SIT223 - IT Professional Skills Portfolio: Practice in Digital World

This portfolio provides a comprehensive reflection on the development of IT professional skills within the context of a digital world. It includes a reflection on a 'Shark Tank' presentation for a 'Ride to Deakin' carpool concept, highlighting its advantages over existing university transportation options. Furthermore, it delves into the Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLO) achieved throughout the SIT223 unit, focusing on discipline-specific knowledge, communication skills, critical thinking, and self-management. The reflection details how the course enhanced these skills, aligning them with Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) guidelines and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) standards. The portfolio emphasizes the importance of self-analysis, adaptability, and prioritization in effective self-management, showcasing the student's growth and preparedness for a professional IT career. Desklib provides access to this portfolio and other resources for students.

Running head: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN DIGITAL WORLD
Professional Practice
Name of the Organization
Name of the University:
Author’s Note:

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Reflection on your presentation in assignment 3 ?Shark Tank presentation
I think that Ride to Deakin is one of the easiest and convenient rides that the students of
the Deakin University can use to reach their classes without any loss of time. This can really be a
very good experience as this will help students in sharing their fun rides with their friends. This
will be a very good chance for meeting with new people and getting to make many new friends.
Moreover, reaching the classes on time is an inevitable part of the day to day University activity
but often availing the buses to reach the class becomes a very difficult task, so this is really a
very good idea. I feel that this has many new advantages over the old existing form of cab
products of my University. This Ride to Deakin will be the current transportation that will be
available to me and it will be very user friendly as well. The existing carpool of my University is
available only on the web portal and not on any kinds of apps or other smartphone activities. So,
this is a very big problem for me and my friends to check and the book the rides by logging in to
the web portals every now and then. Each time I have to calculate the cost of the ride and this is
really a very big problem. So, I feel that Ride to Deakin will be much useful than the existing
carpooling system of my University. I am really very happy o see the advantages that I will be
getting after availing this idea like using it easily through the mobile app, booking the rides and
the cost calculation through the apps itself. I can also notify my friends and pick them up along
the way of the ride. It is very easy to find people and get connected with them. I will make sure
that this is a tech-based app and is built with all the modern and updated applications like the
cloud computing, graphics designing, website and database design and others. We will also take
care of the cybersecurity so that there is no case of hacking. There are some skills that I need to
develop like the navigation of the legal system, collection of the up-to-date information,
collection the recent information on the fuel price. It will also be very eco friendly and will be a

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good experience. It helps in sharing the price among many people and it is a very comfortable
ride as well. I favor this idea more as it helps in managing the good use of the parking areas as
well. It will help in increasing the overall satisfaction of the students as the services will be exit
students of many other campuses and universities as well. The methods of using it is also very
easy as one can easily login to the site by using the respective Deakin Info. Select options from
Driver or Ride. There will also be the in-app targeted advertising that will help for the
promotion. This will be an idea that will enrich the knowledge of the whole team and it is
dedicated towards the comfort and safety of all the students (Larkin et al. 2018).
Reflection on your learning throughout the unit
Introduction
Professional skills for practice in the discipline of IT
The different professional skills that are required to undertaken as per the Graduate
Learning Outcomes (GLO) helps in enhancing the learning roles of the individuals and thereby
bring forth professionalism in the job roles. The identification of the needs of the profession and
the manner in which they can be applied on the job role helps in the efficient functioning of the
workforce. Deakin’s Graduate Learning Outcomes delineates the knowledge and capabilities
that the graduates can acquired after the completion of their course. It helps in bringing forth
professionalism in the practices of the individuals as they complete the courses that are planned
by the university. The section of the analysis reflects on the manner the course and the learning
attributes helped me in improving my professional skills as an IT professional (Benson, Morgan
and Filippaios, 2014).

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Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities (GLO1)
Discipline specific knowledge is defined as a set of systems, which helps the individuals
in discriminating between the broader field of knowledge and the specific technical knowledge
that is applicable to the different professional fields. It helps in maintaining the different levels of
change in the systems and the performance of the individuals in the professional fields to bring in
improvements in the performance. The Discipline specific knowledge has helped me in
identifying the different activities that I am required to take while bringing forth changes in the
professional systems of the undertakings. It has helped me to identify the issues that are faced by
me while functioning in the field I am into and the manner in which I can implement steps to
mitigate the different discrepancies (Jackson 2015).
GLO1 has helped me to identify the different capabilities that are required to get
employment in the different sectors in Australia as per the identification of the Australian
Qualifications Framework (AQF) guidelines. The guidelines will be helping me to bring in
efficiency in the functions that I will be undertaking as an IT professional and thereby enhance
the scopes of employability in the Australian markets. The delineation of the required talent and
the manner in which it can be fostered in the individuals are the major aim of the GLO1. On the
other hand, the specific knowledge on different disciplines will be helping the students to gain
specialization in the different fields, which will help the same in successfully implementing
professionalism in their approach. The identification of the specific knowledge on IT has helped
me to gain specialization on the different ventures that are undertaken by me and thereby
facilitated me to apply for a job as per my capabilities. The inclination of the framework towards
the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) has also helped in inducing the

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specialized knowledge in the individuals. It has helped me in identifying the different steps that
might be taken by me to bring in efficiency in the functions as a specialist of IT.
Communication (GLO2)
Communication is an important outcome of the module as it prepares the students of the
university to bring in changes in the manner in which they communicate with their colleagues,
employers, clients and the like. It will be helping the students to undertake steps to make use of
different medias for holding effective communication with the people in the different sections of
the society and their workplace. The learning outcome has helped me the manner in which
effective verbal and written communication can be undertaken. It has helped me to crack
interviews while considering the different employability concerns. On the other hand, the course
has helped me to bring in changes in the practices of the written communication through the
application of the presentable nature of proposals, letters memos and the like. The simplistic
knowledge of the written communication techniques has helped me in widening the scope of
getting employment in different IT sectors (Wylie and Neeley 2016).
On the other hand, the4 module has also helped me to develop skills of oral or verbal
communication through which I would be able to interact with my fellow colleagues and
management of the issues that I am facing while working in the different fields. It has helped me
to bring forth changes in the manner in which I can interact with the people and thereby facilitate
changes in the situations. The module has also helped me to effectively use English as an
additional language and thereby to develop insights of the manner in which the English can be
strengthened to widen the scopes of my employability in Australia as per the guidelines of
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).

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Critical thinking (GLO4)
Critical thinking is a multi-step process, which includes observation, analysis and
reflection on knowledge that is gained and thereby identifies the manner in which it can be
applied in the different circumstances to bring in changes in the systems. The outcome of this
learning has helped me to think critically and thereby analyze and observe the different issues to
culminate into a decision. It has helped in enhancing the decision- making skills and thereby has
helped me to position myself in a respectable position in an organization’s management (McPeck
2016).
The Deakin Graduate Learning Outcome Minimum Standards has taken steps to
explore the capabilities of the candidates and thereby take steps to enhance their capabilities of
evaluation and decision making through proper observation techniques. The course aims at
inducing the characteristic elements of being an appropriate critical thinker, which are
questioning, empathetic, honest, being analytical and a strong hold on the objective. It has helped
me in developing the different skills that are required to match up with the expectation of the
employers in the Australian markets. The course has helped me in enhancing the different
capabilities related to critical thinking through the curriculum design of placing an issue and
thereby asking the students to solve the riddle through their observation, analysis and reflective
skills. The assignments that were developed by the course helped me in identifying the manner in
which the different elements of strategies and the manner in which they can be better positioned
to mitigate the issues.

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The different key elements of the change in the structure and the functioning of the
individuals are supported through the proper functioning of the personnel depending on the
capabilities of the same. The module has helped me to identify the different issues that I might
face while undertaking the job role of an IT professional and the manner in which I might take
ste4ps to mitigate the issues to adhere to the requirement of the organization as per the
regulations.
• self‐management (GLO6)
I think that this is one of the most inevitable parts that I have come across in the whole
assignment. If I know how to manage myself properly then I will be able to make sure that I am
being accountable for my own responsibilities. I have developed the self analysis ability that has
been very helpful in guiding me to fund out the areas of my strength and weakness. I will be able
to see and find out the areas where I am already very strong and also those where I am falling
back and I am bit weak. It is in those areas that I will be able utilizing the opportunities for my
improvement. If I am able to manage myself properly then I will always be able to do my work
in a routine wise manner. The work will become very easy for me and I will be able to do the
work in an error-free manner. I have seen that lack of self management leads to many problems
in the work schedule. I have learned that there are some attributes that fall under the category of
the self management. They are-
Processing the information and using them. I have learned to use a certain piece of information
and use it for the purpose of knowledge building.

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I have also inculcated among myself the behavior of adapting to the different kinds of behavior
that might crop up suddenly. There can be many unknown and unforeseen changes in my
surroundings and I will have to easily adjust myself to them (Vohs and Baumeister 2016).
I have learnt how to set the priorities and work accordingly to achieve them. This is one
of the most important aspect of self management. I have learned that unless I am setting any
particular goal for myself, I will be not able to make any proper routine for achieving them. I
have to set a destination or a goal for the future and then work accordingly. My goal was to
suggest the idea of the ride to Deakin and explain why was it suitable for all of use to switch over
it than the normal carpooling service that is existing currently in the University. I have also
learnt how to make a time and a routine organized work so that I can move forward in a very
systematic manner. This has helped me to do my work in a very systematic manner and reach
towards my goal in a proper time. I have seen that this approach makes the work very easy and
very organized (Thistlethwaite et al. 2016). It helps to find out the mistakes and solve them at the
same time. I have also created a very unique and independent style of studying. I like to use all
the modern scientific devices and then collect the information from all those sources. I also like
to concentrate on the system of feedbacks. It also helps I the stress relieving functions as well. If
there are lot of work that cannot be managed on time then it creates a huge depression and stress.
As a result of this, self management in such cases becomes very helpful. I have been able to
perform my work in a systematic, error free and easy manner (Teachassist.deakin.edu.au 2018).
This has helped me o finish the work in time without creating any stress or depression on me
(Teachassist.deakin.edu.au 2018).

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• teamwork (GLO7)
I believe that teamwork is one of the most important aspects that I have learned through
the course of this assignment. This is the key to the success of each and every work. I made sure
that each and every individual is involved within the work. Teamwork is very important as this
helps in getting g the valuable information and the feedback from each and every one who is
involved in the team (Cooper 2017). I have always encouraged each and every member of the
team to participate actively and give their valuable piece of feedback. I have seen that this is
really a very important aspect and helps in the organization of the whole concept as a whole.
This teamwork helps in bringing all the members close to one another and the team spirit is built
(Séin-Echaluce et al. 2015). This also helps in developing a more creative outlook towards the
whole situation and many new innovations also come up. I have been able to get many new ideas
from all the team members that were involved in my team. I saw that when people start working
in a team they communicate with each other in a very cooperative and a proper way and thus
develop the feeling of cooperation and mutual understanding. This also helps in bringing out the
different minds of abilities that are present within all the team members. It is a known fact that
not all the team members have the similar kinds of abilities within one another. This has helped
the team members to learn from each other and grow. This helps in developing lifelong learning
skills as well. While doing the presentation of the ride to Deakin, I have seen that interacting
with all my team members have really been very helpful. It has helped to gather many new ideas
that have contributed towards the overall working of the plan. It is through the involvement of
the team members that I have got to know about this problem of lack of transportation that exists
even in the other Universities. So, we have made applications so that the service gets extended to
as many people as possible. This also helps in dividing the workload and then assigning

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respective job roles to different team members. Teamwork helps in building the spirit of
confidence, knowledge sharing, and cooperation among one other. This in turn helps in creating
opportunities for future. Teamwork has helped me and my teammates to become job ready so
that we do not really find it difficult to work in any teams during our future employment. The
team building activities are also very helpful as it helps in working together and putting forward
a joint collaboration for finding the solution to all kinds of problems.
Global citizenship (GLO8)
Global citizenship is a concept that delineates the manner in which the way of thinking,
acting, relating and responding to socio-cultural elements is incorporated among the individuals.
It helps in identifying the global trends and the manner in which they can be applied to the
different functions of the individuals. Reflection on the environmental aspects and the manner in
which they influence the employability helps in maintaining the different levels of change in the
systems of the functions. GLO8 has taken steps to enumerate the manner in which the
development of the world view can be possessed through the enumeration of local information
helps in encouraging knowledge building process.
The module have helped me in identifying the different needs of the global communities
and thereby include my understanding into the actions to make them more viable to the changes
in the systems of the operations. It has helped me to critically evaluate the different issues and
situations in the global perspectives. The evaluation of the different needs of the communities
and the manner in which they can be applied to the context of my functions will be helping me to
enhance the performance and the effects of the different modes of change in the systems. It has
helped me to understand the global trends in the IT sector and thereby bring in reforms in the
structure of my work. The key activities that was undertaken by the module has introduced to me

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the manner in which I might take steps to understand the different cultural perspectives and the
manner in which the changes will be defining the functions that in undertake as an IT
professional. The activities that was enumerated as per the module has helped me in evaluating
the different perceptions of the change in the systems and the functioning of the business and
thereby has helped me to adhere to the expectations of the organizations. The module has helped
me in enhancing the scopes of employability in the organizations while operating in the global
markets.

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