Blog 6 : Overall Reflection on CG1413/CG1102

After taking CG1413 module, in retrospection, I deeply feel that I have grown into a more competent team-player as well as a more incisive thinker.

The module was started by introducing us to the fundamental concepts underlying effective communication, and we are expected to grasp and apply such concepts in dealing with our projects that came after. I feel that my better understanding of what constitutes effective communication (effective sender and reciprocative receiver) rendered me more tactful when conveying my ideas. For example, in our project meetings, i would then become more conscious to ponder over various factors such as the context, my tone, speed etc, which might get my meaning distorted along the way. (However, i also became more aware that,speaking slowly, at times, compromised spontaneity and made you sound not as genuine). On the other hand, i also have became more adept at active listening, as I understand that a proper feedback mechanism is invariably the key to effective communication. I would adopt techniques such as mirroring, paraphrasing, summarizing, identifying with the speaker etc to make sure that i have understood him/her correctly and to clear any doubts in case of misinterpretation. Such techniques are vital to my career as I work as a private fitness trainer and to empathize with our clients is of cardinal significance in winning supports from them. My deepest appreciations to CG1413 and our beloved tutor .

Moreover, I have become better at teamwork. I used to consider teamwork a waste of time, considering how tedious and frustrating collaborating with a whole group of people can be, especially when there is an apparent lack of shared traits among the group members. It is the overwhelming workload of CG1102 projects that woke me up with a start and made me re-evaluate the importance of effective teamwork. I now understand better how does synergy (1+1=3) can happen and i am striving for optimized efficiency as a team player. Not only have i learnt to stand up against the odds with the rest of the team in working towards our common vision (or mission), more importantly is that i have learnt to accommodate and appreciate the variations that indispensably exist in our team. Diversity does not necessarily lead to divergence, it could offer more comprehensive perspectives if handled properly, as it did in our case: last-minute specialist should be delegated for report-writing and final compilation, consistently contentious worker should become the leader and set the master-plan, systematic planners who are better at portraying the big picture and understanding the panorama of the design should code the prototype, when critical thinkers who can better identify and correct mistakes should contribute to debugging... we may have different likes or strengths and seem very different people, but we can work together as a team.

Overall, CG1413 is a nice module.

Reflection 5: Reflection on OP2

In summary, here are some points that most people commenting on my blog have raised:

[Blog-Wise]

1. Wide coverage of different aspects and depth is compromised.Must work harder to

strike a balance next time

[Presentation-Wise]

1. I need to have better control over my body and not fidget as much

2. More attention-grabbers used during speech (tone, voice can be varied as well)

3. Dont use cue cards if you don't need them

4. Facial expression--- Smile

Reflection 4: Comments on meeting 1 reflection

Hey all:

Thanks for the comment, here are some points of reflections:

1. A competent team leader with relevant experience in the field of study
is important. Thank you Krithica!

2. Raising questions during meeting to clarify doubts is important, as least better
than keep such questions in cheek. However it would also help if team members all ask
constructive questions.

3. Web-cam can be a bit uncomfortable at times, but it does allow us to better evaluate our
performance and thus help us prepare for our future presentation and as such the idea should be
continued.