Week 7: Goal Settings & Learning Management System

            Assalammualaikum! As we all know, this week is the last week for Interim before we start our exam. Awh 😢 but, it's okay tho. So, for this week we learnt about goal settings by Mdm. Noor Amira Syazwani binti Abd Rahman. Okay, what is goal? Well, this goal is not related to football. At all. Goal is the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result. I'm pretty sure that everyone has a goal in life. Something that they want to achieve in their life. 

              Everyone has to have a goal, something that they want in their life. Therefore, there are also ways to achieve it. We can achieve it by setting up goal first. Goal setting involves the development of an action plan designed to motivate and guide a person or group toward a goal. A goal must be;

             Characteristics of goals;

• Self-chosen
• Moderately challenging
• Realistic
• Measurable
• Specific
• Finite (having limits and bounds)
• Positive

            As for me, my academic goal is to achieve 4-flats in every semester, while my personal goal are to have a really nice job with 5-digits salary. I also want to buy a big house and live with my parents in there. But of course, in order to achieve what we want, we also have to faced some obstacles. And my biggest obstacles is being lazy. I really need to get rid that habit of mine in order to achieve my goal. Therefore, supports from lecturers, friends, family and my dearest parents are really important to me as they are my sources of strength. 

            So, I need to work hard to achieve my goal and never let anything negative to crush my dreams. That's it for today. Goodbye 😀

    

Week 6: Taking Lecture Notes

      Assalammualaikum, im back! 😉 For today, we learnt about taking lecture notes. Before we start our lesson, our lecturer gave us some questions and we needed to answer it eiher 'YES' or 'NO'. Out of 10, i only got 3 questions right. It really showed that I really need to learn on how to take an effective lecture notes. For this topic, it is divided into two parts. Part one consists of taking lecture notes, while the other part is effective note taking system.

      First, we learnt on why we take lecture notes. One of the reasons we take lecture notes are to obtain more accurate record of information. This is because people can't really remember each things accurately. Well, unless you were born to be genius. Next, we take notes to intepret, condense and organize information. It is important to keep your notes organize and not to mess up them especially when we need it for examination. We also learnt on how to take lecture notes. First thing first, we need to read the text before class. This is because, by reading the text will allow us to build up the background of the topic. It also helps us to identify main ideas of the lecture and organize notes easily. By reading the text before class will helps to understand the topic better and it will be easier for us to take notes.

      On this part, we also learnt to get ready to take notes. It will be easier to take notes if we sit in front of the class. There will be less distraction for our sights so we can hear and see better. Other than that, we can find other interested motivated friends to sit in the first few rows of the class with us. In this part also, friends play a big role in our life. If we befriend with someone lazy, I'm afraid we might get influenced by them. So, we need to choose who we want to befriend with wisely. Lastly, we learnt to always review the notes we took during the last class while wating for class to begin. This may help us to memorize back what we have learn in the class before.

      For the second part of this topic, we learnt about effective note taking system. Our lecturer introduced us to a new method that we can use to take notes. We learnt about The Cornell note taking system. It is an excellent way that can be used to take notes as it is divided into three column. It has recall/cue column and summary column at the end. All we need to do is to write notes in notes column and write down the main point at the cue column. While in summary column, we just need to conclude about what we had learnt for that day.

      One of the things that can be included in notes is the heading. It is important to always notes the main points that are made during lecture. The heading also lead us to what topic we were taking notes about. If we wrote the notes without understanding the main point, it may be hard or maybe we might wrote down the false information. Next, we can include the details that related to the main points. We can write any facts and explanations that explain the main points mentioned. Anything that is repeated and spelled out also can be included in the notes. Usually when the lecturer repeat something related to our study, it might be important and should be focused more.

      And lastly, we learnt about reviewing the notes. We could review our notes by recite from the heading. All we have to do is to read the heading and try to gather as much information as we can under it. This helps us to see whether we can memorized it or not. We also can review it by reciting from the recall. We can use the recall questions to test our memory of main points and the supporting points. It also can help us learn to make specific answers to specific questions. And lastly, we cant review it by talk about the information with others. By putting the informationin your own words and explain it to others make you understand better. We can get together with friends and review the notes. Overall, the lesson for today teach me a lot of tips on how we can take lecture notes effectively.

Week 5: Time Management & Organizational Skill

            Hello! ☺ For this week, we learnt about time management and organizational skill which was taught by Miss Norshahida. The objective of this topic is to exposed the time management skills. We can organize something by learning how to manage time first.

            What is the meaning of time? Time is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present and future regarded as a whole. While the definition of time management is the ability to use one's time effectively or productively, especially at work. We should know that time is really important as it also has a surah in Al-Quran that mentioned about time. So, ones should never waste time at all, especially we, as a student.

              So, there a five strategies in study system;

1. Weekly Schedule.
2. Daily Planner. 
3. Academic vs Personal life.
4. Semester Calendar.
5. And lastly, avoid PROCRASTINATION.

                    What is procrastination?
               Procrastination is the act of  putting off intentionally the doing of something that should be done. As a student, we REALLY NEED TO AVOID it, as it caused a lot of bad than good things. It may left us tons of works if we keep doing it. So, best to avoid it.

                    Why is this happening?

• Lazy
• Perfectionist
• Being rebellious
• Feeling overwhelmed

                    How can we avoid this attitude?

• Always remember our goal
• Alert to deadline
• Know the prioritized
• Self rewards

               We also learnt about the benefits of being organized. The benefits of being organized is we can avoid the procrastionation. We can also do lots of activites as we already set our time. We also get to know our priority. Before our class ended, miss Norshahida had gave us some tasks. You can check out it! 👇

Things that we had done since week 1

The End! 😀

Week 4: Academic Integrity & Performance

           Assalammualaikum! So today, we learnt about Academic Integrity & Performance by Mdm. Nurul Afzan Najid. In this topic, we learnt on how to avoid plagiarism and to calculate our Grade Point Average (GPA). She told us, when we enter the university life, we need to plan our goal so that we are not going to waste our time around doing something inappropriate that may caused something bad for our future. She also told us to be independent and don't be too easy to be influenced because in university, we will meet new people from different backgrounds, so it is up to ourself to guide our own life. 

           In university, it is often to found the student unintentionally guilt of plagiarism when they write reports, assignments and research papers. This is because lack of knowledge about plagiarism. So, what is the meaning of plagiarism? Plagiarism are; 

• turning in someone else's work as your own.
• copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit.
• failing to put quotation in quotation marks.
• giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation.
• changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit.
• copying so many words or ideas from a source that back up the majority of your work, whether you give a credit or not.

              Without student realizes, there are a lot of factors that bring to plagiarism. But, there are also some ways on how we can prevent it. 

1. Planning your paper.

               If you do not know or want to know something, do refer to your own instructor/lecturer. After that, you can plan your paper on how you are going to write it. Don't forget to take effective notes so that you can use it to support your main point.

       2. Writing your paper.

               When writing your paper, don't forget to cite sources. Make it clear who said what. You should also know how to paraphase. When evaluate your sources, make sure it is right. Make sure you know where your sources come from. This is for to prevent some false informations. And lastly, not to forget to include your references.

               These are the steps on how to paraphase:

• Read carefully.
• Make sure you understand.
• Go away and take a break.
• Return to rewrite in your own words without looking (make sure to change grammar and vocabulary).
• Check the differences in words and grammar.
• Cite the paraphased text.

                For the second part, we learnt about academic performance. It means, the final examination results and assessments at the end of every semester. We learnt on how to calculate the average of the letter grade student earns in each semester.

                  Students with extremely unsatisfactory academic performance will/can be dismissed from his/her study. That's it for this week. Bye 😀

             

Week 3: Memory Learning & Improving Concentration

      Assalammualaikum! 😊 It's the third week now, and we learnt about memory learning & improving concentration. We were taught by Miss Shamsina Rahmat. I must say that she's kind of fierce. Well, at first. Before we start our lesson, she asked us about things that can distract our focus when it comes to learning in class. Some of us said, it's hard to take some notes and listening to what our lecturer said at the same time. I could not agree more. I must say, that's one of the distraction that we faced as a student. Our smartphone also could be a distraction. 

      Before we start our lesson, she told us the importance of Interim. First, she told us on how some students failed in their semester due to not being able to adapt their university life. So, this Interim session teachs us a lot of experience that can be used for our next semester.

      Miss Shamsina also showed us a list of things from the slide and asked us to memorize it in few seconds. Then, she asked us what things that were wrote on there to see whether we remember it or not. I only got 3 things right 😅 We also learnt that brain is a physical, visible, tangible world of body while memory allows us to remember facts and experiences. 

      We learnt that learning is a process of acquiring information. There's some factors that make people forgot about what they learnt such as, not paying the fullest attention in class, easily get distracted, last minute study and not having a strategy when study. She also gave us some tips to understand what we learnt better. If we gain some knowlegde, we need to share it with others. When we share it, we undestand it better as we have the confidence on sharing it.

      Some strategy that can be used to improve our concentration are to create interest in our work. When we don't like it, we will never enjoy it. We can also use time management for studies. We create a time table to manage our time wisely and not to waste it. Reduce the multitasking also helps to gain more concentration. We don't need to think about other things while doing our work. Never need to worry about others. That's it for this week. Bye 😊

Week 2: Library and Campus Resources

            Assalammualaikum! On this week, we learnt about library and campus resources. Our lecturer for this day is Miss Nur Fatihah. Before we start our lesson, she asked us to introduce ourselves first. After that, she explained to us about this subject, UED, and told us about assessments that we need to finish it before our due date. Then, she took us to library to tell us more about library and its functions. 

            I must say that UiTM Raub's library is one of the prettiest library i've ever been. It is so comfy and neat. And cold, of course. So, we went there and entered the computer lab which is located in the library. Miss Nur gave us more information about library. You can also click on this link to know more about library. Library also provided some online resources that can be used by students, such as;

• Online journal
• Online thesis
• Bliss
• Chat with librarian
• E-book
• WebOpac
• Past question paper
• Online article

          We can download past question paper through online. These online resources also provided a chat with lirbrarian which we can ask for anything without us going to the library. These online resources do help a lot of things to become easier. After that, Miss Nur divided us into several groups to complete our UED task by making a video about 'Five Places in UiTM Raub'. That's all for today. Gooodbye 😀

Week 1: Getting Ready to Learn

       

            So, it is our first class for subject Study Skills. Honestly, im kind of sleepy on that day (i dont know what i did at night). Judging from the word Study Skills, i do believe that we're going to learn some skills in learning. Sort of. And i happened to be right (atleast that's what i think 😜). I guess it's a great opportunity for students like us to be teached something like this as we all know life as a university student are way different from when we're in school. So, this subject is a great method for us to learn many effective ways that we can apply in our learning.

           For today topic is Getting Ready to Learn by Dr Fauzi bin Azmi. He told us the purpose of learning study skills. Study skills teached us a lot of ways that we can use in adapting our life as a student. Not to forget, university is different. I mean, our schedule is not as pack as we are in school. The way of lectures are also different. In university, we need to survive on our own without depending on others. Therefore, this subject gives a lot of benefits for us as student. Topic that are included in Study Skills are;  

• Getting Ready to Learn
• Goal Setting
• Library and Campus Resources
• Time Management and Organizational Skills
• Memory Learning & Improving Concentration
• Taking Lecture Notes
• Academic Integrity & Performance                                                               

           He also told us some of the assessments that needed to be done during this interim week. The asssessments are divided by two, which are; e-portfolio and video. E-portfolio is like making a report about what we learnt throughout the topic just like what I'm doing right now. There are a lot of option such as blogspot, wattpad and many more. While video, we needed to create a video about 5 places in our campus.

           He also said that if our attendance are lower than 80%, we cannot take our final exam.  But that doesn't mean we can skip our classes and take it for granted. Skip your class might caused you to lost some knowledges. Eventhough you still can ask your friend about it, it still not the same as what our lecturer teach us. And a reminder from him to us, never depend on our lecturer 100% because in university, you have to life by your own. Do a lot of readings as our lecture won't teach us as specific as our teacher did in school. I guess that's all for this week. Bye 😀😀