Inquiry and Problem Based Learning

Second Reflection


1. Take some time to think about your topic. Now write down what you know about it.
More research and reading make me to think differently than before when I go through my second reflection about Information inquiry. The nature of Information inquiry depends on the complexity of the task, cognitive needs and the educational contexts. It also introduced a broader concept of information seeking process where it defines information Literacy as the ability to familiarize “complex contextualised practices, processes and interactions that enable access to social, physical and textual sites of knowledge” (Lloyd, 2006). The inquiry also outlined how effective the present system of information inquiry than the past system. This video compares the past and present system of information inquiry.


2. How interested are you in this topic? Circle the answer that best matches your interest.

Not at all             Not much               Quite a bit                A lot

I have developed more interest in the topic as I came to know more about the topic. It has created an inspiration for me to be involved in more findings of web tools which can be useful to save our time and effort. I have searched through different search engines such as Google and Google scholar which guided me to find out relevant information on the Topic as well.


3. How much do you know about this topic? Circle the answer that best matches how much you know.

Nothing         Not much          Quite a bit             A lot


When I came across different ISP models, it reminded me various stages of information inquiry where student experiences include certain cognitive, exploration and formulation stages. It also reflected my own experiences when I do Project.      


4. When you find out information about a topic, what do you generally find easy to do? Please list as many things as you like.

• The feedbacks by my teachers and peers on drafts make me to think about other ways of doing things and polishing my skills.
• As far as I am concerned, the extension to the assessment helped me a lot to be involved in the process of information seeking through internet searches.

5. When you find out information about a topic, what do you generally find hard to do? Please list as many things as you like.

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• I find it hard to select appropriate information from the course materials and search results.

• I find it hard to match relevant sources of information and information technology with appropriate academic writing paragraphs.

• At some stages, I experienced confusion and stress because of the limited time, more number of assignments due at the same time and my unavailability to work with the topic. So it made me to limit my understanding of the Topic to a certain level.

• Uncertainty in finding a relevant SPP site at the proper time was also a reason for making a deeper understanding of the Topic.