Reflective Journal: Personal Learning and Development Module

This document presents a student's reflective journal documenting their personal learning and development throughout a module, with weekly entries focusing on key discussion points and skill development strategies. The journal covers topics such as personalized learning, the importance of reflection, identifying strengths and weaknesses, academic writing, grammar improvement, library resources, and plagiarism avoidance. The student analyzes their strengths in decision-making and adaptability, while acknowledging weaknesses in communication and collaboration. A personal development plan outlines short, medium, and long-term goals, focusing on improving communication skills, professional growth, and time management. The student aims to enhance their professional capabilities and become a successful manager through targeted training and continuous self-improvement.

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Module Leader: Francisca Umeh

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Introduction:
This template should be used to record your reflections on the weekly sessions.
Please use the spaces provided to reflect on what was discussed in class, what you
gained from the session; did you find the content useful, how can you relate it to
your studies at university as a business student. You will also need to discuss how
you intend to further develop the skills discussed in class. This is a continuous
process and should be completed during the module and not at the end.
In week 8 you will be expected to submit what you have completed so far, via
Blackboard, in order to receive feedback. You will then complete weeks 9 and 10
and summatively submit the journal in week 14.
The Weekly Reflective Journal will be used in conjunction with your
Personal Learning and Development Plan and Interview to work out the
final grade for this module. Submission of all parts of the assessment are
required in order to receive a grade.
Week 1
Please describe in less than 200 words what was discussed in this session and how
you plan to develop these skills.
The term personalised learning refers to the wide variety of educational programs,
Learning experience that are proposed to address the different learning needs and
interest of the students. It is an educational approach with the main objective to
customize the learning for every student according to their skills, needs, strength
and weakness(Kariippanon, et.al, 2018). In this particular session I would like to discuss about my
strength and my personal capabilities to do things and also helped me gain more knowledge
and skills. I would say that different experiences of mine has helped me to create
different ideas which can be helpful for me to achieve the future goals.

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Week 2
Please describe in less than 200 words what was discussed in this session and how
you plan to develop these skills.
In the particular session, I realised the importance of reflection in the context of learning as it
helped me develop my area of skills and review them. I also realised that it is considered as the
integral part of learning and also assisted me in improving my academic skills(Conrad, and
Openo, 2018). I also realised some of my strengths while learning and develop my area of
knowledge. It also helped me to generate new ideas and concepts form the learning experience. I
realised that I’m capable of taking the decisions and can be helpful for me in doing the group tasks
and take decisions on time.
Week 3
Please describe in less than 200 words what was discussed in this session and how
you plan to develop these skills.
In The particular session I realised about my strengths in me and I came to know about that I am
capable of taking timely decisions that can help me in future regarding any group task given which
will be an advantage for me to take decision on time. I also observed that I am very good at adopting
the changes quickly which can benefit me (Lee, C., 2021). I also experienced while doing some
projects that I lack collaborating and communication. This resulted in creating a
barrier for me as I was not able to interact with others due to poor communication skills.

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Week 4
Please describe in less than 200 words what was discussed in this session and how
you plan to develop these skills.
Academic writing refers to the clear, focussed and concise writing with the aim to enhance the
understanding of the reader. It has formal style which does not involve the use of the long sentences.
It helped me to understand the importance of academic writing that it will help me to convey my ideas
So that the person can understand what is being communicated to him. It will also develop my
Thinking ability and the research will provide me with the reliable information. It will not enhance
My thinking ability but will also increase my research skills (Park et.al, 2019). I observed my
weakness of not able to communicate with others and this will help me in interacting with others and
presenting my ideas and views which can help me in future.
Week 5
Please describe in less than 200 words what was discussed in this session and how
you plan to develop these skills.
It is important to have strong writing skills which help to communicate with other
Members and also ensures that leaders understand the key points. From the session
I came to know that it is very important for me to work on the grammar and also
To improve the basics of the grammar and can use number of online sources for
improving my grammatical mistakes (Huanget.al, 2021). This session helped me to focus on the
writing skills which will help me clear understand and communicate
with others. I started concentrating on improving my writing skills and also focus on
which also helped me a lot. I also understood that proper research is very important
before we start writing on any topic , guidance is very necessary which will surely
help me in improving my writing skills.

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Week 6
Please describe in less than 200 words what was discussed in this session and how
you plan to develop these skills.
Particular session was about the UWL library and the importance of it. The library provides wide
variety of the books and journals which can help me improving and increasing my area of skill and
knowledge and apart from this it provides study spaces and training to the students for the their
personal development and growth of the career (Suter, and Suter, 2018).
Week 7
Please describe in less than 200 words what was discussed in this session and how you plan to develop
these skills. Use a minimum of one academic source and reference this.
In this particular session, I learned about how to avoid or remove plagiarism and if there is
Any reference of the secondary author is given how to do references and citations were
Discussed in the session which helped me gain knowledge about the referencing and citations
And also how to avoid plagiarism which will help me to produce more ideas and do quality
Work (Leiber, et.al, 2018).

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Week 8
Please describe in less than 200 words what was discussed in this session and how you plan to develop
these skills. Use a minimum of one academic source and reference this.
This journal should be formatively submitted for feedback, via Blackboard, at the end of this week.
Week 9
Please describe in less than 200 words what was discussed in this session and how you plan to develop
these skills. Use a minimum of one academic source and reference this.

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Week 10
Please describe in less than 200 words what was discussed in this session and how you plan to develop
these skills. Use a minimum of one academic source and reference this.

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Personal Development Plan
Name:
Degree pathway:
Part 1 – Personal Analysis
Strengths Areas for further development
Strength is defined as the abilities of an individual Weakness are the weak points of an individual such
which helps in achieving the targets and also make lack of experience, lack of leadership which can be
it different from others. a barrier for the future growth of a person.
I have analysed the strength and I got to know that I One of the main weakness I have observed that I lack
am good at taking decision. This will help me to effective communication skills which can be a big
achieve and enhance my professional capabilities. Issue in my career as it is very important to interact
As I am aware of my strengths, it can help me in in order to grow and develop you and lack of
taking effective decisions which is important for communication skills will not hinder the growth.
growth and development (Lurati, et.al,2018)
The other advantage and strength of mine is that I
Have good observation skills which can help me in
My professional career.
Opportunities Threats
Opportunities refers to the favourable factor Threats are the those factors that can
That helps the student to grow and explore negatively impact the development of an
opportunities for better career growth. Individual and should focus on improving
Through learning I can build my growth in the areas which can affect the professional
The only threat I face is to resolve the capabilities of a person (Regmi, and Jones, 2020).
Professional field which will also help me inefficient communication skills which
in my personal development. can affect my professional capabilities.

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Part 2 - Setting goals
What do I want
to learn?
Communication
Skills
Professional
growth
Time management
What do I
have to do?
 Major
necessity
to improve
and
develop.
It is the
key
objective
for the
success of
any
individual
in order to
growth.
It is helpful in
timely
completion of
the assigned
task.
How will I
measure
success?
This could be
done by taking
effective
training and
online classes
in order to
develop and
enhance the
communication
skills.
This could be
attained by
taking and
attending online
sessions and
classes in order
to ensure the
professional
growth of an
individual.
It provides with
the advantage
of establish
changes which
is important for
growth.
Target date
for review?
3 months target
period in order to
achieve the desired
goal for effective
communication.
3 months’ time
duration
3 months

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Part 3 – Personal Objectives
Short-term goals (next 12 months)
Short-term goals are something that the student wants to achieve in near future and is something we
Want to accomplish soon. It also helps to manage the time easily. Setting short- term goals can help
me to achieve better professional goal. The short term goals not only help in improving the things for
Short term but have impact on long term goals also(Castro, R., 2019). As a student my short term goals
would be bring good grades in the exams which can be helpful for me attaining my future goals easily.
For the accomplishment on long term goals it is very important to achieve the short- term goals first. I
aspire to become a successful manager in future for which it is important for me to first focus on
improving the core areas which i think are most important for the growth and succeed in future.
Medium term goals (next 2-3 years)
Medium term goals are the objectives that may take longer time than the short term goals
objectives. In order to accomplish and for future growth, it is very important for me focus and
Work on the areas which requires time but results in increase in the area of knowledge and
The filed I want to enter that is want to be successful manager. I have observed that there are
various areas where improvement is needed such as communication skills which can help in
the development of my professional capability( Holmes et.al, 2019). I should focus on attending
more on training sessions and classes for enhancing my growth which can be helpful for me in future.
not only improving my communication skills are important but in order to growth in future it is
necessary to learn new things and new skills which is required to become successful
manager.

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Longer term goals (beyond 3 years)
I have analysed that the main focus is mine is to build an idea to fulfil the long term which can provide
me with the benefit of developing my professional and personal growth. I aspire to become a manager
and want to become a successful manager . In order to fulfil these goals it in important to develop my
professional capabilities. For attaining the objectives high priority will be given on developing effectual
communication which can be achieved through training and attending online classes which will help me
to build the idea about how the communication is required to be managed. The second thing for being a
successful manager is that should focus on team work by attending various developmental plans which
will help me to provide solutions and information about the effective ways to work in a team and also
will help me coordinate with the team members in an effective way.

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