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This education webinar with Language Academy is organized by UTM library on 5th April 2021 (Monday) at 11 am. This program is held using Webex by Dr Haliza Zainal. The objective of this webinar is to introduce about UTM library and how to search in the library with a more efficient way.

Role: Participant

This activity possesses such attributes:

• Enterprising Skills.
• Thinking Skills.
• Adaptability

The webinar started with the introduction of UTM library, which is its vision, mission and goals. Then, they introduced the UTM organisation chart and its location. There are many branches of UTM library, such as Raja Zirith Sofiah Library, UTM Library KL, Menara Razak Library KL, UTM-Pagoh Library and Institute Bioproduct Development Library. After that, Dr Haliza showed us how to make a library account and explained the function of the account. Then, she showed us the tips to find the desired resources. First, the user should make a task definition by searching only the significant words. Secondly, consider what sources we can use and what is the best resources for us. Then, find the location of the materials using UTM library portal. We should be able to find it if the material is in UTM library. Finally, evaluate the information requires by examining every ASPECT, which is authority, source, purpose, evenness, coverage, and timeliness. After this, Dr Haliza has explained about the application such as Turnitin and Endnote. In the end, we are requested to do a survey and wefie. The webinar end at 12.30pm.

Self-reflection

In this webinar, I have learned the way to search for materials and resources in UTM library. Besides, I have also learned how to create a Turnitin account and the way to use it. In my perspective, it is an important application that every student needs to use in university. Besides, I am impressed by the functionality and the number of materials that UTM owns. I am excited to go to the library when I have a chance to live in the campus.

            In this webinar, I have found the importance of thinking skills. In order to find the desired resources, I should have to specify my objective and clear my thoughts. Besides, I will have to check whether the material I get is suitable for the purpose of my use. All steps are in sequence so as to find the resources quickly. Besides, adaptability is needed for me to suit into the library here. In my surrounding, there are no library that is comparable with UTM library. Finding books are just easily walking around and searching it without any help. I am sure that I could not find my desired resources without the help of UTM library portal. Other than that, I should have enterprising skills since UTM have provided such a good facility and it give me the opportunities to improve myself. In UTM library, they have provided air-conditional and study room for students to do our revision. After finding the resources, I should stay at there and do revision in a comfortable study environment.

This webinar is organized by Persatuan Mahasiswa Sains Komputer (PERSAKA) on 8 January 2021(Friday) at 3pm. This program is held using Facebook live by Dr Zulfikar bin Ahmad, the UTM’s counselling Director. The objectives of the webinar are:

1. Acquire knowledge about mental health
2. Able to identify your own problems and ways to cope with them.
3. Get advice on how to help people around us with these situations

Role: Participant

This activity possesses such attributes:

• Communication Skills.
• Thinking Skills.
• Adaptability

To ensure that students can unleash their full potentials unaffected by psychological problems, so we need to make sure our mental is stable. Due to this COVID-19 pandemic, many people experience issues with mental health such as stress, anxiety and depression especially students who are currently attending online classes. So, the webinar starts with the introduction by DR. Iqbal Tariq, the advisor of Persaka and immediately get into the point. Dr Zulfikar have shared the definition of stress, anxiety and depression and gave the reason why many people cope with these problems. For example, many first-year student does not able to adapt to university life and their results dropped a lot. After that, the presenter replied students answer one by one, hopefully it helped to solve their problems. He suggested that students can get mental treatment by finding counsellors when they cannot cope with their stress. Students should not be shy as this is a serious problem. People will not know what one has gone through if he does not talk to others. He has also suggested that students should find a people to talk with, whether a friend or their family. Else, things might get worse. For about 1 hour and 40 minutes, the webinar ended.

Self-reflection

In this webinar, I have learned the way to overcome and avoid stressfulness. I am glad that I participated in this webinar because the presenter has really provided lots of ways to cope with stress and anxiety. After listen to the reason of being stress, I have found that most of the time I aim myself for too high. It is better to start step by step and accomplish what I can do presently.

            In this webinar, I have found that communications skills are important. I should always talk with my friends or family that I trusted when I am stress. They often will invite me to play game or going out together during hard times. Besides, thinking skills are needed to prevent myself from overthinking. I should not always thinking of the worst situation. In reality, sometime the problem will be gone by itself when time pass. Adaptability is the most important part. When I come into a new environment, I should find new friends who are comfortable to communicate. Besides, I should not over rely to my previous experience when working in a new place.

HUAWEI CONNECTED CAMPUS 2021 is an online program talk organized by the Huawei Recruitment Team on 27th April 2021 (Tuesday), 2.30 pm. This program is held using Facebook live. The objective of the program is to introduce current technology that Huawei company have and the impact of future technology.

Role: Participant

This activity possesses such attributes:

• Leadership and Teamworking Skills
• Thinking Skills
• Adaptability

Different from before, this year, the program was held only due to Covid-19. Therefore, many things and event that have the previous program has been changed to introduction. In this program, they have firstly introduced for the latest technology in the world. They have emphasized what technology have Huawei created by having a showcase, such as virtual reality, 5G, Internet of Things (IOT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Huawei cloud, smart cities and smart devices. After that, their presenters who are Huawei company leaders presented their thoughts and views of the future. They have also given the information of requirement to work in Huawei company. After that, they have shared their experience in the company and give lecturer about the way to success. Lastly, there was a lucky draw that all participants can have a chance to win the price.

Self-reflection

In this program, I have learned a lot about of the latest Huawei technology. The things they have invented shocked me as I now have the knowledge of the Information Technology (IT) after studying in my course and I know the difficulties that they have faced. They have also taught me the extra knowledge that I can get by now before graduate to improve my chance of being employed. For example, I can now learn python by myself although there is no lecture in my course needed. It is because that python is the most common used programming language in big companies. Besides, by listening to their thought, I have realized that technology is the future need that all sections of economy will be included.

            In order to improve myself, I must have leadership and teamworking skills. In the company, all information must be shared by one and another to constantly monitor the progress of a project. Besides, critical thinking is important in problem solving as we will have to think for a suitable solution for each problem. Adaptability for the change of environment is needed when we step into the society. The companies do not need an employee that still have an immature mental.

    In this project, I have learnt a lot in doing data analysis for chapter 5 and behind in this course. This is a good thing that I can have a revision for my final exam by doing this project as the date of the exam is already near. Besides, I have known the 10 countries in ASEAN that includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. We have used the variable which is employment rate and urban rate to see the relationship with the alcohol consumption. The result shows that there is indeed a relationship among them, just as our prediction. 

    I truly appreciate my lecturer for replying to our questions and messages very fast, and the time given is enough for us to complete the project. Besides, I am grateful for my team members, which are Lee Wan Fu and Jonathan Ting Moi Yao who are highly cooperative in this project. I enjoy doing the work with them. I hope that there will be chances to work as a team again in the future.

          There overall of the talk is good. The sequence and flow of the talk are well-arranged. Every alumnus is able to speak clearly to share their experiences to us. They are also able to reply calmly all of the question although some of the question are mean. I like the speaker in aspect of their confidence as they manage to share their experience to so many people. For the weakness, some of the speakers are late, but for only a few minutes and it is acceptable for me. Besides, some of us accidently open the mikes and disturb the talk. There are no big mistakes done by the speaker and this talk deserves a commend.

        From the industry talk I have known that actually, the pandemic does not affect us from getting our jobs if we have been prepared during our degree years. In university, we must not just use our time on studying our academics only. But also, we need to widen our view and see more things in order to improve ourselves. One having hard skills is not enough for us to be employed but it merely just helps us to get a decent result in degree. We must be good at both hard skills and soft skills to increase our job employability. A degree with 4.0 CGPA does not guarantee you to get a job and that is the reason why we must polish our soft skills. However, it does not mean that we have to work too hard. This is because, they have mentioned that we should enjoy our lives in university as it is the last chance before we go to work.

The group member is consist of four people, who are  Lee Wan Fu,   Jonathan Ting Moi Yao  ,Yu Kok Yong and me .

We have post our video to YouTube. Below is the link of it:

https://youtu.be/Mbruqi4C6oU

Reflection

            In the industry talk 1, I have acknowledged that innovation of technology helps us in various aspects. In economics, people can now always purchase their needs anytime. The only disadvantage is that the merchandise cannot be seen and tried directly. As result, people may be cheated to buy the fake goods. For the merchants, they only need to have places to store their merchandise as they can sell their things online. Besides, paying bills online is convenient as we do not need to queue anymore at the counter. These advantages have directly stimulated the economy and it improves the quality of life of our country.

            Another of the aspects is that the innovation helps is in education. This can be seen clearly in our pandemic now as every school and university are using online learning. Without it, students would need to wait until the end of the pandemic that has already lasted for 1 year. It will only waste the students’ time as they can only stay at home. The e-books are also cheaper and it can be access easily thought Internet. This gives the students and his family relieves as it reduces the burden economically and physically.

This is the poster that my group have done:

Through this program, I hope that I could learn some foundation about information and technology nowadays. Actually, now I can only use the application and computer devices that are invented by others. Using the inventions by others is easy and convenient. However, my dream is to create something special and unexpected from the others. This could not become true if I do not even know about what is inside the machine and how does it function well. To make an impossible thing happen, I believe that one must have a strong foundation of knowledge. Otherwise, the goal that I want to achieve is just a fantasy.

            This design thinking project helps me to know the process to solve a problem, from brainstorming to prototype and testing. This process can actually apply in many other things, we can say it as a universal procedure to overcome the problems. For example, to create an application, one must clarify the problem the problem he faces, identify what the application should do, add his own insights in it and finally do and test the prototype. So, this design thinking helps me to recognize the steps that should be done when I face a problem.

            Therefore, in order to improve my potential in the industry, I must practice this thinking method. As I have mention before, the correct thinking method can help us to solve questions easily and efficiently. Besides, hesitating is not a good practice. Instead, action speaks louder than words, by just writing and discussing the plan, it is way better to move. So, I must be more discipline and diligent to work. It is also essential to make good relationship with others. There are many situations that we cannot face by our own. So, I will befriend with people that are willing to help one another so that I will not become stressed when I go through failure as I still have backups.

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