibited very little or
no critical thinking.
The student presented
a mostly haphazard
narrative (and/or only
presented superficial
details) on how the
interdisciplinary
connection between
topics shaped the
Unsatisfactory
F
The details of the
materials covered in
both topics were too
brief to assess or
were grossly
misrepresented.
The essay provided
no evidence of
analysis, drawing
very tenuous or
incomprehensible
connections between
the topics. The
explanation for the
connection was
minimal, incoherent,
or missing.
The student
presented a narrative
that was largely
tangential to the
interdisciplinary
connection between
topics shaped the
student’s views on
Applying the
concepts beyond
the classroom
walls – with a
focus on
changes in
behaviours
(30 pts)
meaning of healthy
living and wellbeing.
This was supported by
a clear identification of,
and a detailed
exploration into, the
aspects of the
student’s life that have
been changed as a
result.
meaning of healthy
living and wellbeing.
This was supported by
a clear identification of,
and a reasonable
exploration into,
aspects of the
student’s life that have
been changed as a
result.
meaning of healthy
living and wellbeing.
This was supported by
a clear identification of,
but a superficial
exploration into the
aspects of the
student’s life that have
been changed as a
result, lacking clarity
and/or depth.
student’s views on the
meaning of healthy
living and wellbeing.
There was either
minimal (and/or poorly
articulated)
descriptions of the
aspects of the
student’s life that have
been changed as a
result, with no
exploration into the
impact of the
interdisciplinary
connection on the
student’s life.
the meaning of
healthy living and
wellbeing.
Descriptions of the
impact of this
connection on the
student’s life were
tangential or absent.
The student clearly
described how they
have been able (or
unable) to apply the
knowledge in their
everyday life. The
student provided
substantial evidence of
critical thinking by: (1)
identifying and
elaborating on the
ways in they applied
the knowledge (or the
barriers that hindered
their ability to apply the
knowledge); and (2) by
providing a clearly
The student described
how they have been
able (or unable) to
apply the knowledge in
their everyday life. The
student provided
reasonable evidence of
critical thinking:(1) The
student identified the
ways in which they
applied the knowledge
(or the barriers that
hindered their ability to
apply the knowledge),
but could benefit from
greater clarity and/or
depth in the narrative;
The student
superficially described
how they have been
able (or unable) to
apply the knowledge in
their everyday life. The
student provided
minimal evidence of
critical thinking: (1) The
student described the
ways in which they
applied the knowledge
(or the barriers that
hindered their ability to
apply the knowledge)
that provided some
clarity and/or depth;
The student minimally
stated how they have
been able (or unable)
to apply the knowledge
in their everyday life.
The student no
evidence of critical
thinking: (1) The
student simply stated
the ways in which they
applied the knowledge
(or the barriers that
hindered they ability to
apply the knowledge),
without sufficient clarity
and/or depth; and (2)
The student provided a
The student either did
not describe how they
have been able (or
unable) to apply the
knowledge in their
everyday life, or they
presented a narrative
that is largely
tangential to how they
have applied the
knowledge outside of
the classroom. No
future plans for
leading a healthy life
with wellbeing were
presented, or the plan
that was presented
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articulated plan on how
they would strive to
lead a healthy life with
wellbeing. The plan
was well thought-out,
with the consideration
of its efficacy and
practicality.
Overall quality of
the essay
(10 pts)
The essay was wellwritten, with a clear
and focused argument.
The flow of the essay
was coherent and
sensible. The essay
was free of
grammatical and
spelling errors.
and (2) The student
also provided a
reasonably wellthought out plan for
how they would strive
to lead a healthy life
with wellbeing, with
reasonable
consideration of its
efficacy and
practicality.
The essay was
generally well-written,
with a generally clear
and focused argument.
The flow of the essay
was mostly coherent
and sensible. The
essay was mostly free
of grammatical and
spelling errors.
and (2) The student
provided a plan for how
they would strive to
lead a healthy life with
wellbeing, with some
consideration of its
efficacy and
practicality.
The essay was lacked
clarity and focus in
areas. The flow of the
essay was somewhat
haphazard, in which
the ideas do not seem
to flow naturally from
one to the next. The
essay contained quite
a few grammatical and
spelling errors present.
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rudimentary plan for
how they would strive
to lead a healthy life
with wellbeing, with
minimal consideration
of its efficacy and
practicality.
The essay was
generally poorly
written, lacking in both
clarity and focus. The
flow of the essay was
difficult to follow, as the
student jumps from
idea to idea without
drawing connections
between the ideas. The
essay contained
numerous grammatical
and spelling errors.
was evaluated to be
inefficacious and/or
impractical for leading
a healthy life with
wellbeing as defined
in the module.
The essay was poorly
written, in which the
meaning behind each
sentence/paragraph
is difficult to decipher.
The flow of the essay
was impossible to
follow, as the ideas
seem to be
haphazardly placed.
The essay also
contained a
substantial amount of
grammatical and
spelling errors.
H. Formatting the Essay, References and Word Count
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Use a standard 12-point font Arial or Calibri, set line spacing to 1.5 and side margins to
Normal (1”).
750-1,000 word count excludes in-text citations, paragraph headers and reference list.
Use of illustrative diagrams (such as tables, mind maps, concept maps) is allowed and
the text in these diagrams is included in the word count.
APA 7th edition reference and citation style. Guide to APA 7th:
https://libguides.ntu.edu.sg/c.php?g=935202&p=6768552 Other reference and citation
style from your discipline is acceptable and must be consistent throughout the essay.
Proper referencing includes quotations, paraphrases, in-text citations, and a reference
list.
Use of these material needs to be referenced: 1) specific information or interpretive
comments, 2) any material, including but not limited to lecture notes/slides, and any
electronic media such as websites, images, videos, podcasts, and other recordings, and
3) published work including your previous published work.
Use quotation marks when direct quotes or phrases verbatim from other sources are
used.
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I. Reflection Essay Template
Use the template below for your submission.
Name (As per class register):
Tutorial Group No.:
Name of Current Tutor:
Number of Words (excluding in-text citation, paragraph headers, and reference
list):
Assignment Title: Integrative Reflection Essay
1.
2.
3.
4.
Introduction
Interdisciplinary connection
Impact of interdisciplinary connection
Application of interdisciplinary connection beyond classroom
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J. Assignment Submission Declaration
Append the following Submission Declaration page at the end of your Reference List.
This form serves as a gentle reminder to ourselves of our individual responsibilities to
produce original work, and to maintain academic integrity, honesty, and respect toward the
learning process.
School of ________________________
Name:
Matriculation No:
Title: Integrative Reflection Essay
Module Code and Title: CC0005 Healthy
Living and Wellbeing
Lecturer/Tutor:
Submission Date:
Keep a Copy of the Assignment
Please make a copy of your work. If you have submitted your assignment electronically also
make a backup copy.
Plagiarism and Collusion
Plagiarism: to use or pass off as one’s own, the writings or ideas of another without
acknowledging or crediting the source from which the ideas are taken.
Collusion: submitting an assignment, project or report completed by another person and
passing it off as one’s own (as defined in the Student Academic Integrity Policy and NTU
Honour Pledge).
Penalties for Plagiarism and Collusion
The penalties associated with plagiarism exist to reward good academic conduct. Those who
cheat will be severely punished to reflect the seriousness with which NTU views cheating,
and its commitment to academic integrity. Penalties may include: the requirement to revise
and resubmit an assignment, receiving a lower grade, or receiving an F grade for the
assignment.
Declaration
I declare that this assignment is my own work, unless otherwise referenced.
Signed_____________________________ Date __________________________
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