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Hello world!
Reflection
Unit: SSK12
Week: 1
Date: 03 September 2009This is my first journal entry.
Week 1: What can I say about Week 1?
After I discovered the Discussion Board it became apparent very quickly that I had a lot of catching up to do. The other students had gone wild and some of the threads were already 50 messages deep. There is considerable time spent reading threads on the message board and for the first few nights I have found myself reading through many of them, too many of them. It has become routine to sit down in front of the television — my arch nemesis — and trawl through the myriad discussion threads. It hasn’t taken me long to discover that this is a time waster and I need to develop a strategy to avoid wasting my valuable study time reading message in the Student Café. I’ve already started. My current strategy is to mark ‘Read’ on all the threads that aren’t relevant to me, such as ones that refer to other localities like Brisbane or the Northern Beaches, etc….
Much to my surprise I found that many of the students were nervous about starting their studies at university. I found this strange because I was not nervous in the slightest. I have wondered whether I am just being complacent or if I have good reason to feel confident about my attempt at doing this course. It has made me think should I be nervous or am I entitled to feel comfortable at this point and see how it all pans out?
On the weekend proceeding Week 1 I started the Quick Skills modules, unfortunately, so far I have only completed the Introduction course (QSK100). The rest of the week has been slow also. I started off by thoroughly reading the SSK12 Unit Information booklet. Then on Wednesday and Thursday I read Chapter 12 of A Guide to Learning Independently on the train and this evening I read through the first exercise of A Learning Companion while I was in the bath. Now I am writing this log entry, after which, I am going to complete Exercise 1 and write another log entry.
Also this week, a few of the students that are living in the Sydney area have proposed the idea of forming a study group. I think this is a fantastic idea and I look forward to meeting my fellow students. I’m excited to see how the group will develop and how the dynamics of the different personalities will evolve. So far we have nailed down Thursday evenings after work somewhere in the city as our preferred time and place. The group started with a core of 4 people: Jarrod Wade, Pascal Mattar, Taryn Mielekamp and myself, all of us are doing the Bachelor of Business Studies through Monash University via OUA. This group quickly grew from 4 to 5 when we were joined by Nicole Amato and now there is also Cara Taylor, Melanie Beer, Sheree Brugel, Debra Gourlay, Simone Hrncir and Amanda-Lee Rinkin. Personally, I hope that the original four listed above can stay together as a study group for a good portion of the Business degree; I think 4 is a good number.