Reflection

I feel that the syllabus covered in our CIP module is quite appropriate because we are taught a variety of things like managing hardware and software and also the understanding of Computer Network and Internet. Other than lessons, CIP also covers PBL.

What is being taught is basically what I expect of the module because from the name of the module, computer and information processing. I knew that I will likely be taught things which are related to computers.

The workshops on MS Word, Powerpoint, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Flash are quite interesting and useful. The workshops and assignment are appropriate in developing your IT hands-on skills and I believe these skills would be useful in the future. However, I find that the time given for us to complete the assignment is quite short and it would be better if the students are being taught in greater details about the software like Dreamweaver so students will find it easier when doing the assignment.

I feel that the PBL problems are authentic enough for students to learn better
It provides an opportunity for students to work effectively in teams as well as develop problem solving skills. PBL also train students to learn and work independently because students are not spoon-feed with answers but are given feedback which makes students think deeper into the questions.

The lecturers and tutors are quite helpful in my learning because they are helpful and friendly. Therefore, students find it comfortable to seek help if there are any doubts. The class size of 40 is a not a very good size for effective learning because when there are too much people in a class it will tend to be more noisy and some students might find it difficult and hard to concentrate during lessons or unable to hear what the teacher is saying. However, there are also advantages to having a class size of 40. Students can learn from each other and having a bigger class, students can also learn from people not just from their own class. Students may also have a chance to work with people from other classes.

If there is 1 thing that I can change in CIP, I hope that the length of the CIP tutorial lesson can be shorten because I feel that it is quite tiring for the eyes to look into the laptop for three hours. The eyes should be given a break. It would be better if the lesson time is reduced to one or two hours.

If there is at least 1 useful thing that I appreciate in CIP, it would be that through the CIP macromedia assignment, I have learned how to use Flash and Dreamweaver. It is interesting because I learn how to create a web page.

To end up, I think that I have learn something from this CIP modules like how to use software like Flash and Dreamweaver.





Haven been updating my blog regularly... Anyway, the CIP presentation has ended finally. My group is the second last group to present. Therefore, there are not much people around. I think the presentation ended quite smoothly although I stammer along the way… as usual. Our tutor, Mr Tan also took pictures of us after the presentation. He is really a good tutor. I feel that this time the PBL is much easier to do. We spend time doing the research and after that putting all the information on powerpoint. Looking for the correct information was not very easy because some of the information we found are not appropriate and therefore we have to search again. However, We are able to do this project quite effectively maybe is because of the experience we have gained from doing PBL1.