Singapore Polytechnic E-Learning Week

A full week without having to attend classes on campus, the e-learning week is a first major exerise towards blended learning. It is a time when the lecturers design appropriate learning activities for the students to induce self-learning outside the classroom.

Well, F- that.

I just realised I was supposed to be online accessing the e-learning website to complete all the online quizzes and all. So this early in the morning, I came online to take a look around the webbie. And then I found out that I was way past the deadline for most of the quizzes. It's pretty funny actually...

So it's just quizzes and more quizzes... Blended learning... Hmm... Is it just me or what?

What blended learning? What self-learning? What interactivity is there? Huh?!

This e-learning thing, really frankly, is a total waste of time. There's a survey on it with instructions that states: We know there are hiccups and concerns for this first trial, and we appreciate your feedback through the surveys. Kindly refrain from making remarks that are not helpful to all of us.

It's really cool to know that they know that there are hiccups and concerns. And I guess that's all the negative stuff that they'd like to know. But then I've a question, "What are remarks that are not helpful to all of us?

I seriously think that what they meant was, Please refrain from posting very negative comments. We, the e-learning week team, have put in a lot of effort in this sloppy project an the last thing we'd like is to have more students coming forward to reinstate the sloppiness of it.

You think they really appreciate our feedback? I think not. We've seen too much of these surveys and feedback sessions. Appreciate our feedback, they claim. Ha! It makes me wanna laugh out loud. They seriously think we're stupid enough to give negative comments? It's like stepping into your own grave. They'll most probably take down your Student ID number and give you some rude surprise.

Feedback sessions are all like that. Even back in secondary school. It's so stupid! Asking people to be truthful, and in the end not being satisfied with the truth. End up all the truthful people get called back or something and end up having to clear the bad air, which in this case means appeasing the organisers by saying, "I'm sorry for my insensitive comments. It wasn't all that bad."

Lies, lies, lies!...