# Academic reflection

**Source**: https://learninglab.rmit.edu.au/assessments/reflective-writing/
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Reflective writing requires you to think deeply and write about an experience, event or course content.

This involves writing about:

1. **What** happened (**positive** or **negative**) and what you personally **learned** from the experience.
2. **What** it means, and **how** it changes the way you think or understand something.
3. **What** you can change or how you can apply the new learning in the future.

Reflective writing records the development of your insights and ideas. It focuses on a specific new understanding and its application to future practice.

The following diagram illustrates the reflective process of DIEP.

DIEP chart, by [RMIT](https://rmit.edu.au/), licensed under [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Transcript

Insight to transfer: top to bottom.

Describe: What happened? What did you learn?

Interpret: What does the experience mean? Why?

Evaluate: How valuable was the learning experience?

Plan: How will you apply your learning?

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## Other resources

> [### Getting started with assignments
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> This tutorial walks you through the process of preparing, planning and writing an assignment with quick links to the resources you can use at each stage.](https://learninglab.rmit.edu.au/assessments/getting-started-with-assignments/)

> [Nursing
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> ### Critical incident report for nursing
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> This series of videos covers how to structure and write a critical incident reflection.](https://learninglab.rmit.edu.au/nursing/critical-incident-report-nursing/)

> [Art and design
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> ### Mind mapping an artist statement
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> A guide for writing a structured reflection. The studio knowledge object records learning and insights gained in a design studio course. These insights may be as small as learning a new method for improving your workflow efficiency, or as profound as a change in perspective on design or interest in a new career direction.](https://learninglab.rmit.edu.au/art-and-design/artist-statement/artist-statement-mind-mapping/)

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