Technology & Information System
This is my reflection and thoughts on the subject Technology & Information System (TIS).
I first came to know about this subject when we were registering for courses. After reading through the academic handbook. From what I understand at the time is that this courses provides a general outlook on IT and provides a basic for students who do not possess any IT knowledge prior studying this course.
Under the 2U2I program, whereby for our course we will be studying for 2 years and and working for 2 years. Our TIS lectures were done slightly differently compared to others. I felt as though ours was packed with slightly more practical experiences. To name a few events that we attended included a visit to Magic at Cyberjaya, a visit to HILTI at Ara Damansara, attending a public lecture involving business intelligence.
Our lessons are mainly done using a method known as active learning where the students are involved in presentations and report writing post event. For my group, we did presentations on topics such as Basic Application Software and Information Systems. I think it was a good initiative for the lecturer to choose active learning as the method of learning but to be really honest I didn't think it was really effective. As there were students still pushing away their responsibilities and not seizing the opportunity to improve their presentation skills, public speaking skills and most importantly boosting their confidence. Viewing at the aspect of reports, I do understand our lecturers frustrations. As intellectuals and university students plagiarism is a major no-no in my books. But, still there are students who still do this act without giving proper citation.
After this first semester, I now have a better grasp on IT and I believe in the long run this is beneficial. There were many ups and down while studying and finishing assignments for TIS. Such as, planning meetings with group members when all of our time schedules are busy. Having to pick up slack and motivate some team members when some members did not want to do their job. But, despite all that has happen I do believe it was an interesting journey studying Technology & Information System with my fellow course mates.
I would like to take this opportunity to also thank my lecturer Dr Aryati Bakri, my fellow team mates and of course all of my course mates for all of their help, kindness and guidance given. <3