Thursday, April 7, 2011

Menceduk Ilmu

Last Friday gi tgk Final Year Students (degree BSc) kat Faculty of Technology ni present their project. Sebenanrnya nak pegi tgk2 dan usha2 how it's done here, and how different is it from the ones yg my institution does in Malaysia...

1) I must say I am very, very impressed with the level shown, actually sampai tahap malu kat diri sendiri pon ada gak sbb I don't think I can come up with the same stuff. The work presented here, although prototypical, mmg working la, so it's not just system, it's hardware jgk. I guess that would help them, bcoz this pameran is actually open to public, and potential employers i.e. people from the industry, were also there to look at the stuff. Terbayang2 budak undergrad where I taught dulu2 tu, alahai, a handful je projek betul2 siap. Lain2 semua x jalan. Ada yg ckp motherboard terbakar la, link x jalan la, need two more weeks la, hang la, mcm2.

2) Jelas plak terbyg passion dlm kerja masing2 kat sini. They know very well about the things that they did. And it being presented dlm big hall gitu, mcm ala2 research expo plak. Altho baru aje undergrad level, diorg dah print poster size A0 utk explain summary of their project. And when asked, masing2 bole jawab dgn konfiden. Kenapa ye students kita masih ramai yg fail bab communication and confidence bila berdepan dgn public? Age is not an issue, sbb I think depa ni pon awal 20-an.

3) Pemakaian pon smart2, mcm nak jual produk betul2 plak. Dulu ada skali di Msia, my student ini dtg present in jeans and T-shirt. OMG rasa nak hampuk kepala dia and bg F- aje.

4) Aku tgk ada sorg je pompuan dlm keseluruhan tahun ni. I guess jurang gender dlm bidang science and technology ni masih luas di UK, whereas di Msia aku rasa kalo Sains Komputer tu ratio dia lebih kurg ajo.

5) Lps borak2 dgn ada student ni, aku dpt tahu projek di sini dijalankan for one term (Sem 5). Final sem nanti (sem 6), baru tulis dissertation. Pada aku, bagus jgk buat gini, sbb students dpt fokus betul2 dkt projek for one term, and bkn lah juggling projek plus writing, spt mana amalan at where I used to teach. Tu yg projek siap ala kadar, writing pon tunggang langgang. So at least kalo stretched over 2 sems, by the end of sem 5 mmg confirm complete dah projek dia, and then when sem 6 comes, they can get on with writing, which is ENTIRELY a different set of skills than developing the thing itself.

6) The whole event is big. Ada reception, registration, aku yg jalan2 bodo2 pon dapat badge nama, ada refreshments to all yg hadir, it's open to everyone, and everyone soal menyoal ramah tamah. This is very good I suppose, sbb it will force students utk make sure by hook or by crook system dia jalan jgk. Kalo setakat dpn supervisor, mcm2 students tu bole kencing kan. Even kalo ada moderator/examiner pon kdg2 bole lg dia senyum2 mcm kerang busuk sbb kantoi. Satu lg, when it opens to all, it forces SV to eye the students' progress like a hawk sbb it partly reflects on them too. Kalo mmg konfem system x siap a few days before pameran, mmg x payah la nak luluskan budak tu lg. Here's your F-, see you next sem, good day aje lah.

Ok that's all komen aku. Bkn nak condemn pelajar2 kita, tp tgh brainstorm mcm mana nak improve certain areas. Apa salahnya belajar drpd pengalaman org lain kan?










8 comments:

Unknown said...

Betul tu oyis,

Student kita manja.. Pressure sket terus masuk klinik mental n kaunseling (student mas sorang jd camtu) hehehhee.. X tahan cabaran

MRM said...

Ooops...teringat kat diri sendiri, bukanlah impressive mana sangat pun time degree :D

yatie chomeyl said...

nice sharing oyis..kijo kito la selaku lecturer nanti utk uboh student2 kito :)

ummiluqman@azma said...

kat uniten pun dah ada final year project award lebih kurang mcm yg oyis story jugk la.. baru start 2 years back.. actuallly ada students yang betul2 bagus dan project diorg pun mmg meet the target. tp kalau yang students hampess mmg tak leh nak buat apa la kan..

Oyis said...

mast: masalahnya kalo lecturer pressure kan sket (demi kebaikan di kemudian hari) nnt dikata x nak tolong anak bangsa plak

mas: jgn la sebut gitu, malu kite. awak kan best student masa degree hari tu, projek awak pon meletop, siap on time, dpt A lagi hehe.. so entry ni bkn mengonmel pasal excellent student spt awak. Ni lebih kpd student yg membawa the 'i don't care attitude'. sbb nya masa pameran tu x nmpk plak student2 yg x peduli, tp masa kita jd penyelia kejap dulu2 tu, byk mcm x kisah sgt dgn projek. or mungkin budak2 sebegitu dah fail awal2 lg kat sini, x tahu la kan :P

yatie: tu la, klo bole membawa perubahan positif tu bagus la kan, tanggung jawab kita dah tu

k azma: lama x dgr cerita akak! bagus la uniten kalo buat cam tu. exposure utk budak2.

yzmahoney said...

a ah kite rase its all about attitude... bg kite xkisah lar kecik mane pon system yg diorg buat, tp at least cukup ilmu tentang system diorg buat, confident utk presentkan system. plus lepas nie kite blh jugak suggest bebudak nih buat system mengikut research group yg tersedia ade kat fakulti kite.. so xdelar redundant system yg lbh kurang same je kan..

Bibi Intan Suraya said...

inilah hikmahNya bila belajar di luar negara, kita tengok sekeliling apa org lain buat (yg positif) dan kita pula akan ubah scenario education di malaysia suatu hari nanti...;)

fika79 said...

ada pro and kons kot..mmg attitude student kena kaji(ramai mmg yang asal boleh) tapi one more kena tgk jugak infrastructure kot..cam kitaorg budak meki, satu kekangan duit, yelah SV bg project tapi duit tarak, pastu benda yang nak guna semua kena beli baru, so mmg masalah pada student..then one more thing, bg tajuk, skop terlalu luas-student pun tak tahu mana satu nak tackle..pastu refer pd SV, SV lak takde pengetahuan dalam project yang dia bagi, mmg nangis..i tak tahu computer science camner, tapi so far kalau budak mech engine nilah problem yang slau dihadapi kat mesia(sbb i amik master kat mesia..serius the most bad experience in my life)