Darren's Blog

In my opinion, I believe that having good communication skills is important to allow others and yourself to understand information more accurately and quickly. In fact, in a survey conducted in 2016 by LinkedIn, an employment online service, stated that communication is the most sought-after soft skills among employers. Furthermore, having good communication is important as it is to allow others and yourself to understand information more accurately and quickly. When I found out that Effective Communication is one of the modules that I am taking in this trimester, I was a little nervous as I do not know what to expect from his module. However, after a few sessions with Professor Brad, I find it very exciting and fun as I get to learn some writing skills such as how to write a proper thesis statement and how to summarise an article properly, which improves my writing skills. For the group activities that we have in each session, we were assigned to different groupmates for each activ...

According to Spinks (2015), cement production caused a huge impact to the environment. To tackle this problem, Hendrik Jonkers had come up with an innovative idea to increase the lifespan of concrete and reduce its production. The article also stated the advantages and disadvantages of self-healing concrete and how this concrete is used globally. Even though Rosie Spinks   stated the advantages and disadvantages of the self-healing concrete, it did not sufficiently state how this concrete is used globally, in terms of   where and how is it used. Firstly, Rosie Spinks mentioned did not specify the countries that utilise this concrete. Based on the research I did, I found a number of countries that used this concrete. One of the countries that is utilised this concrete is Ecuador. According to Van Dijk   (2014), a concrete canal in the Andean highlands is facing problems due to constant changes in temperature. As a result, cracks were formed in the canal and it lead t...