Orientation for Success in Higher Education: E-Portfolio-CPD Plan, Formative Feedback, Skills, and SWOT Analysis

This article discusses the importance of orientation for success in higher education through E-Portfolio-CPD Plan, Formative Feedback, Skills, and SWOT Analysis. It covers topics such as reflective learning, use of formative feedback, skills required for successful learning in university, benefits of formative assessment, and SWOT analysis. The article also provides references for further reading.

Orientation for
Success in Higher
Education

Table of Contents
E-Portfolio-CPD PLAN/SWOT Analysis........................................................................................1
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7

E-Portfolio-CPD PLAN/SWOT Analysis
E-Portfolio-CPD PLAN/SWOT Analysis
Area of
learning
Reflection of learning Future implication Action
Reflective
learning
Reflection refers to process
of learning which allow
students to reflect their
views, experience of
learning by recalling their
experience (Zhou and
Wang, 2019). In this
module, I have learned
various new things as I get
to know about various
skills which is require in
higher education, I also
learned about formative
assessment, formative
feedback and many other
things. This module
improves my knowledge
and also helps me to learn
importance of formative
assessment. Before starting
this module, I do not have
knowledge much about
skills required for higher
education but in this I have
learned about these skills.
There are various new
things learned in this
module which helps me
in future in completion of
higher education
effectively. These skills
also help me in finding
new opportunity related
to employment. With
this, I am able to reflect
my view with my
experience on some
situation. It also
improves my written as
well as verbal
communication skills. I
also learn to make
modification I my work
which allow me to get
good grades for my work.
In order to improve
reflective learning, I
started writing
refection on daily basis
on some situation
which helps me to
improve my skills. I
also help me to
improve various skills
within few months by
practising and learning
it with helps of
teachers. I also need
to do further studies as
it is important for
implement of
academic skills as well
as employment skill
(Muhuro and
Kang’ethe, 2016). I
also make schedule of
various activity which
helps me to saves my
time and also invest in
further improvement
in my skills and
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knowledge.
Use of
formative
feedback
Formative feedback refers
to tool which allow
instructor to provide
feedback in order to
improve performance of
students. It provides
various benefits to
instructor as well as
students in many ways
(Model, 2019). It helps
instructor to make barrier
of learning visible for
students. It also provides
evidence for current
performance level of
students. It also helps
instructor to make
adjustment in their ways
which helps to improve
learning of students. It also
helps students in ensuring
control over their learning
which helps them to make
learned more self-
regulated. It allows
students to be more
involved and and monitor
their own performance.
With this feedback,
students can reduce
Formative feedback is
important for future of
students and it allow a
person to improve
themselves and also
improve their knowledge
and correction. Formative
feedbacks are important
as it improve learning of
students and also make a
person more efficient by
improving their
knowledge. It improves
self-control of a person
(Cook-Sather, 2016).
With this formative
feedback I have learn
various new things which
helps me in future as I
learn to improve errors in
my work which make me
more efficient.
Formative feedback
refers to tool in which
instructor provide
feedback in order to
improve performance
of students. Formative
assessment includes
providing feedback to
students during
instruction. It allows
instructor to identify
misunderstanding of
students and provide
opportunity to student
to overcome of errors.
For this formative
feedback, instructor
first needs to assign
assignment to students.
They also need to
conduct in class
discussion and also
needs to submit non
graded draft. In this
step, student gets non
graded feedback and
get opportunity to
revise their work and
rewrite it. After that,
student needs to made
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uncertainty in their
performance.
final submission of
their assignment.
Explain Skills
to successfully
learn in the
University.
There are various skills to
be developed in order to
successful learning in
university (Xiao, Bowen,
and Lindsey, 2018). I have
learned various skills
which are as follows:
Communication skills:
Communication skills are
those skills which helps in
sharing information from
one person to another
person. This skill helps in
provide clarity and also to
avoid confusion at
workplace. It helps an
individual in both
academic and employment
life of a person.
Listening skills: Listening
skills are those skills which
helps a person to
effectively listen to another
person. This skill allows a
person to receive
information in right ways
in which it is share.
These skills are important
for future period of time
as it make a person more
efficient and capable.
These skills help me in
future by providing
various opportunity to an
individual. These skills
not only help a person in
their academic life but
also helps the m in
finding good career
opportunity.
Communication skills,
listening skills, time
management skills,
problem solving skills are
important for higher
education of a person at
university. These skills
boost confidence of a
person and also increase
self-awareness of a
person (Nowell, 2017).
These skills help a person
to analyse various
information and make
decision accordingly.
In order to develop
various skills required
by a person, a person
needs to do various
things. For
development of
effective
communication skills,
a person needs to join
any institution as it
helps them to develop
effective
communication skills.
They also need to
practice on daily basis
and for which they can
write assignment,
essay or any other
topic of their own
choice. Also writing
diary also helps a
person for
development of
various skills. For
development of
listening skills, a
person needs to have
patience and does not
needs to interrupt other
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person.
Benefits of
Formative
assessment to
students
Formative assessment is
one of method which is
used by teachers for
evaluation of
comprehension of student,
academic progress,
learning needs during
completion of student
(Khatri and Raina, 2017).
Formative assessment
provides various benefits to
students as well as tutor in
various ways. It provides
various benefits to students
which are as follows:
It helps students in
evaluation of their own
knowledge and learning.
It helps students to build
their knowledge and
learning which is important
for their academic life.
Formative assessment also
helps to identify various
strength an weakness of
their own and helps in
continuous improvement.
Formative assessment not
only helps in improving
present state of a students
but also prepared them
for future. This formative
assessment helps in target
learning and also helps in
continuous learning. In
this formative assessment
teacher monitors students
in order to get progress in
performance of students.
This progress makes a
person efficient and
improve their learning
which helps them in
future for their higher
education.
Formative assessment
is important for both
students as well as
teachers. It helps
teachers in monitoring
performance of student
also improve their
learning. It also helps
students in self-
evaluation as well as
identification of
strength and weakness
which helps them to
get advantage of
opportunity and reduce
impact of threat.
For this students,
needs to work hard on
their assessment and
also needs to improve
their assessment on
basis of feedback
received from
teachers.
Students needs to
improve their skills of
research and
presentation for this,
which allow them for
successful completion
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of assignment and also
to get feedback.
SWOT
Analysis
Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat
I have time
management
skills which
helps me in
saving my time
on unnecessary
activities and
investing it on
further
productivity
activities. It
allows me to be
more efficient
as I can
complete all
work on time
which make
good image in
minds of
teachers as well
as in seniors.
I also have
creativity
which make me
I have poor communication
skills which does not allow
me to communicate with
others effectively. This
communication skill
includes both oral as well
as written communication.
This lack of
communication skills does
not allow me to
communicate effectively
which sometimes lead to
confusion.
Ineffective in handling
pressure is other weakness
of me as it does not allow
me to work in pressure. I
cannot handle stress and
pressure as it creates
impact on quality of my
work.
I can get good mark in
exams as I have time
management skills which
allow me to saves my
time and invest it on
studies, completion of
assignment of time and
also to enhance my
knowledge.
I am doing a job on basis
of my creativity skills.
This creativity skill
makes me efficient and
make me different from
others. I am preparing
various presentation for
client on basis of this
skills that create god
impression in minds of
managers which can offer
me promotion
opportunity.
In job, a person needs
to give various
presentation which
require good
communication skills.
Lack of
communication skills
does not allow me to
give presentation in
effective manners
which does not
provide opportunity
for promotion at
workplace.
Some jobs provide a
person various
opportunity in life but
at same time, it creates
stress and pressure on
a person.
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different from
others. This
skill allows me
to develop
creative
solutions to
various
problems and
helps to
overcome of
problems
effectively.
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