Learning and Communicating Online: Reflection on Skills Acquired

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LEARNING AND COMMUNICATING ONLINE
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Introduction
Reflection has a positive role in student's life by fostering critical thinking as well as help
learners, develop professional values and skills (Lew and Schmidt 2011). By looking into past
learning experience, students are able to engage in informed and thoughtful deliberations on
actions and behaviors that ultimately enhance academic performance (Barnard 2011). Similarly,
Helyer (2015) acknowledge that students can reflect consciously with a goal of understanding
events in their lives that ultimately help enhance the meaning of what was learned. Furthermore,
research conducted by Cavilla (2017) reveals that a reflection is a tool for enhancing
metacognition, motivation, and students' academic performance. As such, reflecting on learning
and communicating online will enhance my understanding of the unit as well as help in
identifying my weak areas for correction. In that regard, this report will highlight personal
development through reflection on what I learned from the unit and future work skills.
Reflection on skills acquired
Information and communication technologies enable learners to acquire skills that are
instrumental in future working environments (Genlott and Grönlund 2013). Learning this unit
has equipped me with more skills communication, organization, writing, computer, time
management, teamwork, research, and problem-solving skills. In that regard, for my future work
skills, communication and teamwork skills really stand out. Notably, employers require workers
who can come up with solutions facing the organization and articulate them well. Accordingly,
many students have been consulting me on areas they do not understand and thus I have gained
more confidence in helping other students solve their academic problems as I sharpen my literary
skills. Besides, I have sharpened my teamwork skills, which is critical to any organization as it
inspires achieving set goals and organizational vision and mission. Working closely with other

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students and instructors is proving to work wonders. Whenever I explain concepts to students, I
not only feel more confident but also nurtures my communication strategies and teamwork
techniques.
Learning and communicating online makes me gain more confident in handling current
technologies that are the driving force of studies and career. Through this unit, I have gone an
extra mile on learning the basics of website building. As such, I can now blog and create content
that will enhance my writing skills to become successful in my master's studies. Again, I am also
in a position of contributing to revolutionizing working environment by assigning roles and
responsibilities online to help cut costs. In essence, this unit has helped me acquire
communication and team playing abilities that are key to advancing career growth. Moreover, I
have acquired skills to search authentic jobs, handle aptitude tests, and secure the best
opportunities for personal growth.
Impact of learning online
Consistent with Ni (2013); Sung, Chang, and Liu (2016), online learning helps students
understand and remember the concepts and content since there is the breaking of class
monotony. Essentially, my knowledge of research has greatly improved. In particular, I have
learned on various search engines, for example, how to reframe a sentence for easier searching,
and how to access credible materials to cite and reference. Moreover, I have learned that peer-
reviewed articles are one of the best sources to reference since they are scholarly written and
have credible approvals. My confidence to handle online assignments has immensely improved
too. Looking back, I was very naïve at the beginning of the unit but after going through the unit