My Learning Journey: Reflecting on a University Module Experience

This assignment is a reflective essay detailing a student's experience working on a university module. The essay explores the student's personal development, focusing on the acquisition of essential academic skills such as presentation creation, referencing, and academic writing. It highlights the importance of time management and self-reliance. The student reflects on the skills gained, how they have improved, and how they will approach future challenges within the university course. The essay emphasizes the importance of continuous learning, analyzing one's own work, and adapting to new expectations, providing insights into how the student plans to manage their time effectively and achieve academic success. The essay concludes with a summary of the module's contribution to the student's personal and professional growth, preparing them to cope with future challenges.

Preparing for Success

Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................................3
How and why I developed as a learner after working on this module...............................................3
How will I approach future challenges and expectations of the University Course?.......................4
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................5
References................................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
Every student gets an experience when he/she works on a module (Gibson and et al.,
2017). This essay is based on my experience of working on my module. It will discuss about
how is developed myself and how will I manage future challenge while studying in University.
How and why I developed as a learner after working on this module
Continues learning is important for every student as it help then in upgrading their skills
(Maltoni and Lomonaco, 2019). When I started working in this module, I was not aware of many
things. But gradually I learnt about basics that are very essential for surviving in institution.
Better understanding of topic like presentation, referencing, academic writing and time
management assisted me in becoming self reliant as earlier I had to seek help of my friends and
other classmates for small issues. I never thought that these small skills could affect my
performance at University. For example, when I started making presentation the main issues
was formatting and inappropriate use of various features of the MS presentation. I practiced a
lot and made many PPTs only for the purpose of practice. My continuous efforts resulted in
development of presentation skills; now I can make a decent Power Point presentation without
help of others.
Similar to this, I had no idea about referencing styles. This module taught me about how
to find and use authentic source for any content. I learnt about Google scholar and how it works.
This knowledge will help me in my rest of academic career because now I am aware of
referencing system which is essential need of almost every assignment. Writing an assignment
is different from other forms of writing like article or blog writing. I was at beginner’s level in
academic writing when I started this module but after its completion I have much better
understand of formatting, tone and other theoretical concepts. I have worked on other modules
also but this was most important for me because it helped me improving knowledge and skill of
basic concepts.
It is very clear that I developed a lot during this module; I acquired diversified skills which
is difficult to obtain from other modules. My whole experience tells me that if someone can
manage his/her time then he/she can always get an edge over others. Radical change in my
knowledge and personality happened because my time management skill got improved. Earlier I
use to waste a lot of time on unproductive activities but when I made a schedule and followed it

with discipline then I got surprising results. Now I have some basic rules which I will follow in my
whole life. Beside development of diversified skills, this also help me in understand importance
of analyzing own work. Other modules are “subject specific” and they do not force me think
about my personal development. But, this module taught most important thing of my life i.e. how
I should study. We all know that learning is essential for survival but how should we learn is not
a popular thing in education system (Willetts, 2017). I filled this gap after completion of the
module.
How will I approach future challenges and expectations of the
University Course?
It is important to learn from present so it can help us in future (Kurunsaari, Tynjälä and
Piirainen, 2016.). I know that I am going to face difficult challenge in upcoming time as my
University course will put me in a more complex situation so I can succeed in upcoming time.
But, with better skills and knowledge, I am going to cope with these challenges in a much better
way. This module improved me from grass root level and my approach will be different in
forthcoming time. Whenever I will have to write an assignment, I will first read my lecture slides
and then I will take help of internet. With better understand of Google scholar, I will fulfill
expectations of my tutors by providing them authentic sources in my assignment. Group and
individual presentation is always a big challenge for students as it check multiples skills in few
minutes. This module improved my presentation skill; I have to do some work on communication
then I can easily make and present anything like poster, leaflet and PPT in front of others.
My tutors and University expect me to perform well and I also have my own expectation
for myself. This module taught me to reduce my dependence from others; so for every
academic project I will follow a simple approach i.e. one step at a time. I know that I do not have
all the knowledge and skills which will be required in future but I have confidence that I can learn
them. Instead of trying to meet all of my expectation altogether, I will break my work small
pieces and then daily work on them. I think that this approach will be successful for me as now I
have better understanding of how to manage my time.
With discipline and better time management skill, I will work hard to get good score in
entire subjects. I will also concentrate on completing my assignments in given time and by
scoring well. This simple approach will make things simple for me; it will indirectly improve my
technical as well as interpersonal skills. Normally I start working on assignment when deadline

is close but from now on I will start working on them after completing 50% of the course. This
balanced approach will allow me to meet teacher’s expectation of submitting assignment on
time. It will also help me in getting better marks as I will not have any pressure of deadline and I
could focus on quality of my work. I am confident that I will manage future challenge in a much
better way as my approach is effective and simple.
Conclusion
At the end, it can be concluded that this module has a huge contribution in my personal
professional development. It prepared me to attain success by improving my ability to cope with
challenges of forthcoming time.

References
Books and Journals
Maltoni, D. and Lomonaco, V., 2019. Continuous learning in single-incremental-task scenarios.
Neural Networks. 116. pp.56-73.
Kurunsaari, M., Tynjälä, P. and Piirainen, A., 2016. Students’ experiences of reflective writing as
a tool for learning in physiotherapy education. In Writing for professional development
(pp. 129-151). Brill.
Willetts, D., 2017. A university education. Oxford University Press.
Gibson, A. and et al., 2017, March. Reflective writing analytics for actionable feedback. In
Proceedings of the seventh international learning analytics & knowledge conference (pp.
153-162).