Session 6 (4/12)

Today marks the last session of the module. Went into class with a table that Dr. Quek asked us to do. Realised that even though we were all working on the same data, we had very different tables. There are so many details to take note of when presenting our tables. Worse still, many of the papers and journals did not even adhere to the same convention.

We were then told to get into our groups and asked to complete a template. As usual, we split up the work and worked on our own portions. As this was going to be a paper, we needed to, horror horror, make sure that we adhere to APA guidelines. Realised that I still had difficulties with citing online resources, especially when the name of the author(s) is not explicitly mentioned.

After we have submitted our group reports, we were told to do peer review of our course-mates' blogs. My group's understanding is that we should be nuturing and award at least 7 marks per category for the rubric. To my surprise, one group decided to judge our blogs based on their guidelines and I was given only 17/30 while another course-mate only managed to get 9/30. It was no surprise that two of the highest scorers in the class came from this group. I was not angry, but just curious as to which category I fared the worst in. I guess they probably missed the fact that I have one less entry than the rest of the class as I only joined the class from the second session onwards. Wanted to clarify but decided not to. I guess what mattered more to me was that I enjoyed and benefited from the process of blogging, so I should not be too fixated about the score that I got. =)

Just before we ended the session, we were asked to submit an individual reflection. Just completed and emailed to Dr. Quek. I must say that the questions were very thought-provoking and really elicited reflections about my learning for the past two weeks or so. Even though this module did not require me to digest huge stacks of reading and organise them into a paper, I found that I have actually not learnt anything less. In fact, I learnt hands-on how to work on my very own classroom and I am very excited to share my knowledge with my colleagues.

To end, I must say that whatever doubts I have about this module not been relevant to the GE stream have all been long banished, for as Dr. Quek puts it, the learning environment transcends all streams, all dimensions, all domains and all subjects. How apt.