Preparing for Success at University: Self Development and Responsibility

This study material discusses the impact of module activities on employability skills, time management, and reflection. It provides insights on developing employability skills and creating an action plan for personal and professional growth. The content includes reading logs, a photo log, and an action plan. The subject is self-development and responsibility at university.

Preparing for Success at
University: Self Development
and Responsibility

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Impact of Module Activities on Employability Skills.................................................................3
Reading Log.................................................................................................................................4
Time Management.......................................................................................................................5
Photo Log.....................................................................................................................................6
Reflection...................................................................................................................................11
Action Plan................................................................................................................................12
SUMMARY...................................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Development of employability skills is very necessary as well as important task to a
person for gaining very higher success in the market place. Basically, when a person has
different employability skills in proper ways, then that person will gain very positive outcomes
in market place (Posteland Sobel, 2019). For example; currently communication, problems-
solving, decision-making, team work etc. skills are considered as the key employability skills
and abilities, in which a learner or individual have to focus on developing these all skills and
abilities for gaining very positive outcomes in market place. A reflection on different
employability skills has been included below. Role of these skills in developing personality and
professionalism also has been discussed in this reflection.
MAIN BODY
Impact of Module Activities on Employability Skills
Classroom activities have a huge impact on the growth and development of students.
These activities enable the students to explore more knowledge using their skills and listening
and watching other student’s participation helps in the growth of individual. Basically, classroom
activities are the wide range of skill-based interactive activities which has supported me in the
educational development. Classroom activities such as presentations, reading blog, group
presentations, Photoblog, etc. have enhanced my understanding, skills and effectiveness by
engaging me in different styles of learning and helped me in gaining confidence and the ability to
think critically (Wu, Wu and Li, 2019). These activities have not only help me with relationship
of input and output during the speaking process, but also has mobilized my interaction with the
other students and teacher. Through the help of these activities, I have gained the knowledge of
various subjects in a practical and innovative manner which has been easy in remembering in
comparison to just reading and listening to teacher. I have not only gained confidence to
represent myself in presentations, debates and extempore or showing my piece of writing but has
developed the sense of working in team and how to understand each other’s point of view and
successfully achieving the good marks. It has great impact on my decision-making skills, as now
I listen to every member’s thoughts and ideas and provide my valuable suggestions. Classroom

activities have improved the level of engagement in the students and which has helped me to
make more friends and take their qualities. Overall, these activities has made me better student
and contributed in my overall growth.
Reading Log
Author(S) Title Date Key themes/Summary
Klobes Maximizing the Educational
Investment with a Required
Personal and Professional
Development Program for
Business Majors. Journal of
the Academy of Business
Education. 19.
22/12/2020 According to Klobes, I have to
put own huge efforts in daily
operations for developing own
different employability skills to
gain huge success in the module.
Klobes said, most businesses
and ventures currently focus on
hiring such people in their
workplace who has different
well-developed skills and
abilities, and this is why I should
have proper skills of
employability to gain better
employment opportunities in
market place in the future.
Rønnestad,
Orlinsky and
Wiseman
Professional development and
personal therapy.
25/12/2020 I have learnt many new things
with the support of Rønnestad,
Orlinsky and Wiseman’s
“Professional development and
personal therapy” as well. For
example; these both experts said
that, development of personality
and professionalism is not a
small task to a person, in which
everyonehas to stay focused on
its aim of development, then it

will be succeeded in improving
its overall personality and
professionalism.
Braidman,
Regan and
Humphreys
12 Personal and professional
developments. Wellbeing in
Higher Education:
Cultivating a Healthy
Lifestyle Among Faculty and
Students.
28/12/2020 Braidman, Regan and
Humphreys said that, each
learner or person have to make a
specific plan for the
development of its skills and
abilities, because a plan provides
a specific path for developing
own poor and un-developed
skills and abilities. At the end,
well-developed skills and
abilities enables to a person for
improving its personality and
professionalism in market place.
Time Management
Proper management of time is very essential in the terms of saving own precious time in
different activities of daily live. For managing own time in a proper way, I have added an
effective schedule below which I used in daily life for completing different activities on time
(Hromchenkova, 2018).
Activities 8:00A
M to
9:00A
M
9:00A
M to
10:00A
M
10:00
AM to
2:30P
M
3:00P
M to
4:10P
M
4:10P
M to
5:50P
M
6:00P
M to
7:30P
M
7:30P
M to
8:45P
M
8:45P
M to
9:20P
M
9:20A
M to
5:30
PM
Bring kids
to school
Appointme
nt time

Work time
Pick kids
up
Feed kids
Study time
Use
internet
Take dinner
Going to
University
Photo Log

This photo log is all about activities and operations which I have conducted during the
module. Basically, this photo log is showing me that what type of skills I have to develop for
being an effective personality and professional at any workplace (Camilleri,2016). Recently I
have conducted such activities in the classroom which has been contributed in overall
development of my different employability skills. On the other side, currently I have an effective
CV as well which I have created recently for showing own capabilities and eligibility to a
business or an individual. Class room activities were really put a very positive impact on my
overall development of personality and professionalism.

Reflection
Reflection is the part of classwork, because when a person conducts the activity of
reflection, then it will be able to develop learn many new things with the support of past
activities and experience. Basically, reflection gives us opportunity to learn from activities and
operations which we have conducted before. According to my research, there are many tools and
models of reflection simply available in the market place which I can use to reflect on my recent
group presentation (Yunhaiand Chengwei, 2019). For example; Kolb’s model of reflection and
Gibbs reflective model are two key models for the personal reflection, in which I have used
Gibbs model below for reflecting on my recent group presentation.
Gibbs Model
This model was first introduced by Mr. Graham Gibbs in year 1988, and this model
projects five key stages of reflection which has been used here to reflect on my last group
presentation activity.
Description
Recently I have participated in a group presentation with my different colleagues, and
with the support of this presentation, I have learnt many new things in during the module.
Basically, when we have participated in a group work or team work, then this step enables us to
learn many new things and also enables to develop our various skills, and that is why currently I
have different well-developed skilled just because of last group presentation.
Feelings
I felt very positive while working different colleagues for giving a proper group
presentation. Firstly, we all colleague was came together for discussing about what types of
activities we should conduct to gain better outcomes from group present. So, during the
discussion, almost all colleagues was used very polite language, and this factor made me felt
very excellent.
Evaluation

After participating in that group presentation, I become able to know that proper skills of
communication play an excellent role to turn an ordinary group work into an effective group
work.
Conclusion
It can be concluded that we should have proper skills of presentation to give an excellent
presentation in the front of many people or audience. I was able put very positive impact on all
audience, because I have used proper body language and words while giving the presentation.
Action
After participating in the group work or group presentation, I was becoming able to
develop own different employability skills, but still I have some skills which are completely un-
developed or poor, so I need to make an effective action plan for developing these all skills.
Action Plan
Formulation of an effective action plan is very important task to a person, in which I have
created a very productive action plan to me below for developing own various poor or
undeveloped skills (Li,2016).
Action Plan
1. My goals.
I have goal to be fully developed by personality wise and professionalism wise.
2. Reason behind why this goal is important for me.
This goal is important to me for gaining huge success in the future.
3. Factors in which I have to focus on.
I have focus on developing such skills and attributes which are currently poor and un-
developed.
4. Ways in which I can know if I will make the progress for my goals.
I will use a KPI (Key Performance Indicator) tool for measuring effectiveness of own
progress which I will be used to achieve own goals.
5. What types of actions and steps can I take right now (short-term goals)?
I have to participate in training sessions for the personal development.

6. What types of actions and steps can I take over a period of time (long-term goals)?
I should collect different resources, like; books and journals, articles for the skills
development (Lambert, 2018).
7. Support of key resources (human, print, electronic) to me.
Yes, these all resources will definitely support me for improving own overall personality and
professionalism.
SUMMARY
I have learnt so many things during module and it prepares me a lot for upcoming
challenges as well as opportunities. There are number of class room activities which improve my
knowledge and also make me more social. In the initial period of my university I was afraid that
student will be helpful or nor, professor will support me or not but after certain time they all
become friendly and help in professional as well as personal growth (Suleman, 2018). There are
number of problems also faces because of new books, college as well concept of providing
lectures to students. Most of time in the classroom I remain disturb because not able to identify
what I can do to become participative and submit my work. However, there are number of
classroom task which enhance my experience towards learning for example: reading blogs
selection help me in completing project on time as well as help me in my exam. Note making
skills highly improve during the classes and number of things organizes in proper which help me
in reading and improving my knowledge. Notes will also help me in my campus interviews
where question are vast in nature but college knowledge help me in answering number of
question and hence my employability skills also improved. I have taken photographs of work
that has completed in class rooms, workshops etc, which help me in completing various task in
smooth way as well as improves my pictorial skills. I remain attentive towards team
participation, many of answers are provided by me which make me centre of attraction and
improve my image in front of professors. Friends were very supportive in every project and
whenever I miss something they will help me in recognizing it. There are number of assignments
that were provided by students but because of supportive nature of everyone I complete all work
on time. Professional qualities such as leadership highly enhance during module and I able to
identify that I can lead number of people and it will help me in corporate where people with this
skill highly promoted on higher position in firms. There are number of problems that able to

recognize on time such as poor communication skills which effect on transferring as well as
receiving information. However, taking classes for it by professor become highly advantage for
me and it help me in connecting to people on time and in effective way. Before strating any
project, developed proper strategy and guidelines which followed continuously and hence able to
achieve higher goals on time (Di Gregorio and et.al., 2019). My writing skills was not good in
the initial period of University but after sometimes it improved because of taking classes
associated with it. There are number of qualities that enhanced during the module and which
improves my employability skills such as Problem solving, Time management, leadership, team
participation etc. I also designed my CV with the help of professor and friend which help in
attracting Human Resource manager of different company and hence increase my chances of
getting a job in changing business.

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