Individual Assignment IMD312 ( Reflective Writing )

 

For this assignment, I was task from my lecturer to do an essay that based on my personal experience based on what did I learn on this subject that is References and Information Services for Information Agencies and the code subject is IMD312. For my personal experience on studying this subject the lecturer that teach me this subject that is Mdm Nurfaizah Kamarudin. The first time that she teach me was in semester 3. Hands down, she is one of my favourite lecturer. The reason why is because she always try to make the classroom atmosphere fun even though the class is in online. Although, I never made her in real life, but the she interact with all of her student is like she have know her student a long time ago. During her lecture, she always interact with student by doing jokes and sometimes talk about herself. This really makes most of the student feel comfortable with her during and after her lecturer. On her effort to make her student to understand the subject, she makes some quiz via kahoot and quizizz. By doing this, it makes the subject to be more fun and can easily to be understand for the student.

As we all know, the majority of UiTM student in Malaysia right is learning via online. That is ODL or know as Online Distance Learning. I am lucky enough to join the class with good internet connection and also a laptop that I can use perfectly to finish my assignment. What can I say for this ODL is always be patience. I am a very slow learner. With this ODL at first I have doubts about myself can I succeed with this but the support of my friends, family and also lecturer always make me motivated to moved forward. Within the 14 weeks, I learn every end of every class I always refer back what I learn on the class. Sometimes I screen record the class. I can be easier for me to do revise on what I learn on that day. If I don’t fully understand on that class, I can always refer to my friend and sometimes my lecturer just to give me brief explanation of the class.

For the first and second weeks for References and Information Services for Information Agencies and the code subject is IMD312, the lecturer cover the first chapter that is Introduction to References and Information Services. On this topic, I have learn that it have many type of varieties, history, and electronic services. It make me more easier to understand it when Mdm Nurfaizah Kamarudin teach me. She explain everything very clear and easy to understand. To conclude what I learned from the first and the second week is direct personal assistance, directories, signage, interchange of information gathered from reference sources, reader's advisory service, publication of information in anticipation of users' need or interest, and access to electronic information are all examples of library information services.

For IMD312, our class is every Wednesday from 2pm till 5pm. For this subject, overall it is easy to understand subject but you need to be focus during the lecture. During the class, Mdm Nurfaizah always ask for her students response because she don’t want one of their student left out on anything on what she teach during the class. For me, her class is very fun because I can casually interact with her with the sense of fear. This is because the environment that she create with class makes us as student feel comfortable during her session. During her class, student will always ask something that there are not sure of and Mdm Nurfaizah will explain it more details and make her student to understand. One of my favourite topic on this subject is topic 11 that is Search Strategy. In this topic, in is focus on the process of finding answer to reference queries in the fastest and most efficient way. It is also include defining the information need, and determining the form in which it is needed, if it exist, where it is located, how it is organized and how to retrieve it. This topic make me more understand on what is the correct strategy on the search process. By the help of this, It can be useful for me in the future.

In conclusion, studying this subject is overall is fun to me. Of course the main reason is the lecturer that Mdm Nurfaizah Kamarudin. Besides that, the topics that I learn. With this I can learn in depth on Information services and its types that available to use. Overall I really hope I can do better not just this subject but all of the subject that I learn this semester because this is my final semester and I really want to make everyone around me proud on what I have become during my diploma at UiTM Kampus Semarahan Kampus 1.