Introductory Class (Week 1)

Today I went for HCCS Advanced Topic class at Fulton. I was actually skeptical about this course since I did not do HCI in the first term but I am keeping an open mind, after all I am here to learn.

First of all, the timing of the course is so wrong but I enjoyed seeing a young lecturer, now I am fired up to go do my own PHD course. I enjoyed the fact that the class was not too formal; hence, I felt relaxed and enjoyed the class. I sat with my friend and I made a new friend, Marie, I guess everything is going well.

The lecturer, Katie, started asking about our expectations for the course; I just explained that I am hoping to pass the course as I am still not sure if I made the right decision. She also asked what our fears were and a guy stated the obvious that we did not want to fail.

There was a brief description about the course and what to expect. She also told us to start the reflective diary and explained how assessments would be made. We were shared into groups and we chose our presentation topics. There was a funny scene when two groups were arguing over a particular topic which was resolved by flipping of a coin (I love the class already). Katie also gave us where to do our literature searches and where to get materials for further reading.

All in all, today was quite educative and entertaining and being open-minded with my course choice is actually paying off. I believe I would learn great things in this course and probably meet good people. I am also hoping to get an "A" in this course....................
Here is the link for the slides for this class;
https://studydirect.sussex.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=342906