Assignment 2 countdown

Hey Mel,

Dont let that be discouraging though, in a few years you'll be up there with the best in the country if you work hard and parctise hard. I always feel that way too, but I like that there are people much smarter and better than me... means we always have a next point to get to !!

All the best

hehee...

I'm away for just under 24hours and I come back to a day's worth of reading!!!

It's cool hearing everybodies views.. I studied JAVA and self taught VB and VB.NET. I've been in the industrial arena now for +-2 years and thought that I was progressing, and that this degree would basically be just "new syntax", although I was secretly hoping for more..

I can't say much more accept that I'm really gonna apply myself to what was said here cause there've been some valid points..

-Valkeye

Hi guys,

What an interesting read. What is apparent is that there appears to be some very talented, and experienced people taking this course.

I have several years experience in writing small to medium front end Engineering applications using self taught VB, VB.Net and C# languages. However, I'm finding the formal background that the COS courses offer invaluable.
I have a hectic job and I'm currently studying COS101, COS111, COS112, COS113, INF105, INF120 and CEM101. Despite the volume of work and endless business trips I'm having fun learning things that I thought I knew.
Despite the knowledge and experience that I thought I had in object oriented programming, I was left somewhat wanting when working with an oversees colleague who had a strong formal backgroung. His knowledge in system design and architecture left me with the notion that I was definitely missing something. Having said that I did however have a lot more experience in our industry than my colleague.

Conclusion - I have to agree with Kensuke:
Experience alone - dangerous
Education alone - potential but not too useful yet.
Experience & Education - Can't beat it.

Have fun on this cold weekend.

- AndreB

Hiya guys ,

I've just recently started reading these forums and must say it's great to see other people in the same boat (Full time working with the studying) as I am. I must admit the assignments/studying etc. takes way more time than I expected but I thought it's better to take as many modules in the 1st year as possible (considering time) as i'll have to take less every year as the modules become more difficult. (3rd year subjects).

I have ACN101 , MNB101, INF105, COS111, COS114, CSS101, INF1208 and unfortunately CEM101...... which I also found was ridiculous as I have a diploma in IT Engineering (including all your A+, N+, iNet+, MCSE, Linux etc) plus a few more international IT qualifications but no credit for CEM. So yeah....i'm also trying here and there to finish some of the CEM exams.

Valkeye , if you battle to get time to do them , do 2 or 3 at a time. They are really easy and if you have a read through the material you should be fine. I've completed the first 3 of the 7.....

Anyways , back to Assignments!

Ciao

Whizza

Do one get a certicate from UNISA's side for CEM101A aswell or just the ICDL certicicate???

I don't think you get a certificate from UNISA, just a credit. But the ICDL certificate itself is internationally recognised, so it's a "qualification" in itself.

I like your "" around "qualification".. I don't see many people recognizing it as much though.. But every bit helps i guess.

-Valkeye

Personally, I think the ICDL is a great qualification - everybody should be required to take it - EXCEPT people in the School of Computing!

I work in an office where no-one understands how to attach pics/docs to email, create folders, etc - and the concept of people needing to have a licence before they touch a PC starts to sound more and more attractive every day I get called to help someone put "that funny bar thing back at the bottom of the screen".

However, considering the computer literacy levels of most people in the school of computing, and what we're expected to do on computers, CEM101A just wastes our time. If we're lacking any of the skills CEM101A covers, surely we would be forced to pick them up in the pursuit of our other subjects?

What really bothers me about the ICDL thing is that when I was in school in Grade 9 we did a course from Cambridge University as one of our subjects. In recent years, the school has replaced this course with ICDL. I find it insulting that at university level where I am studying a computer degree, only allowed to submit assignments that have used some form of word processing, and working in an office environment where I use these programs every day, I am forced to pay for a course that can easily be done by 15 and 16 year olds.

I must aggree (with everyone).

It seems by popular consensus that the ICDL holds as much interest to us as a whole in the head.. To echo what velvet said though, I too also have people telling me that there computers are broken, when in fact it's just the user thats broken.

-Valkeye

-Duplicate post

-Valkeye

I do a lot of software and desktop support, and a lot of it is telephonic and it is scary to hear some of the complaints and even scarier when the person on the other side of the phone cannot navigate through Windows Explorer. I can understand CEM101 for these people but I have to agree with you guys that CEM101 as part of a School of Computing degree is pretty much being taught to suck eggs.

LOL...
Just to spite us CEM101B, C and D are gonna mysteriously come into the course material, with rivetting subject topics like "My CD-Rom is not a cup holder" and "Deleting files won't make the problem go away"

-Valkeye

I really need to learn how to create a folder. It is so difficult!!

This is rediculous and a waste of money as far as I am concerned.

Devesh

While money is always an issue, I'm a lot more concerned about the waste of time. Time management is the most critical concept in my life right now, and I'm dreading making time for the 7 exams.

Do you think if enough of us write in to complain they will review this subject? It's worth a try! To me, the time and money aspects are equally important Velvet! My budget is a squeeze in any month, and I think it is so unfair that we have to pay extra for the "passport" thing and all the exams, and still pay UNISA and buy a textbook!

Instead of writing and complaining, why not just direct a lecturer to this thread.. It pretty much covers everything.

-Valkeye

Hmmm... Do you think we could get the posts (from where we started ranting about CEM101A) moved to the CEM101 forum?

Hi

Lets see where everybody is with COS111U, did you improve or what. Mel and valkeye, just want to let you know that I complpetely nailed this assignment, it more than makes up for my 67% I got for INF109 I tell you I was completely disgrunted by it. I got a maximum 70 credits, 100%!!! What did you guys get?

Well done Brendon! I didn't do as well in this assignment as I should have, because I ran out of time and didn't finish, so I just submitted what I had. When I went over the sections that I hadn't done, I was really annoyed with myself, coz they're pretty simple. I'm expecting to do way better in Assignment 2!