E-Portfolio: CPD Plan and SWOT Analysis for Higher Education Success

This E-Portfolio presents a student's Continuing Professional Development (CPD) plan and SWOT analysis within the context of higher education. It covers reflective learning, formative feedback, essential skills for university success, and the benefits of formative assessment. The reflective learning section discusses the importance of reflecting on experiences to improve learning, emphasizing time management, negotiation, and leadership skills. Formative feedback is explored as a tool for improving knowledge and skills, boosting confidence, and achieving academic targets. The skills section highlights time management, listening, and networking as crucial for university success. The benefits of formative assessment include improved understanding, self-control, and academic achievement. The SWOT analysis identifies the student's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, focusing on academic records, lack of work experience, and stress management. The portfolio concludes with references to support the analysis and learning process. Desklib offers a wealth of similar resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to aid students in their academic pursuits.

Orientation for Higher
Education

Table of Contents
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E-Portfolio-CPD PLAN/SWOT Analysis
E-Portfolio-CPD PLAN/SWOT Analysis
Area of
learning
Reflection of learning Future implication Action
Reflective
learning
Reflective learning refers
to process in which
students can reflect upon
their experience in order
to improve their learning
(Cegarra-Navarro, Soto-
Acosta and Martinez-Caro,
2016). This module is
related to orientation for
success in higher
education which helps me
to learn various new
things. I have learned
various things about skills
to be required for higher
education like time
management skill,
negotiation skills,
leadership skills, team
working skill, motivation
skill. It also learned about
formative assessment and
its importance for
students. I also learn use
of formative feedback as it
provide various benefits to
I have learned various
things in this module
which is important for
me in future period of
time. As this module
helps to enhance my
knowledge which is
important for a students
with perspective of career
building. I also learned
and develop new skills in
this module which helps
me in higher education
and also to find
employment opportunity.
I also learn about
formative assessment and
formative feedback
which are important for
improving my learning
skills and also make me
more efficient. It also
helps to make me
adaptable for accepting
changes.
In order to develop
these skills and also
boosting my
knowledge, I needs to
concentrate in class.
For development of
various skills required
for higher education
and employment, a
person needs to do
practice and also needs
to be focused towards
their goals. For
development of
communication skills,
I needs to join any
institute which helps
me to improve both
verbal and written
communication skills
(Dahling and Ruppel,
2016). For
development of time
management skills, a
person require to made
schedule for their
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students as well as
teachers. It also learned
about reflective learning
which improve learning
experience of students.
routine activity as it
helps them to prioritise
various activity and
allow an individual to
save time.
Use of
formative
feedback
Formative feedback refers
to various activity which
provide opportunity to
individual in order to
improve their knowledge
and skills. It also allow
teachers to improve their
students and also helps
students for better
understanding by
improving their
knowledge (Goldner, Lev-
Weisel and Schanan, 2019).
I also learn self directed
learning and motivation
skills from this module.
Formative students
provide opportunity to a
person to improve
themselves and also boost
confidence of a students
by enhancing their
knowledge. It formative
assessment is useful for
teachers as it helps them to
to improve skills and
Formative feedback helps
students by providing
them opportunity to
improve their assignment
and also get good scores
in examination for future
opportunity (Hope, 2016).
It helps students in to be
more self regulated
which is important in
order to get good grades
and also to attain their set
targets at workplace. It
also boost confidence of
students which helps
them to crack interview
and get better
employment opportunity.
These formative students
not only helps students in
present time but also in
future at time of higher
education.
Formative feedback is
process through which
students get
opportunity to improve
their work and also
improve their
understanding. For
conducting formative
feedback, teacher
examine work of
student and provide
information to students
about problems and
errors in their
assignments. It provide
opportunity to make
modification in their
assignment and also in
their learning and
knowledge. After
doing such
modification they
needs to resubmit
assignment to teachers
which helps to
improve their grades
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learning ability of
students. It also helps
students to be more self
regulated.
and also their work. It
also helps them for
improve their work as
well as improve their
skills.
Explain Skills to
successfully
learn in the
University.
Skills refers to learned
ability of a person to
perform any action in
order to get good
reduction by investing
time and efforts. Skills are
important for a person for
their personal
development (Rao, 2016).
In order to study at
university, some skills are
essential which are as
follows:
Time management skills is
one of important skills
which helps a person to
complete any work on
time.
Listening skills are
another important skill
which is important in
order to listen to
information carefully
shared by other person.
Networking skills are
another important skills
Skills are important for a
person in completion of
higher education
effectively. It helps them
it improves their learning
and also to enhance their
knowledge. These skills
help me in future period
of time for following
reasons;
Providing good
employment opportunity
in well recognised
organisation with good
perks and benefits.
It also allows me to
concentrate on my
studies and completion of
higher education
effectively by enhancing
my knowledge.
It also creates self-
awareness for individual
which helps them to learn
new things and also helps
them to differentiate from
In order to develop
skills for an individual,
a person needs to do
various things which
are as follows:
For development of
time management
skills, individual needs
to made schedule and
needs to follow that
schedule strictly. It
helps them to complete
all activity and tasks
on time (Tokoya, 2019).
In order to improve
listening skills, a
person needs to pay
attention to
information sharing of
sender and also to
provide feedback
which helps to
improve their skills
ability.
For development of
networking skills, a
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helps to build goof
relation with other people
which provide future
opportunity to a person.
others. person needs to be
friendly with others.
They also need to
attend important
events which provide
them opportunity to
build those skills.
Benefits of
Formative
assessment to
students
Formative assessment
provides various benefits
to students which are as
follows:
Formative assessment
helps to define learning
goals which helps to make
progress in performance a
person (Tran and Vu, 2021).
It helps to improve
academic achievement of
a person by providing
regular feedback to a
person.
Formative assessment
helps to enhance
motivation of a person by
measuring their
performance.
It also increases
engagement of students by
linking them with learning
objectives.
Formative assessment is
helps to improve
understanding of students
and helps teachers and
students even in situation
of covid-19. It helps to
improve self control of
students and make them
more focus for their
work. This make them
for efficient which
provide them various
opportunity in future.
This formative
assessment provide
comprehension to
students and improve
their learning. This
assessment allow
students to monitor their
progress which improve
their motivation and also
allow students to set
targets. It also helps to
Formative assessment
helps students to
identify their positive
and negative traits and
also identify where
they needs to work on
their self. It also helps
to identify areas where
students are struggling
and recognise
problems immediately.
For addressing
formative assessment
students needs to draw
concept map in order
to represent
understanding of topic.
For this students needs
to submit their two to
three sentence for
identifying main point
in lecture. Students
also needs to research
proposal to get
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It also increases self-
regulation of a person
which allow them to
monitor their skills and
also improving their
performance.
improve academic
achievement of students
which provide them
various opportunity in
life.
feedback.
SWOT
Analysis
Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat
I have good
grades in my
academic
records as I
have good
knowledge
related to
subject. It helps
me in boosting
my learning and
also making
good image in
minds of
teachers a
professor.
I have good
communication
skills in both
oral as well as
written
communication.
I have no experience of
work which is might
create threat for me in
career development. Work
experience is important in
order to find any job as it
helps to build knowledge
and also helps to develop
various important skills in
a person.
I also have lack of stress
management skills which
is create problems for me
as it does not allow me to
work in stressful
environment. It also
creates impact on my
productivity and quality of
work.
I have opportunity for
completion of higher
education in my any field
of my interest as I have
good academic record.
This higher education
helps to improve my
skills and also providing
me good employment
opportunity (Trautwein
and Bosse, 2017).
I also provide me
opportunity of getting
employment in well
recognised organisation
as I have good
communication skills.
Communication is
required in any job as
employees needs to
communicate with their
In order to find out any
employment job
experience is required.
I have lack of work
experience which can
create threat for me.
Job experience brings
skills and knowledge
in a person which is
useful for career
advancement of a
person.
Lack of stress
management is also
creating threat for me
at workplace as ir5
create impact on
creativity and also
create various
challenges at
workplace.
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This allows me
to share my
view and ideas
to other person
and avoid
conflict,
confusion and
misunderstandin
g in life of a
person.
seniors as well as clients.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Cegarra-Navarro, J.G., Soto-Acosta, P. and Martinez-Caro, E., 2016. Linking counter-knowledge
to goal orientation through an unlearning context—A study from a Spanish
University. Learning and Individual Differences, 45, pp.260-267.
Dahling, J.J. and Ruppel, C.L., 2016. Learning goal orientation buffers the effects of negative
normative feedback on test self-efficacy and reattempt interest. Learning and individual
Differences, 50, pp.296-301.
Goldner, L., Lev-Weisel, R. and Schanan, Y., 2019. Caring about tomorrow: The role of potency,
socio-economic status and gender in Israeli adolescents’ academic future
orientation. Child Indicators Research, 12(4), pp.1333-1349.
Hope, J., 2016. Simplify registration for incoming students for a more effective orientation. The
Successful Registrar, 16(9), pp.1-4.
Rao, M.B., 2016. Motivation of teachers in higher education. Journal of Applied Research in
Higher Education.
Tokoya, T., 2019. The Predictability of Selected Orientation Program Factors on the Academic
Success and Retention of International Students (Doctoral dissertation, Texas Southern
University).
Tran, T.B.H. and Vu, A.D., 2021. Effect of university-enterprise alliance orientation on
university’s innovation performance and market performance: evidence from
Vietnam. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, pp.1-21.
Trautwein, C. and Bosse, E., 2017. The first year in higher education—critical requirements from
the student perspective. Higher education, 73(3), pp.371-387.
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