Self-Reflection and Academic Skill Development

This portfolio covers evidence of IT skill development, SWOT analysis and reflection on learning and development that learnt through self-evaluation. It includes a brief statement on the importance of academic skills, a SWOT analysis, and a reflection on the development and learning encountered through self-evaluation. The subject, course code, and college/university are not mentioned.

Self-reflection and
academic skill
development

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Evidence of academic and IT skill development....................................................................3
SWOT analysis.......................................................................................................................4
Reflection on the development and learning that encountered through self-evaluation........7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
Appendix........................................................................................................................................10
Badges..................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are defined as an individual’s ability, habits as well as strategies that help
them to gain success in academics. Academic skills improve students’ confidence level and
encourage them to become more efficient learner. There are various academic skills such as time,
management, technical skills, critical thinking that help to perform academic work properly.
This portfolio covers evidence of IT skill development, SWOT analysis and reflection on
learning and development that learnt through self-evaluation.
TASK
Evidence of academic and IT skill development
1 : Evidence of Academic and IT Skills
2 Provide a brief statement on the importance of these skills in the professional field
especially in recent times Evidence of Academic/IT skill development (see table 1)
3
4 Table 1
(8) Academic Skills Evi
den
ce
Specific skills Word indicator 100-
150 words maximum
Power point Learnt though Leap on line to
structured the PowerPoint for
my presentations in the formal
presentation in class (see table
1.1 ) completed level 1 2 and 3
(Rini Rindrayani and et.al.,2020).
Academic
writing
With support of online editing
and proof reading resources.
(Giltrow and et.al., 2021).
Critical thinking By conside5ring more than one
point of view and its necessary
to go beyond trusting what has
been heard.
(Hitchcock., 2018).
Discovering
information
It can be developed through
discovering new books,
internet surfing
(Nafa., 2019).
Proof reading It can be developed through (Pinto and Karsenty., 2018).

reading the work aloud and
read backward with support of
fingers. It is important to keep
a list of mistakes and also need
to pay attention to headings,
titles and headings.
(7) ICT Skills
Insert How demonstrated Evidence
Moodle By adding a touch of variety in
them
(Truong., 2021)
Turnitin Through paraphrasing the content
and changes the structure as well
(Hadiyanto., 2022).
Microsoft off ice It can be developed through
working with Microsoft office
programs
(Rokhman and et.al., 2018).
Leap on line It can be developed through on
the online basis
(Basavanagoud and Chitra., 2018).
Social media
skill
By selecting the appropriate social
media channel and build the social
media following
(Namaziandost and Nasri., 2019).
Online safety Keep the information either public
or private. By checking the
checklist on sharing information
(Dodel and Mesch., 2018).
SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis: SWOT analysis is defined as the strategic management technique that is
used by me to identify my own strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. I have
developed planning and strategies to improve my weak areas.
Strengths Weaknesses
● I am good in communicating with
others and understand their point of
view.
● Time-management, decision-making
and teamwork are my skills that help
me to perform operations properly.
● I am weak attention to details that
impact my performance.
● I am not efficient in negation and
research skill.

● Problem-solving, leadership and project
management skills are me strengthen
skills.
Opportunities Threats
● Adoptability, collaboration are the skill
that help me to perform my future
course of actions properly.
● I have creative skill that help me to
perform my work properly and make it
differentiate from others.
● Competition from other classmates in
academic session create threat for me.
● ICT skills
● Information and communication
technology act as threat for me because
according to changing period of time
skills have been changed according to
organisational requirements.
Rationale for chosen strength, e.g. What is the importance of communication skills use example
from work or study. Communication skill is important at the academic level because without
communication it is very difficult to grasp knowledge into deeper terms. Communication also
lead towards the strong team work and result oriented work and it also help in terms of
completing the assignments within a set period of time. For instance, at the level of academics it
is very important that to have communication while completing the project on the given
deadline.
From the professional point of view communication skill is important because
communication act as the parameter where it is important to communicate within the team so
that tasks can be completed into effective terms. Communication skill also enhances the level of
the individual and also gives an edge to stand out into the professional environment. For
instance, within the professional environment it is very important that to have communication
skill because a big project can only be completed with the effective level of communication
among team members. So its very important to learn communication skill into result oriented
terms so that individual can grow into result oriented terms at the academic and professional
level as well.

Rationale for chosen weakness e.g. What is the importance of chosen weakness ?use example
from work or study. My weakest skill is the time management skill so its very difficult for me to
perform into effective terms at the organisational and at academic level as well. At the academic
level, for me time management skill is important because without time management I can't focus
on every aspect of academics due to which I can't manage the work properly. From the
professional point of view, if I can't manage the work into effective terms then it is very difficult
for me to sustain into this kind of environment on the regular basis. The importance of choosing
this weakness is that I need to develop this skill into appropriate terms so that I can manage
every aspect of my life into positive terms with the right kind of attitude and approach as well.
There is also one more reason of choosing this weakness is that it reflects in my every kind of
work due to which I can't focus on every aspect of my life and can't complete the assignments
and tasks into accurate terms as well. That's why its very important that to develop this skill into
successful manner so that I can be more confident from the perspective of future.
Analyse 2 chosen opportunities identified The chosen opportunity is the analytical skill where it
is necessary to develop in order to analyse the situation into positive terms. At the academic
level, this is the skill which helps me a lot in terms of analysing the situation into proper terms so
that I can take accurate decision as well. This is the skill which defines my ability to analyse and
collect the data and also need to solve the problem into positive terms as well. It also help me in
terms of making the decisions on the basis of available information. From the professional point
of view, there are employers who try to find out this skill within the employees because it helps
the organisation into context of taking big decisions of the organisation. Within the environment
of business, this is the skill which helps me in terms of increasing the productivity level of an
employee and also contribute into context of bottom line performance. So this is the skill which
helps me a lot into positive terms for my further growth and development whether it is related to
professional level or at the academic level. That's why this skill act as opportunity for me.
Analyse 2 chosen threats identified The chosen threat are related to the technical skill whether it
can be at academic level or at professional level. At the academic level, it is important for me to
develop this skill other wise it is very difficult for stand out within the environment of
academics. Technical skills are those which changes according to changing period of time so its
very important that from the future point of view to develop this skill so that it does not act as
threat at the organisational level. At the professional level, this skill can act as threat because if it

does not developed into proper terms then it act as barrier for my further growth and
development as well. So in the overall manner, it is very important that this skill does not act as
barrier for me otherwise it becomes very challenging to sustain into this competitive
environment. Sometimes through this skill a kind of comparison has been done at the
professional level due to which my growth level gets hampered into negative terms as well.
Reflection on the development and learning that encountered through self-evaluation
I have conducted SWOT analysis for evaluating my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities
and threats that impact my work in positive as well as negative manner. Through my self-
evaluation, I have realised that there are skills, capabilities and competencies that are learned by
me during the academic session that are related to my personal and professional growth and
development.
Description of the experience: There are various projects and Project are allotted to me with
various other members that improve the skill of leadership and teamwork (Bandaranaike, 2018).
I have taken initiative teamwork to allocate work among all team members according to their
skills, interest and professional are so they can perform it properly as well as I have led team to
attain determined goals and objectives. I have taken online courses and communicate with my
classmates and teachers on regular bases. I am good in both oral and written communication that
help me to convey my ideas, opinions and thoughts to others in understandable manner (Ebil,
Salleh, and Shahrill, 2020). I have learnt various personal and professional skills that enables me
to perform my personal and academic work on time with greater efficiency and effectiveness. I
have developed appropriate schedule and time table for the purpose of managing my efforts and
work according to time that enables me to complete my work on determined time period.
Feelings and thoughts about the experience: I am feeling very hesitated at the time of learning
and it becomes very difficult for me to have proper level of patience as well. In my academic
sessions, I have finished my projects and Project on time that helped me to gain higher grades in
academics.
Evaluation of the experience: I took decisions according to situation and circumstance that
helps me to perform with specific task in best possible manner. In critical situation, I have
identified various alternatives and select best one among them to handle the situation properly. I
took various personality development classes that improved various skills and attributes in my
personality and helped me to perform my operations in appropriate manner (Lam, 2018). I have

improved my personality in that way that will help me to gain desirable job and help me in my
professional life as well.
Analysis to make sense of the situation: In my academic sessions, I have developed
information technology skill that helps me to work on devices such as computer, laptop and
other. Project management skill that is learnt by me during preparing Project and projects. I have
allotted assignment work in various parts than perform them in specific time-period. There are
various problems are raised during performing project in group that can impacts overall
performance and efficiency so I have taken action against these problems through identifying
their root cause and resolve the problems by finding suitable course of action.
Conclusion: I have analysed various weak skills in personality that create negative impact on my
personality so I conduct in-depth analysis of that skills and developed an action plan for
improving those skills in order to attaining personal and professional goals and objectives.
Action plan: I have taken regular feedback on my performance from teachers, tutors and
colleagues that help me to conduct my self-analysis as well as preparing future action plan. I
concentrated on performing my work in most creative and innovative manner that differentiate it
from others and prestige me to gain higher marks than others (McCardle, Young, and Baker,
2019). Thus, I have learnt various skills and competencies from through conducting my self-
evaluation that plays important role in my overall development.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report, it can be concluded that skills are defined as the abilities and
competencies of an individual that enables them to perform defined operations with efficiency
and effectiveness. In academic career, students learn various skills that helps them in their
personal and professional career and leads towards development.

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Appendix
Badges
Specific skills How to demonstrate?
Academic writing-
Grammar:
Word grammar
Sentence grammar
Comprehension :
Reading and
understanding
Punctuation .
Spelling
By preparing class notes.
By consulting and taking feedback from
teaching faculty.
By reading aloud and participating in class
discussions.
By understanding how punctuation impacts
meaning of sentence and editing entices to
remove punctuation mistakes.
By improving English vocabulary and
memorizing spelling for academic terms.
Critical thinking The first stage of improving critical thinking to
analyse the information available from
different perspectives.
Discovering
information
By extracting relevant information from
various sources such as books, web sites,
journals etc.

Proof reading The step for enhancing proofreading editing
and examining text to ensure higher quality.
Referencing By writing references manually to reduce
mistake in format.
Essay writing The action for enhancing essay writing is to
understand the argument put forward in the
essay completely and critically analysing
evidence for the essay.
Report writing By assessing and reviewing multiple draft to
get the best quality result in report writing.
Using the internet
for research
By using CRAAP test l to use information from
credible, relevant and accurate sources.
ICT SKILLS
INSERT HOW DEMONSTRATED EVIDENCE
Moodle By using online learning
material to improve
educational experience.
Turnitin By checking plagiarism
through Turnitin to ensure
that original academic work
is submitted.
Microsoft office By creating concise and
structured reports.
Leap on Line By completing assessments
to earn digital badges
Social media By using social media sites
to stay updated with
University activities

Online Safety By using strong passwords
for online learning
LinkedIn or Mobil apps By developing suitable
LinkedIn profile