Today is the first lesson of EIR. Our lecturer is Ms Noor Faridah from IT school, a nice and soft spoken lady. Something special to note about this internet research module is that it is no longer UIR. The structure of the module has changed and it is called Effective Internet Research. Hence what we will be learning is going to be different from the students who take UIR in the past.

The lesson started off with the briefing on the overview of EIR. Then we were divided into groups for future group project. Seated in our groups, we had an ice breaking game which allowed us to interact with each other. 

We are supposed to choose a topic for our upcoming assignments, and my topic is "The effects of HIV/AIDS on youth". I chose this topic as I thought it is a common yet unfamiliar issue to discuss so I want to find out more about it. People have been addressing issues on HIV/AIDS (eg. how to educate youth so as to prevent aids) but I seldom find people discussing about the effects of HIV/AIDS on youth and how they are coping with it. 

All the lecture notes, practical worksheets and tutorials are uploaded on blackboard learning system which is easily accessible. We are expected to read up the lecture notes on our own. In other words, this module is about discipline. As we also have to pace and keep track ourself in blogging reflections and doing the practical worksheets. 

That's all for the day. Basically today is more of an introduction to the module. I am looking forward to tomorrow.