Personalised Learning Weekly Reflective Journal

Personalised Learning Weekly Reflective Journal
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Student Name and Student Number
Module Leader: Yasmin Kulasi

Week 1
S.W.O.T. Analysis: Companies around the world use S.W.O.T. Analysis as an effective tool, to
assess the internal strengths and weakness of their organization. Following are the constituents
of S.W.O.T.
Strengths: It is a characteristics of an organization that provides some sort of advantage for latter
to achieve organizational goals.
Weakness: Features of an organization that hinders its proper functioning and achievement of
the company’s goals.
Opportunities: The grounds or situations on which the company can capitalise on to gain
competitive advantage.
Threats: External factors that might lead to malfunction of the company’s operations and that
which can act as potential threat for the organization.
I learnt that similar to the way S.W.O.T is used to analyse the strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats of an organization, I can use it to do the same. I have carried out the
same and following are the results:
Strengths:
 I am multilingual. I can communicate in three different languages: Spanish, English and
Romanian.
 I can balance my work life with ease and also possess the ability to Multitask.
Weakness:
 I am weak in Mathematics, I am not good with numeric functions.
 I’m not a fluent English speaker, the opposite of which is valued highly in most
countries.
 I’m not very adept technologically
Opportunities:
 I have an opportunity to develop my IT and communicating skill as I am admitted in a
renowned business management institution.
 To learn and develop leadership skills
Threats: I fear that my increasing stress with make me go back to my usual habits.

Week 2
David Kolb’s experimental learning theory:
The theory of experimental learning was put forward by David Kolb in 1984. There are two
steps associated with the experimental learning model: a learning cycle and different learning
styles. The theory involve the process of cognition of information that takes place within
individuals at each and every stage. The theory propounded by Klob explains how individuals
gather knowledge when in the process of learning. Following are the components of the theory:
Experience: The point in the learning curve when the individual experiences or encounters a
situation through which he or she gather the opportunity to learn something new.
Reflection: It is the process by which the individual interprets and analyses what they learn or
identifies the opportunity for learning.
Conceptualisation: It is the point in the learning theory when the individual is already conscious
about the existence of a situation and is getting acquainted with the concept.
Experimentation: It is the process of applying the learning in daily practices.
From the experimental learning theory I learnt that in order to learn something new more
effectively, one should always take actions step by step. I realised that all cannot be achieved in
one go. The steps in the learning theory supports this fact and will help me in the future to looks
at matter in a different perspective. While tackling a problem, rather than going to find the
solution in the beginning, I will look to solve it step by step and that according to me will make
things relatively easier for me.