Comments on: UoM 2.0? http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/ My opinion on Teaching, Programming, Technology and Web 2.0 in Mauritius Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:05:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: avinash http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-197573 avinash Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:35:10 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-197573 Hi Ashfaq, You're right about making the university very elitist. But you're wrong IMHO about giving "normal education" as opposed to "quality education"... My opinion is that UoM should have been an IIT / MIT-lite... but it's currently the exact inverse :-( Hi Ashfaq,

You’re right about making the university very elitist. But you’re wrong IMHO about giving “normal education” as opposed to “quality education”…

My opinion is that UoM should have been an IIT / MIT-lite… but it’s currently the exact inverse :-(

]]> By: ashfaq http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-197410 ashfaq Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:22:11 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-197410 @ishtiba - concerning transport gratuit and putting more persons at univ .. u see this is something quite stupid, what would we do with 24,000 graduates each year ?? do we have jobs for them ?? we don't , rite ? So, we should fail some of them so that they start working from hsc .. and then a little few go to university, again we cannot afford giving tooo "quality" education since many students would then remain in Mauritius , soo, we have to give normal education quality , not too good , not too bad , such that students for those who can afford go away , and the remaining few stay back to university of mauritius. This is undoubtedly how Mauritius functions and i have thought on this for hours and my argument is utterly flawless !! lolzzz @ishtiba – concerning transport gratuit and putting more persons at univ .. u see this is something quite stupid, what would we do with 24,000 graduates each year ?? do we have jobs for them ?? we don’t , rite ?
So, we should fail some of them so that they start working from hsc .. and then a little few go to university, again we cannot afford giving tooo “quality” education since many students would then remain in Mauritius , soo, we have to give normal education quality , not too good , not too bad , such that students for those who can afford go away , and the remaining few stay back to university of mauritius.

This is undoubtedly how Mauritius functions and i have thought on this for hours and my argument is utterly flawless !! lolzzz

]]> By: zakia http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-44436 zakia Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:59:39 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-44436 CUSTOMER CARE AT UOM????? do the people who work in the FSSH AND FLM registry got any notion of customer care or even COURTESY? zot pena maniere... just drop by thESE faculTIES and you'll see how ruDe these illiterate people are.just a little message for them... MAY BE YOU PEOPLE DO NOT REALISE THAT UOM STUDENTS SOMEDAY WILL OCCUPY HIGH STATUS JOBS IN BANKS,FIRMS,HOSPITALS...ANYWHERE...JUST PRAY THAT SOMEDAY WE DO NOT MEET AGAIN COZ IF EVER WE MEET WE'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR ALL THESE HARSH WORDS DURING OUR STAY AT UOM(university of mess) CUSTOMER CARE AT UOM?????

do the people who work in the FSSH AND FLM registry got any notion of customer care or even COURTESY? zot pena maniere… just drop by thESE faculTIES and you’ll see how ruDe these illiterate people are.just a little message for them…

MAY BE YOU PEOPLE DO NOT REALISE THAT UOM STUDENTS SOMEDAY WILL OCCUPY HIGH STATUS JOBS IN BANKS,FIRMS,HOSPITALS…ANYWHERE…JUST PRAY THAT SOMEDAY WE DO NOT MEET AGAIN COZ IF EVER WE MEET WE’LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR ALL THESE HARSH WORDS DURING OUR STAY AT UOM(university of mess)

]]> By: avinash http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-43798 avinash Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:16:29 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-43798 Yes, I guess. It all depends on the lecturer in fact. I sometimes ask my own students to work on something but most assignments are done in groups of two (and, here, not necessarily to decrease work by two)... Thanks for your input. Yes, I guess. It all depends on the lecturer in fact. I sometimes ask my own students to work on something but most assignments are done in groups of two (and, here, not necessarily to decrease work by two)…

Thanks for your input.

]]> By: Irina http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-43792 Irina Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:51:34 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-43792 Yes, a little while ago when I was wondering what is the main cause of not having individual dissertations, I realized that the faculty number must be one of the factors. But this time I was referring to those mini projects in those classes where the students are required to choose their topic and it is not a big deal, like for example creating a website. In this way, there is an opportunity for the students to do at least one individual project during their studies. I really do not think it is ok to graduate without having at least a project done by yourself from beginning to end in three years of study. Yes, a little while ago when I was wondering what is the main cause of not having individual dissertations, I realized that the faculty number must be one of the factors.

But this time I was referring to those mini projects in those classes where the students are required to choose their topic and it is not a big deal, like for example creating a website.
In this way, there is an opportunity for the students to do at least one individual project during their studies.
I really do not think it is ok to graduate without having at least a project done by yourself from beginning to end in three years of study.

]]> By: avinash http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-43769 avinash Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:03:27 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-43769 It's normal practice for students to work on individual dissertations in other departments. In the CSE department, students generally work in groups of 2 due, according to me, to the number of students. We, academics, can't think of so many (and supervise) so many potentially (very) different individual projects... So having groups of 2 is an easy solution for us as this divides the number of projects by 2. CQFD. (Of course, if there were fewer students then we could have had individual projects) It’s normal practice for students to work on individual dissertations in other departments.

In the CSE department, students generally work in groups of 2 due, according to me, to the number of students. We, academics, can’t think of so many (and supervise) so many potentially (very) different individual projects… So having groups of 2 is an easy solution for us as this divides the number of projects by 2. CQFD.

(Of course, if there were fewer students then we could have had individual projects)

]]> By: Irina http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-43562 Irina Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:45:18 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-43562 Avinash, why students are not allowed to work only by themselves to those "mini" projects (as they are called in some classes) and not in groups, if the are willing to do this? Avinash, why students are not allowed to work only by themselves to those “mini” projects (as they are called in some classes) and not in groups, if the are willing to do this?

]]> By: Ishtiba http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-42830 Ishtiba Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:22:28 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-42830 @ Val Am glad that u were not one of those people who just spent ur days glued to ur books...But like u say most of us don't approach university life the same way.. victims of or poor educational system after all @ Val

Am glad that u were not one of those people who just spent ur days glued to ur books…But like u say most of us don’t approach university life the same way.. victims of or poor educational system after all

]]> By: Val http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-42705 Val Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:10:21 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-42705 @ Ishtiba : how many ppl can say that their time at uni has transformed them ? for a big majority of students, attending their lectures is the only they do, and hence at the end of 3 years, that lil piece of paper is basically all wats left of their time at uni! now in ma personal case, i can say that i really grew up as an individual during ma time at UOM, and i do not regret a single minit spent there! some lectures will alwayz b boring etc etc, but at the end of the day it does not matter, because a degree is not the only fing i got from UOM. but wat about those students who made of getting good results and nothing but good results, who only focused on their studies at uni, never had a good time, never did anyfin else but study, for their sake at least, UOM shud deliver wat it promoises... @ Ishtiba : how many ppl can say that their time at uni has transformed them ? for a big majority of students, attending their lectures is the only they do, and hence at the end of 3 years, that lil piece of paper is basically all wats left of their time at uni!

now in ma personal case, i can say that i really grew up as an individual during ma time at UOM, and i do not regret a single minit spent there! some lectures will alwayz b boring etc etc, but at the end of the day it does not matter, because a degree is not the only fing i got from UOM.

but wat about those students who made of getting good results and nothing but good results, who only focused on their studies at uni, never had a good time, never did anyfin else but study, for their sake at least, UOM shud deliver wat it promoises…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-42703 Anonymous Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:52:24 +0000 http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/08/14/uom-20/#comment-42703 <b>we do not go to school or uni to be educated, we go there to get a piece of paper, whether we do that by learning by heart, or by any other means it does not matter at the end of the day!!</b> am tired of fighting the idea of this, i've resigned to just say, "bof! that's your way, good for you, but not me, have a nice day!" we do not go to school or uni to be educated, we go there to get a piece of paper, whether we do that by learning by heart, or by any other means it does not matter at the end of the day!!

am tired of fighting the idea of this, i’ve resigned to just say, “bof! that’s your way, good for you, but not me, have a nice day!”

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