WEBQUEST REFLECTION (4) - 15 / 9 / 09

Today we had a talk on "Academic Writing" by Dr Cameroon. It was a three-hour-talk. I was tired but of course tried very hard to concentrate on his talk. In the talk, Dr Cameroon taught us on how to choose a topic for our research purposes. We had a workshop and were asked to come out with one idea of interest of our research and then were guided on the research topic. It was tough because I was not mentally prepared for this. I came out with a topic which was quite general according to Cameroon and then were corrected and guided by him. Though he did not give me the exact topic as it requires time and deep thinking, I basically got some ideas on how to come out with a topic - A research topic should include a specific topic in a general topic. E.g (How can a successful transition from R&D stage to commercialization) - general (be best achieved in Malaysia with genetically modified?) - specific. Personally, I think that it was a good talk but I was not mentally prepared for this talk as I do not take research paper this year. But of course I benefited from his talk but I am afraid I might forget about it when the time comes...which will be next year.