Professional Skills in ICT Portfolio - COIT20249 Assessment Item 2

This portfolio assignment explores the development of professional skills within the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field, focusing on the concept of lifelong learning. The student researched and analyzed the importance of continuous learning for ICT professionals, emphasizing the need for adaptability and acquisition of new skills to remain competitive in the workforce. The assignment includes a reflection on the research process, challenges encountered, and lessons learned. It also highlights the significance of curiosity, practical application, and teaching others as effective strategies for lifelong learning. The experience gained is aimed at improving the student's professional career and providing insights to others on how to enhance their skills and knowledge in the ICT sector. The assignment aligns with the COIT20249 course objectives, which aim to develop essential professional skills relevant to the ICT industry.

Running head: PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN ICT
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN ICT
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN ICT 1
Lifelong learning is the voluntary, ongoing and self motivated accomplishment of
knowledge for either professional or personal reasons. Therefore, it enhances not only active
citizenship, personal development and social inclusion, but also sustainability of self as well
as employability and competitiveness. With the human capital currently the ticklish factor in
an affluent work organization as well as new information is being continuously created.
Currently the professional development is an activity of lifelong for the employees in that
workforce for gaining new sets of skill. The development for professional career of ICT is
specially critical for the millennia’s who are new to workforce. For both the employees and
employers, the focus on the lifelong learning (like teaching yourself a new language, studying
a new subject) requires resources (such as energy, time and money) and commitment. The
advantages related to the technology allow for flexibility that is unprecedented in accessing
and providing the learning opportunities as well as managing and planning the individual
trajectory. At present, making commitment to the lifelong learning in easier than ever.
There are several ways to become a lifelong learner. The person should be committed
about his work. Each career professionals have her and his own way to learn new things.
Some people are auditory, visual, musical, tactile, verbal, logical or experimental learners.
People learn the best by doing practical things as well as by doing the things repeatedly. Most
of the skills take an amount of time that is considerable to perfect and acquire. Curiosity is
another requirement for an effective lifelong learner. A mind that is curious, is receptacle for
the learning. One more great way to become an effective life longer is to teach others. As it
reinforces and consolidates the knowledge. This can be done by showing the others people
how to do the things and by coaching, demonstrating and mentoring the students. The most
important aspect of the learning is reflection. Continuous improvement should be the goal of
the learner.

2PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN ICT
a) For doing this task I searched for relevant article on Google scholar. Then I have
studied more on the internet about the lifelong learning topic. I found “Taking the
testing effect beyond the college freshman: Benefits for lifelong learning. Psychology
and aging, ” this article. Also I have taken help from some other websites too for
getting idea about lifelong learning.
b) The was not so hard as well as it was not so easy too. The information about lifelong
learning and ICT profession is easily available. However I found difficulties to find
effectiveness of lifelong learning in ICT profession. As I had no knowledge
previously about this topic so I had to study a little bit more about this topic to
answers the question.
c) There are so many things to learn from this task that the lifelong learners can get
advantage in every aspects of their ICT professional life. Also I learn that how to be a
more effective lifelong learner.
d) The experience will me to improve my career for doing better in my professional life.
I can also help other people by giving those tips about lifelong learning.