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Attending Lessons

January 31, 2012 at 11:59 am | Posted in Anything Whatever | Leave a comment

Attended the 2nd lesson for my course of study. So far so good… adapting to the new study environment, though I am still grappling with the requirements for the various assignments. Doing essay / report at Uni level sure is different from those that I had done back in the Polytechnic.

The teaching style is also different, more self-directed learning instead of having information passed to you directly by the lecturers. In fact, I think this is good, as it requires us, as students to seek out the information on our own, thus contributing to the learning process. Though I know the challenges it posed to us, adult learners… who had to juggle with work, do our graded assignments, doing our essential reading (textbook) and additional reading (other sources) and subsequently prepare for the written exam.

Went for my first tutorial lesson last night, finally seen my fellow course mates for this term. Quite an interesting bunch of people, so hopefully for the next few months we can really get along and make the learning process an enjoyable one.

Lucky thing, the journey from Uni back to home wasn’t really that far (45 mins bus ride). Just that waiting to board the bus after lesson is crazy, with the whole bus-stop packed with students from SIM. Seriously… I only board the bus after having to skip 3 bus number 74, which was packed to the max.
Shall observe the situation and see if I can plan an alternative mode of transport back home after lesson in the next few lesson to come.

Meanwhile, shall start doing some reading, so as to really get an understanding of what my module for this term is all about, especially the theories, concepts and application.

Oh well… the beginning is always difficult, so time to get started and adapt.