Summary

During this entry course for ‘Research and communication skills’ over the past week I have been learning many different techniques and useful sources that I will be able to use each time I write and an evaluation. The program extended my knowledge on online searching and many more critical skills that I need. There have been sometimes when the lectures were hard to follow and I have also found it difficult to balance my project with the task given each week, but I have only treated it as a stepping stone to push my self to my best ability.

At the beginning of task 1 I was not able to understand the value of the lesson but as I searched more into the task I found myself noticing errors or habits that I have been making while doing my online research. During this study I was able to extend my research to another level, collecting primary and secondary source as well as aimlessly the surfing the internet for a good quote or image. This session has taught me to use the library more often because there are many more information’s found in books that cannot be discovered just by using google. The general skills I have learnt in this session has benefited me to write a descriptive research evaluation.

During task 2 I was taught the importance referencing the source that I have taken from the internet, books, article etc. having learnt Plagiarism in my collage years I was able to further my knowledge of referencing in the right way.  What I have found difficult in this task was finding the information about a certain source that was posted anonymously, it was quite frustrating to put into a Harvard reference without data about the writer or artist.

Task 3 and 4 of visual research and reflective writing was a difficult subject, the hardest part of the subject was finding the right topic to talk about. With the help of my previous sessions I was able to produce a review of the topic given. After a while of writing I was getting the pattern of writing the effectively, this part og the project was a stressful because of my project deadlines mixing in with my RCS work. But I was able to find my way around it and my solution was to relate the researches I was writing to my project.

The last task of this module about Ethics was a different type of writing from the other projects. I have this module easy because of the multiple skills I learnt from the past week. the only difficult part of this task was constructing the paragraphs for the analysis to be understandable, as I took my time I was hopefully able to write at the right technique. Overall as I overview all of the previews six tasks I think I was able to learn multiple new skills not only in writing but also in research, the only thing that I would have worked on was my time management for all the subjects because there were times where I was busier than the other and the quality of my work was not as consistent throughout the project. In the positive site this module has introduced me to new techniques that I will be able to use for any future evaluations, essays or even personal statements