FY026 Reflective Essay: Personal Learning and Future Challenges

This reflective essay examines a student's development throughout a university module, focusing on the acquisition of essential skills and abilities. The essay begins with an introduction highlighting the importance of modules in fostering effective communication, interpersonal skills, and professional readiness. The main body delves into how e-learning modules and classroom activities have enhanced the student's communication, time management, ICT, and teamwork skills. An action plan for personal development is presented, outlining specific goals and strategies to address potential challenges and enhance academic performance. The essay concludes by emphasizing the significance of the developed skills for academic success and future employment, referencing relevant academic sources to support the analysis. The student reflects on their learning journey, demonstrating a clear understanding of their strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.

Reflective Essay

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Action Plan for own development...........................................................................................2
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Today, module provided by universities plays a vital role in a student’s life for
becoming an effective learner. It helps in acknowledging for number of skills and
abilities that a learner should possess, to get good employment after academics
(Pasquini and Eaton, 2020). Under the present assignment, a demonstration is given on
such a wide concept, about how modules helps in developing effective communication
skills, interpersonal abilities and more. These skills are essential for learners in giving
best performance during academics, as well as in performing their job roles and
responsibilities in future employment.
MAIN BODY
During academics, e-learning modules help teachers in diversifying way of teaching,
by using digital technology in their pedagogical pattern to enhance education quality.
Through such modules, learners especially those who are unable to take regular
classes, or taking distant course, get opportunity for personally learning (Chai and et.
al., 2020). They receive instructional courses to achieve performance objectives, easy
to grasp knowledge, self-pacing and more. In this sense, as a learner, I have also get
chance to improve my academic and professional skills, through e-learning module. In
addition to this, during lectures, getting engagement in classroom activities give me
support to develop interpersonal abilities, which are essential for every learner to
enhance professionalism in their behaviour and way of performing a task (Kemper,
Ballantine and Hall, 2020). In this sense, working on several academic projects and self-
assessments, aid me to not only develop abilities, but also identifying areas where I
need to work more, to become a professional. But before, to demonstrate which skills I
would like to grab after completing my graduation, a brief description is given below
about abilities that I have developed through modules and academic work –
Communication skills: To give better performance whether during academics or at
employment, it is essential for a person to possess effective communication skills
(Braender and Kapp, 2019). It will help not only in making good interaction with others,
but also influencing others to work in a prescribed direction. In this sense, through
modules and academic classes, I have gained knowledge about different types of verbal
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and non-verbal communication skills. It helps in delivering and understanding
information with more accuracy, in easy manner (Afanasyev and et. al., 2019). Having
this skill, aid me to listen to others and show interest about what they say, so that
effective relationship within a team can be build, to achieve certain goals.
Time Management Skills: It is another main skill which is essential for being a
learner or professional, to work efficiently (Braender and Kapp, 2019). During
academics, getting engage in team-based activities and personalised training through e-
module, I have learned about importance of time management, which helps in
completing and submitting the assigned projects before deadline. A number of tools and
techniques like WBS, Gantt Chart and more, that can be used for scheduling various
activities related to a project, so that efficiency of outcomes can be maintained, within
set duration.
ICT skills: In professional life, knowledge about informational and communications
are essential to be possessed by learners, because today every employer demands to
give employment to those individuals who have efficient technical skills (Kemper,
Ballantine and Hall, 2020). Through such knowledge, employees can help organisations
in developing innovations, as well as overcome from hurdles and barriers with adoption
of new technology.
Team-working skills: To work with other professionals or learners in group-task
activities, it is essential to possess good sharing abilities and team-working skills (Chai
and et. al., 2020). This would help in getting support of others to work collaboratively, for
giving out best performance. Therefore, module and support of lecturers aid me to
develop such skills, so that in future, I will show my better efforts to manage a large
workplace or an associated team, positively.
Action Plan for own development
Learners during academic might face number of challenges like lack of
cooperation, learning difficulties, lack of attention of teachers, as well as demand to get
high professional and management skills (Pasquini and Eaton, 2020). Therefore, to
overcome from such hurdles and face future academic challenges, it is essential for
make a proper action plan. It includes areas where knowledge and skills need to be
developed by learners, including actions with a set duration. This would also help in
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enhancing professionalism and chance to give better performance, in future. Therefore,
I have also made an action plan for developing my knowledge, to get good percentiles
in academics as shown below –
Action Plan
Skills Action Time
Leadership
skills
Engage in more e-learning classes and group activities,
for understanding importance of leadership abilities to
work with others
3
month
s
Critical
thinking
Take extra classes after lectures with professionals to
develop high critical thinking skills, so that I can better
deal with different academic or employment problems
in future
45
days
Negotiation
and
persuasion
Will read professional life of some entrepreneurs to
understand how they have made negotiations to get
success.
30
days
Thus, through taking such steps, I get chance to not only develop my skills but
also gain abilities to work with team of professionals, in efficient manner.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from this assignment that academic courses play an
important part in learner’s life. It helps in developing a number of skills and knowledge
which is essential, to give better performance in academics and in employment period.
For this purpose, universities provide them both offline and online classes, to personally
and professionally develop skills.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Afanasyev, V. V. & et. al. (2019). Organizational environment for the schoolchildrens'
professional identities: establishing, modelling, efficiency expectations and
long-term development. International Journal of Civil Engineering and
Technology. 10(2). p.1612.
Braender, L. M., & Kapp, C. M. (2019). Using web technology to teach students about
their digital world. Journal of Information Systems Education, 20(2), p.4.
Chai, D. S., & et. al. (2020). What Do International Students Need? The Role of Family
and Community Supports for Adjustment, Engagement, and Organizational
Citizenship Behavior. Journal of International Students. 10(3).
Kemper, J. A., Ballantine, P. W., & Hall, C. M. (2020). The role that marketing
academics play in advancing sustainability education and research. Journal of
Cleaner Production. 248. 119229.
Pasquini, L. A., & Eaton, P. W. (2020). Being/becoming professional online: Wayfinding
through networked practices and digital experiences. New Media & Society,
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