COIT20249 Portfolio 1: Becoming a Lifelong Learner in the ICT Field

This report discusses the concept of lifelong learning and its importance for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professionals, especially in the context of rapidly evolving technologies. It outlines how ICT professionals can become effective lifelong learners through strategic planning, continuous practice, and progress tracking. The report includes a personal reflection on the learning process, highlighting the understanding gained regarding the significance of lifelong learning in maintaining competence and adapting to the changing demands of the ICT profession. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering a range of study tools and resources for students.

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1) What it means by being a lifelong learner? Explain with example why it is important for
ICT professional?................................................................................................................3
2) How you can become an effective lifelong learner?...........................................................4
3) Write your reflection on this task?......................................................................................5
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1) What it means by being a lifelong learner? Explain with example why it is
important for ICT professional?
For any professional, being a lifelong learner means a personal commitment to
continuous learning: to improve their skillsets and to attain new knowledge, which
will help them prosper in their career. The demands of every profession keep on
changing with time, being a lifelong learner and doing such voluntary learning
activities will keep them up to date with new techniques and evolving processes.
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) profession is swiftly evolving
due to rapid technological advancements and new IT developments, which make it
utmost important for these professionals to become lifelong learner to stay
competitive in this field. For example the decline in demand for old technologies like
Citrix, C and C++ required the ICT professionals to learn rapidly growing
technologies like ETL and Python as it is their responsibility to remove obsolete
technology and incorporate these new technologies into the business.
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2) How you can become an effective lifelong learner?
To become a lifelong learner, one should be self-motivated to continually update their
professional knowledge and skills.
One should have a proper plan for being an effective learner which starts with first
selecting the skills that are expected to grow in demand in their profession due to the
technological or other changes. For this information, one can use surveys like
Professionals Australia’s “ICT Professionals Employment and Remuneration
Survey”. After, deciding the learning goals one should identify the learning options
that are available like professional certifications, workshops or online courses. The
next important step is to have a proper schedule for learning activities because when it
comes to effective learning, the key is constant efforts. Then one should keep on
practising and should put this learning into practical use to stay on top of these new
skills. In the end, it is necessary to keep track of one’s learning progress so that it is
clear that what needs to be done next for continuous development and career growth.
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3) Write your reflection on this task?
(A) I started this task by first reading about the basics of being a lifelong learner and
its importance for ICT professionals. I have studied a survey to find an example of
changing trends in this profession which emphasise the need for lifelong learning in
this field. Then I have done further research to make a proper plan for being an
effective lifelong learner.
(B) Doing this task was a bit hard for me as I did not have any past knowledge about
the concept of a lifelong learner, but it was relatively easy to find the relevance of it to
the ever-changing ICT profession.
(C) This task provided me with an understanding of being a lifelong learner and its
importance in ICT profession in recent times because of the changing requirements
and technological advancements. This task also helped me learn the steps one can
follow to become an effective lifelong learner.
(D) This concept and its growing need in today’s world will help me stay competent
in my field because via lifelong learning I can keep my skills and knowledge updated
according to the changing demands of my profession.
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