Is reflective practice ethical? (The case of the reflective portfolio)

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Reflective Portfolio on LinkedIn Learning Courses
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Description.............................................................................................................................4
Feelings...................................................................................................................................6
Evaluation...............................................................................................................................7
Analysis..................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................7
Action Plan.............................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Reflective Portfolio is a procedure which demonstrates insights and experiences after going
through a practical assignment. Learning is an active part of this portfolio, which provides
self-assessment for engagement and ability in applied settings effectively. Hence, the purpose
of this portfolio is to share my experiences and insights while seeking professional course
certificate from platform LinkedIn Learning. LinkedIn Learning is an ambitious learning
portal customized for training individuals and businesses through e-learning courses (Lunden,
2016). As per my assignment requirements, four certifications were mandatory to seek pieces
of training. However, it is important to analyze how much I have gained from this platform.
Therefore, the purpose of this portfolio will be sharing my journey for learning certifications
successfully. Furthermore, I will also share my challenges for understanding weaknesses and
strengths.
To develop a reflective portfolio, this report will implement Gibbs's 1988 Reflective cycle
with six elements, such as description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, and conclusion. I am
using a reflective cycle to share personal experiences throughout taking LinkedIn courses.
The Gibbs’ reflective cycle state event and feelings both are important to analyze reflection
and effective approach for deep learning and practical applications (Hazel Thokozani,
Govender & Maureen Nokuthula, 2015). Hence, I will be using this cycle to share my
practical knowledge for seeking four certificates.
Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle Source (Paterson and Chapman, 2013)
Description
The description demonstrates what happened while seeking the certificate and training while
engaging in the learning process. There are four certificates that I gained from the LinkedIn
Learning platform, like Endnote Essential, Google Forms Essential, NVivo 2018, and SSPS
for academic research. I have provided evidence for each LinkedIn Learning course
certificate below as well as individual skillset, I learned from them (Appendices).
Collectively, I learned to work in a professional set-up with this certification process.
EndNote Essential Training

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The first certificate was on EndNote Essential, which is a software useful in summative
assignments in the academic research field. It is defined as a referencing software that
archives research citations into a systematic Endnote Libraries (Kali and Srirangaraj, 2016).
The purpose of this certificate was to learn the management of document and data resources
required as per research on particular academic subject topics. Furthermore, it also provides
different functions such as library creation, adding manual citation, organization, store, edit,
and share.
In the learning process for essential endnote certification, I have learned two important
aspects. Firstly, I can manage different references as per the group category effectively.
Secondly, online software saves time for conducting research and maintain resources. Hence,
one skillset from this course I have achieved is the management of resources for research in
the quickest manner. Now, I am good at managing references into one single unit and become
more organized for approaching an assignment.
Google Forms Essential Training
The second certificate which I earned is for the course of Google Forms. It is defined as a
platform that provides an effective way to conduct online surveys and another set of people
based on questions. Therefore, I learned the concept of making forms by giving a predefined
set of questions. In context with the academic field, Google Forms is described as, a platform
which is used for conducting online quiz, survey for teaching effectiveness and collection for
answers (Mansor, 2012). Further, this course also taught me the integration of forms with
google spreadsheet to record answers directly into tabular form.
In the learning process for this certification, I have understood the importance of analyzing
oneself. By creating forms, I have come to the conclusion that knowledge for understanding a
topic is important. Further, my obtained skill set from this certification is survey analysis in
primary and secondary research. Therefore, this process was very helpful to analyze a set of
people and share as well as collaborate with them online (Gavin, 2019).
NVivo 2018 Essential Training
The next certification which I took was for performing qualitative research as well as mix
method research to analyze data which is unstructured text, audio, image, as well as
qualitative methods like interviews, focus groups, observations, social media platforms, and
journals (Hamed Hilal and Alabri, 2013). I learned how to do qualitative research in this
learning process. Now, I am able to understand the human side of the issue for a certain topis
through their behavior, opinion, emotions, beliefs, and behaviors (). Moreover, the specific
skill set which I earned was being a qualitative researcher who can gather a person's thoughts
on an issue.
SPSS for Academic Research
The next and last certification which I gained was for SPSS software. SPSS has full form
Statistical Package for Social Science, and it is used for the management of complex
statistical data analysis by researchers (Foley, 2018). This learning process has taught me