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1. Were the objectives of the projects fulfilled?
Yes. I am now able to predict the profile of a criminal based on the crime scene. This is influenced by multiple factors such as the demographic of the region, the criminals that did prior crimes that are similar to the one being investigated and weather this crime is the first of its nature. I have also learnt the steps from identifying a criminal, to interviewing him/her and all the way to see how the judge and jurors sentence him/her.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the Project?
I liked that the course treated me like  I was one of the investigators in this crime.

3. What have you found challenging?
I found myself not being to tell apart who was lying based on non-verbal methods, however I rewatched the videos and I now know what to look for such as their stance, their reaction to a certain question. Just looking at the eye movement is a very poor way to tell if someone is lying.

4. What has really worked
I worked well in identifying faces even tho their central features were distorted, this would make me a great eyewitness in criminal cases as I would be able to remember the suspects face better than others.

5. What can be improved in this project?

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My certificate and some of my scanned drawings.

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Week 4: Abdullah Harith bin Azidin (A167553)

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Week 4: Abdullah Harith bin Azidin (A167553)

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1. Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?

All the objectives are fulfilled. I managed to produce several artworks as intended. I also finished the course and obtained the certificate. As I evaluated myself, I have gained artistic and drawing skills as part of the project, though it is definitely not perfect. On the other hand, my soft skills such as critical thinking, resilience and self-confidence also improved as I managed to get through a whole ne experience learning art for the first time.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?

The process creating art from planning to the final shading stroke is fun and exciting. Each step has its own practice skills needed to perfect the process, and the practicing will never drain you if you can keep your interest up to see the end product. Different kind of drawings has its own challenges, and it was never boring to overcome the caveats of each drawing. Finally, the satisfaction of seeing the completed product is unbeatable.

3. What have you found challenging about this project? (any part of the project you found hard to do)

The most challenging part is trying to start the sketch with the correct precision with the reference picture or your own idea. Sometime, the drafting sketch was just out of balance as the ratio is off. Most art tutorial provide bones of the drawing so you can measure the drawings accurately. However, some lecture or tutorial directly draw the character and the measurement is done by their experience and muscle memory. Anyway, I get the grasp of it after practicing several drawings.

4. What has really worked? (any part in the project that you thought worked well)

I the part of the project that went really well is I manage to decently produce each drawing of each section decently. I agree my sketch is not perfect, but in the initial some of the drawings seem too hard for me to achieve. After trying and focusing on the principle taught I the lecture, I managed to produce a decent end product for showcase. For that, I am proud of myself, but I should never stop practicing.

5. What can be improved in this project?

Maybe, I can try to showcase the process of sketching step-by-step. Though I find it tedious, it may showcase my progress more clearly and give my friends the idea of how it works. Other than that, Even though I tried different kind of drawings already, I should widen my experience by incorporating more varieties of drawing, maybe increase more in drawing human figures and animations. Finally, I can maybe start moving on to art using colours such as digital arts or watercolours. Colours give other perspectives to the art, and the theory of colours is whole lot another chapter than my current project.

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WEEK 4: Shridha Nair A/P Jeya Kumar (A172221) Progress Update

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WEEK 4: Shridha Nair A/P Jeya Kumar (A172221) Progress Update

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1. Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?
Yes!! I am very happy to say that I have completed my course and to the best of my ability achieved the objectives of this online course. I feel good as I feel that I got more from this course than I had initially expected.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?
I really enjoyed the fact that it was stimulating. I detest online learning as I usually find it very hard to focus or absorb the material when a course is online but this one was different. I thoroughly enjoyed the full use of diagrams, pictures and videos that showed case studies that helped me grasp concepts or points better. I didn't have a lot of instances where I felt like I lost focus. Another thing I loved was the material itself. It was a subject that I feel strongly for and the material made my decision of taking this course feel justified.

3. What have you found challenging about this project? (any part of the project you found hard to do)
Honestly, most of my struggles were with the material itself as I had some trouble agreeing with some of the content as it sometimes did not align with my personal opinions. Understanding that there will always be opinions or worldviews which oppose my own that I can still acknowledge and process was part of the journey of learning this course. I understand that my own experiences shape my beliefs so I need to see that it does the same to others as well.

4. What has really worked? (any part in the project that you thought worked well)
I think my time management was great. It was nice to be able to go through the course my own pace. It allowed me to absorb the material better while also taking the necessary breaks I needed in between. So, I think the best thing was the pacing.

5. What can be improved on this project?
I think this comes with the con of any online course but I wished it was more interactive in a way that included active discussions, challenging opinions, etc. Taking an online course like this one can feel one-sided so I think I would have liked one with more interaction.

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IAN'S ELECTIVE POSTING PROGRESSION - WEEK 04

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IAN'S ELECTIVE POSTING PROGRESSION - WEEK 04

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Mastering Guitar Language
Week 04 - Becoming a Prince of Guitar

Name, matric number, date
Hi. My name is Muhammad Azlan bin Agustiar (A167568) and this is the update about my elective posting progression week 04 (September 07th, 2021).

1. Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?
They are, thank you. Looking back few weeks ago where I have zero knowledge on guitar, music chords and melody pattern, I believed the objectives that I have been aiming before starting this project are all in my hands now. Happy, fantastic, dream comes true or is there any word that can describe my feelings now - I have no idea. Although this skill is nothing compared to my other batchmates achievement in their project, but it is a really big success for me who hates musical instruments before.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?
Music and the sound I produced from strumming my guitar. To this day, I see how beautiful it is to attribute myself through the words of music. How calm my baby Black Queen made me feel when listening to its melody when the world turns upside-down. It is kind of therapy for me to escape myself from this hectic life business and study. From the boy who hates the music to someone who can't live without his guitar on. I could not be more blessed.

3. What have you found hard during the project (any part of the project you found hard to do)?
If talking about technical problem, the hardest part for me is most of period of my project was conducted online. Luckily within last two weeks I had opportunity to meet my instructor and taught me physically. Regarding the project, I found it is really hard to write my own song or compose my own chords melody. Even when practicing to do a guitar cover on week 3 for this week evaluation really stressed me out. Hahaha... But music is my delight so there is a buffer system there.

4. What has really worked (any part in the project that you thought worked well)?
Overall, I personally agreed that all things in my project went well. Although there were some hardship and limitation I experienced  at the beginning of this project, but to the end these things really help me handling myself even more - how I should normalized and familiarized myself with things I am not sure, putting myself in other people shoes, and use my time as wise as I could. If you asked me one thing that really worked, it is my learning process.

5. What can be improved in this project?
Thing that I really wish to be improved is that to make a longer period for this elective posting project. For example, my guitar learning course was compacted in one month and in facts the faculty have to make it into two weeks due to the pandemic. It really burned me out but wise people can manage his time accordingly. Luckily I managed to finish this course until the very last week of the posting.

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1.       Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?

Yes. All the objectives of this project fulfilled successfully.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?

What I liked the most about the project is the final result which is I enable to play a song using keyboard. I do not expect that I can play another music instrument eventhough before this I joined a lot of music competitions during primary school and high school then I stopped playing those music instruments. Maybe there is music touch in me.

3. What have you found challenging about this project? (any part of the project you found hard to do)

What I found challenging about this project is when I need to play in normal tempo. Because playing keyboard with both hands and normal tempo is a little bit challenging to me. Reading chords while playing at the first time is a little bit hard but as the time goes by, I enable to play while read the chords

4. What has really worked? (any part in the project that you thought worked well)

my both hands can play the keyboard gracefully, I guess. Thank you for my online teacher from Pianote.

5. What can be improved in this project?

This project can be more fun if it in face-to-face method. A real teacher that can teach directly without any boundaries. And the process of learning can be more interesting because it is 2 ways learning. The feeling when learning via online and face-to-face is very different. When learning through online, u cannot evaluate yourself and u think that along the process u did a great job.

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1. Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?

Yes. I believe my objectives have been fulfilled whereby I have successfully learned a new musical skill. Besides, I had learnt to manage my time well in order to practice the skill. Then, I had also achieved good stress management by playing a musical instrument, violin which can make us feel calmful.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?

I enjoyed learning a new musical instrument. I felt very grateful that my teacher is a very friendly person. She was always patient with me when I had difficulty in learning the violin. Besides, I can practice the skill during my free time especially during this pandemic as we were spending most of our time at home.

3. What have you found challenging about this project? (any part of the project you found hard to do).

I feel quite challenged to learn a new musical instrument via an online platform. This is because sometimes I will face a poor internet connection which will cause the delay of the class. Besides, it is quite hard for my teacher to show me the way of holding the violin and some skill to press the strings. However, I am grateful that my teacher introduced me to an application called “Soundcorset”. This application is very useful for me to adjust the tuner of the violin. Hence, I am able to produce the correct tones when playing the violin.

4. What has really worked? (any part in the project that you thought worked well)

I had learn to manage my time well in order to practice this new skill. Besides, I felt that playing the violin can really make me relax, calm down and center myself  especially when I am stressed. Hence, I had learned to discipline my mind and control my emotions through this project.

5. What can be improved in this project?

I can learn the violin better if there was a physical class for me. As I will not have to face internet problems during the online class which might cause some delay. However, I do understand that due to this pandemic, it is safer for us to follow the rules and reduce contact with others.

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WEEK 4 : PREMANESAN A/L SIVANESAN (A167929)

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WEEK 4 : PREMANESAN A/L SIVANESAN (A167929)

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1. Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?
Yes! I am happy to say that I have fulfilled the objectives of the project. I understand more about how to control emotions with our behavior as both of them are related to each and other.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?
First of all, I like the project as it is held online. It is really a flexible project for me because I could watch the videos and read the notes at anytime that I want.
Moreover, the content of the course is very relatable to me as a student as they focuses more on the problems faced by students who are coming far from home to study at university.
Next, the notes used by the creators were very easy to understand and they are quite interesting to read.

3. What have you found hard during the project? (any part of the project you found hard to do)
Personally, I did not face any difficulties throughout the projects because as I said earlier this project is quite flexible so I had more time to digest the content and understand them. My project requires understanding so I did not found anything hard during the project.

4. What has really worked? (any part in the project that you thought worked well)
I managed to complete most of the modules within or earlier than the time frame. I am glad that I learned something new and beneficial during the holiday as I can apply the knowledges in future.

5. What can be improved in this project?
So far so good. There is nothing to improve in the project.

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WEEK 4

Hello everyone! I'm Tihani (A169745), and here is the final portion of my journal for elective posting :)

1. Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?

Yes! I am thrilled to share that I successfully completed the following objectives;

1. To enhance my writing to better reach the audience (✓)

2. To advocate readers on some of the human rights violation that is currently happening (✓)

3.  To equip myself on ways to research better on a topic (✓)

I am feeling more confident to write an article. My sentence structure is improving, and I learned many new vocabularies.

I successfully wrote an article on human rights and published it on my website! I touched on the universality of human rights. I argued how some of the components of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) declared by United Nations do not align with our country's values.

Moreover, I enhanced my way of researching for a topic. I evaluated many journal articles, newspaper articles, and books to find the most reliable and trustworthy source as a supporting argument.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?

I genuinely appreciate how the course is easy to comprehend, packed with helpful course materials, and flexible study time. I enjoyed learning how to organize my thoughts before transcribing it into comprehensible words. I can feel my confidence in writing improving at the end of the course!

3. What have you found challenging about this project? (any part of the project you found hard to do)

The final output is very challenging to me as a new writer.  It was a 180 degree change as I am adapting to a foreign writing approach. The entire process of researching a heavy topic, reviewing journals and articles, drafting the article took me a whopping one week to complete. I wrote a total of four drafts, weaved with multiple revisions to produce a final 1000 words article. I am so glad I took this course and I am thrilled to show you my final article that I linked above.

4. What has really worked? (any part in the project that you thought worked well?

I am elated and proud of myself that I am able to complete the final essay. It was very tough as English is not my final language. Moreover, I am having difficulty to organize my thought process. Most of the time, I find myself unable to express my thoughts in words. However, with guidelines and a few practices, I am able to spark an idea in my mind and work it up into sentences. These sentences will build a paragraph, and a few paragraphs will build an essay. I believe in starting small, and may this small steps of mine inspires me to continue writing in the future!

5. What can be improved in this project?

I lack in discipline and time management which results in a delay of completing the course in time. I should integrate self-discipline and timeliness to avoid procrastination.  A study timetable would be helpful to keep me on track with my progress. Other than that, I am content with the course materials and time frame given to complete the elective posting.

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Is the concept of human rights universal? With access to information at the touch of a button and an enormous platform to share our opinion (social media as an example), some may pontificate about human rights issues without sufficient comprehension on the topic; or worse spreading out false claims. This is a perfect example of bandwagon fallacy - an idea is regarded as valid because it is widely accepted by the majority of people. The discussion on human rights issues is so common in society, however so few of us perform anything to make a change. It takes less effort to be captiously critical and complain rather than working towards the solution. Not to forget, there are also some of the human rights issues being swept under the rug and hidden from the public to keep the organization's positive image. Originally serving as a guideline to protect individuals, human rights will slowly become a "semantic satiation" and "a mere dream" if no further actions are taken.

Historically, the current Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was announced in 1948 by the United Nations. After massive atrocities resulted from World War 2, which is termed as the deadliest military conflict in history; UDHR was drafted as an effort to stop violence and serves as the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world (United Nations pg 1). It contains 30 articles regarding basic rights as an individual that should be protected. 48 nations voted in favor, none against, and eight abstained from the voting of declaration. The Federation of Malaya (currently, Malaysia) did not join the United Nations until 17th September 1957, thus did not participate in the voting.

UDHR has successfully encouraged other countries to assimilate its contents into their framework. The declaration however is not legally binding but serves as the foundation and outline of a country's laws. In a speech titled "The Struggles of Human Rights", Eleanor Roosevelt stated that;

"In a truest sense, human rights are a fundamental object of law and government in a just society. Human rights exist to the degree that they are respected by people in relations with each other and by governments in relations with their citizens."

In Malaysia, the term "fundamental liberties" is used instead of "human rights" in the Federal Constitution. These two distinct terminologies however have similar connotati

Is the concept of human rights universal? With access to information at the touch of a button and an enormous platform to share our opinion (social media as an example), some may pontificate about human rights issues without sufficient comprehension on the topic; or worse spreading out false claims. This is a perfect example of bandwagon fallacy - an idea is regarded as valid because it is widely accepted by the majority of people. The discussion on human rights issues is so common in society, however so few of us perform anything to make a change. It takes less effort to be captiously critical and complain rather than working towards the solution. Not to forget, there are also some of the human rights issues being swept under the rug and hidden from the public to keep the organization's positive image. Originally serving as a guideline to protect individuals, human rights will slowly become a "semantic satiation" and "a mere dream" if no further actions are taken.

Historically, the current Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was announced in 1948 by the United Nations. After massive atrocities resulted from World War 2, which is termed as the deadliest military conflict in history; UDHR was drafted as an effort to stop violence and serves as the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world (United Nations pg 1). It contains 30 articles regarding basic rights as an individual that should be protected. 48 nations voted in favor, none against, and eight abstained from the voting of declaration. The Federation of Malaya (currently, Malaysia) did not join the United Nations until 17th September 1957, thus did not participate in the voting.

UDHR has successfully encouraged other countries to assimilate its contents into their framework. The declaration however is not legally binding but serves as the foundation and outline of a country's laws. In a speech titled "The Struggles of Human Rights", Eleanor Roosevelt stated that;

"In a truest sense, human rights are a fundamental object of law and government in a just society. Human rights exist to the degree that they are respected by people in relations with each other and by governments in relations with their citizens."

In Malaysia, the term "fundamental liberties" is used instead of "human rights" in the Federal Constitution. These two distinct terminologies however have similar connotati

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Is the concept of human rights universal? With access to information at the touch of a button and an enormous platform to share our opinion (social media as an example), some may pontificate about human rights issues without sufficient comprehension on the topic; or worse spreading out false claims. This is a perfect example of bandwagon fallacy - an idea is regarded as valid because it is widely accepted by the majority of people.

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WEEK 4:

1. Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?

The main objective of this project was to have a more nuanced perspective when reading literary texts. Prior to this course, I was already reading a lot of classics and contemporary fiction but I lacked the contextual knowledge surrounding the books or poems. So, I wasn't fully aware of the biographies of the authors, the socio-political landscape that occurred when the work was being written and even the local and international implications of the work. And this was something that I really wanted to work on to transform my reading experience. Simply put, I tried to learn how to read.

I think I have achieved this objective because now I have significantly more knowledge on literature compared to my starting point. I think I have trained my mind to be more critical of the media that I consume because I am now more aware of how I am being influenced. Now, I strive to consume media consciously.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?

I liked the reading portion of the project -- and it required a lot of it. My reading speed has become noticeably faster. I have also enjoyed reading texts from around the world -- texts that I would not have picked up otherwise. Learning to view the works of literature from the vantage point of the author was also refreshing and mind opening.

3. What have you found challenging about this project? (any part of the project you found hard to do)

The volume of labour needed was more than I had expected. The course load itself was already a lot but the supplemental readings took most of the time. Next time, I would choose a course with a lighter workload so I can focus on enjoying reading literature.

4. What has really worked? (any part in the project that you thought worked well)

I think the video production portion of the project was done smoothly. It was a newly acquired skill and I believe to be a valuable one. I am now more equipped in video planning and editing for future tasks.

5. What can be improved in this project?

The tasks could have been explained in detail during the beginning of the posting.

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Top left is my peer-graded assignment submission, top right are my quiz grades and overall course score, bottom right is the course completion certificate.

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WEEK 4:

1. Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?
- In my opinion, yes it was fulfilled. I have a better understanding and more knowledge on Herbal Medicine. I would also be able to apply what I learnt in my profession in the future and have already started applying it in my personal life. And I’ve also learnt how to communicate in a patient friendly language and deliver evidence based information without belittling another person’s beliefs and practice

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?
-  I enjoyed the video lecture sessions and DIY sessions conducted by Professor Amy because the way she delivered the lesson was enjoyable, and easy to apprehend. I also enjoyed doing the quizzes because it made me go into the competitive headspace to achieve full marks. The most enjoyable part was the peer reviewed assignment. To get the course complete we had to get help from and interact with other students across the world so it did not feel like I was doing the project alone and we had some great discussions and conversation.

3. What have you found challenging about this project? (any part of the project you found hard to do)
-  To me the most challenging part of the project was completing the video assignment. If I were to do a physical project there would have been a lot to document but the course I took is factual and online. I had to find creative ways to make the video interesting without just being screenshots of the course page. The editing part was tricky too. But eventually I did it.

4. What has really worked? (any part in the project that you thought worked well)
- During this pandemic I think having the option to choose and online course and do it at home was what worked best to me. It saved a lot of time, cost and there was a wide option of courses to choose from that I would have not thought about if I didn’t go through Coursera’s page. Also the weekly log that is done on padlet is systematic and easy to navigate.

5. What can be improved in this project?
- In terms of the course I chose, I think more subtopics can be included as each week the topics did not take too long to complete. It kept me wondering and wanting more in depth information.

- In terms of the project overall the only thing I can think of that needs improvement would be the time the task is given. Since many of us started the EP earlier maybe the task could have been given and completed earlier. Other than that the project was smooth and instructions given by the lecturers were clear.

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Week 4 update : Sharveenraaj Maghalingam A168501

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1. Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?
If I were to look back at the 3 objectives that I included in my proposal. I would say all of them were achieved and also there were some objectives which were not listed in the proposal were also achieved. I feel that through this course I would be able to manage my relationships with just about anyone in my life better and I think I am more understanding of how to control one's emotion by doing emotional work and I am pretty much confident that whatever that I learned in this course, I could use them to help other people when they are in need of troubles with their relationship because there were certain sets of lessons that were focusing on communication, reception, managing differences, negotiating and many more. I feel that this skills is applicable in many of the relationships that we have in our life let it be a friendship, love interest, family and many more.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?
I enjoyed doing the quizzes that were being asked at the end of each lesson. When I was answering them. They made me feel that I was on track and I understood the things that I was learning. The quizzes were the things that I enjoyed cause the quizzes were not only theoretical they were also reflective in manner as well.

3. What have you found challenging about this project? (any part of the project you found hard to do)
I particularly only a few things were challenging. One of them was adapting to the terms that I was being introduced in the first week of the course was challenging and also to be relating the lessons as in why am I learning this? What's the meaning behind this? Actually was difficult in the beginning as time passed by with progress. I was able to link it all and see a clearer picture of the things that I was learning because there are some lessons that actually did leave and everlasting impression on me as they were relatable in a daily life situation.

Next, I was being a little bit confused on how should I include 6 weeks worth of learning into the video. How am I going to tell that this is what I learned. It was actually quite challenging to narrow down the topic that I want to include into the final product which was the video. Besides that I have Internet issues as well, I don't have WiFi and rely on data fully and hot-spot quota is limited. So it was challenging cause finished data means I can't connect to my laptop to get things done. Therefore working with only phone was tough cause using laptop felt much more easier but no complaints because I managed to overcome this challenges and also a few other challenges listed above as well.

4. What has really worked? (any part in the project that you thought worked well)
I would say doing this project during the holidays was actually quite helpful because I was able to fill up my time during the holidays with something interesting. It kept me busy and being productive in a way.

5. What can be improved in this project?
I could have improved my planning on doing this project. My planning in terms of when to attend the classes and also producing the video. These would be the 1 thing that I want to improve on this project.