{ How Important Is Feedback? }

Week 1 Reflection 

Week 1 of Engineering Practice Perpetration (EPP), has most certainly reformed my perspective to not only what the subject will provide but also what I need to do to grow as a novice engineer and how I should approach industry professionals. The lectures and tutorials have provided me with enough information to start respectably contacting industry professionals, in an attempt to potentially gain work placement with a company I would like to work with.

Although I apprehended the importance of peer feedback, EPP has reiterated why peer feedback is valuable. It has illustrated how to approach peer reviewing in a gentle/constructive manner. Completing in-class task activities and following the sandwich feedback model, has provided me with an alternative approach when giving feedback.

As I showcased my current e-portfolio to my peers, it became apparent that numerous technical and visual errors need to be resolved. My peers pointed out all the positive features that visually appealed to them and provided constructive feedback on areas of my e-portfolio that could potentially come across as more aesthetically pleasing.

This feedback demonstrates why feedback is valuable as it allows someone such as myself to improve a current product in development. Feedback also generates new ideas that were not originally thought of. For example, one of my team members began her ‘about me’ section with a quote for an entrepreneur. This was something that caught my eye and has now been incorporated in my e-portfolio.

My objective now is to set up a plan to work on my e-portfolio and tackle certain sections, week by week. My reasoning behind this is to ensure that by week four, I will have a high-quality e-portfolio for my peers to assess. On top of this, I will continuously ask for feedback to eliminate any issues I can’t see. I will also research various methods of giving feedback, so I can choose a technique that I feel is most appropriate for supplying feedback.

EPP differentiates itself from my other university subjects by focusing on constructs such as feedback and communication, that are vital when working as a team. Most importantly it focuses on the different approaches a student can use to progress as an engineer, achieving a sense of awareness towards engineering identity.

Henry Ford Quote (n/a)