Information Retrieval System, Boolean Search and Retrieval, Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Integrated Library System, Blogspot, Reading Assignments, Database management, SQL, distance learning, these are just some of the new things that I learned in my one semester of LIS 260.
I never thought I’d survive it, when our course syllabus was discussed by Ma’am Sharon, I was really intimidated by the course topics that we will cover for 1 semester, on top of that Ma’am Sharon said we will have to prepare weekly reading assignment that we will have to submit thru our blog.
Blog!!! I don’t know even know how to use or create a blog. But then, I took this as a challenge to learn something new, to prepare myself for more new things.
Before LIS 260, my interaction with the computer is mostly at the office. And Internet browsing is limited to sites that I am familiar with. With LIS 260, I have come to rely on the internet for my reading assignments.
It was hard at first to understand what I was reading and choosing which of the articles that I downloaded is the best. I had a difficult time composing words and sentences to describe what I have read and learned but I came to realize that I don’t have to be so profound, I will be as straightforward as I can be and write as simple as possible on what I have learned.
We were given topics to report and it was an interesting way of learning. Discussion in class is very open, and I appreciate Ma’am Sharon’s inputs during these discussions. Reporters were very patient with me when I have to ask them questions to clarify a topic that they have reported.
Midterm exam coincided in the week that we were busy at the office. I was struggling between deadlines at the office, studying for the midterm exam and completing my reading assignments. The midterm exam is another experience that I appreciated, after 21 years, I am again writing on a test booklet, thinking of answers to questions that I have somehow expected
The field trip to the UP Open University and UP Los Banos was another experience that I will cherish in relation to this class. After two postponements, we are finally going to Los Banos, though there may have been a change of plan (we were not able to visit the IRRI Library) our destination is another area that is new for me.
Who would think that you can study without meeting your professor or classmates. The idea of distance learning should be supported. This will encourage those that cannot go to regular classes to take up and finish a course. Age does not matter, what you need is the discipline to comply with all the requirements to be able to finish the course. I salute the professors who are involved with distance learning. They are very innovative to make learning enjoyable and challenging.
The field trip to Los Banos was a good way to bond with each other. We all endured the heat, enjoyed the food and experienced the fun of being with other away from the classroom set up.
And now we are in our last 3 weeks, and we are all busy preparing for our big day on October 04. Hopefully, we pass this with flying colors and get exempted from taking the finals.
I never thought I’d survive it, when our course syllabus was discussed by Ma’am Sharon, I was really intimidated by the course topics that we will cover for 1 semester, on top of that Ma’am Sharon said we will have to prepare weekly reading assignment that we will have to submit thru our blog.
Blog!!! I don’t know even know how to use or create a blog. But then, I took this as a challenge to learn something new, to prepare myself for more new things.
Before LIS 260, my interaction with the computer is mostly at the office. And Internet browsing is limited to sites that I am familiar with. With LIS 260, I have come to rely on the internet for my reading assignments.
It was hard at first to understand what I was reading and choosing which of the articles that I downloaded is the best. I had a difficult time composing words and sentences to describe what I have read and learned but I came to realize that I don’t have to be so profound, I will be as straightforward as I can be and write as simple as possible on what I have learned.
We were given topics to report and it was an interesting way of learning. Discussion in class is very open, and I appreciate Ma’am Sharon’s inputs during these discussions. Reporters were very patient with me when I have to ask them questions to clarify a topic that they have reported.
Midterm exam coincided in the week that we were busy at the office. I was struggling between deadlines at the office, studying for the midterm exam and completing my reading assignments. The midterm exam is another experience that I appreciated, after 21 years, I am again writing on a test booklet, thinking of answers to questions that I have somehow expected
The field trip to the UP Open University and UP Los Banos was another experience that I will cherish in relation to this class. After two postponements, we are finally going to Los Banos, though there may have been a change of plan (we were not able to visit the IRRI Library) our destination is another area that is new for me.
Who would think that you can study without meeting your professor or classmates. The idea of distance learning should be supported. This will encourage those that cannot go to regular classes to take up and finish a course. Age does not matter, what you need is the discipline to comply with all the requirements to be able to finish the course. I salute the professors who are involved with distance learning. They are very innovative to make learning enjoyable and challenging.
The field trip to Los Banos was a good way to bond with each other. We all endured the heat, enjoyed the food and experienced the fun of being with other away from the classroom set up.
And now we are in our last 3 weeks, and we are all busy preparing for our big day on October 04. Hopefully, we pass this with flying colors and get exempted from taking the finals.
