Few days ago, I posted up my response on the e-learning issue as requested by my lecturer. I was quite shocked after found out that not more than 5 people posted their response. Is this a sign showing that even though we are studying computer science, but we still do not appreciate and utilize the internet connection wisely? Or this shows that our e-learning system has some problem because it doesn’t help attracting students to login (in other word, it sucks)?
But then, I am quite impressed that there are people who rely on the internet resources in studying in my course. This is because in my college, we are rely on the lecturer for notes. If a lecturer does not provide notes for photocopying, then he/she will be in trouble when students evaluate him/her during the end of semester. Not many who are really interested finding out more on the subject somewhere else and this is probably why not many logged into the BlackBoard and post their response.
In my response, I pointed out that constant electrical supply is a main factor in order to make e-learning a success. It is quite insulting when we are already used to electricity black-outs even in this so-called “Advanced State”. Besides that, decent broadband coverage is also another important factor because not many residents in Malaysia are able to surf online with the help of broadband. Even one can surf using broadband, if he/she is using Streamyx’s service, then he/she will probably suffer from the constantly service down. Even though there are other ISPs providing broadband connection but they cant provide low cost connection. This is because wired connection that is generally cheaper is already monopolized by Telekom. In order to use other ISPs’ services, we will need to pay more for the hardware because they use wireless technology to deliver broadband connection.
If these problems are left unbothered, then I do not expect E-learning will become a trend in Malaysia.
因为上次在槟城无缘见面,所以这次趁着紫雨下来展览之便一定要去见他一见。话说星期五下午的时候紫雨无端端来了个电话要约我去PWTC见个面,因为自己不是很想出去所以就推辞了然后约在今天。意料中的,我仍然还是比较慢热的那个(和上次Emily见面也是一样,Emily事后说我很静),本来以为我们俩会大眼瞪小眼的,但是这一切却被紫雨不间断的说话打破了。
「客戶下個月十一號會來取貨,跟緊一點不要出岔錯」
在听完小迪的遭遇后,本来理应是个相当滑稽的故事,可是想到自己也身陷在同样的状况下,就怎么也笑不出来了。虽然不是莫名其妙被送进来的,我算起来还是自愿身陷囫囵的,可是结果也没有差多少——我们现在跟小迪一样回不去了。
基本上有一部mac也没什么大不了,毕竟我不是fan boy,所以不要expect我来个什么开箱图大赏。其实这几天都在忙着为这部老旧的apple(老就是因为Leopard毕竟已经是很久的系统了)下载utilities,和安装一个又一个的updates。除此之外,花在这死苹果最多得时间就是熟悉新的键盘布局系统和寻找可以跟微软匹比的输入法。