{"id":9929,"date":"2016-08-07T11:59:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T16:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=9929"},"modified":"2020-01-03T09:47:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T15:47:20","slug":"self-directed-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/self-directed-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Directed Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Janice Florent<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><a title=\"self-directed learning\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/illustrations\/question-quiz-think-thinking-2004314\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2017\/01\/24\/00\/21\/question-2004314_1280.jpg?resize=448%2C282&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"silhouette of a head with gears within it and looking at a question mark\" width=\"448\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Research on self-directed learning has shown that people who take the initiative in learning, learn more things and learn better than people who sit at the feet of teachers passively waiting to be taught. <\/p>\n<p>Self-directed learning is especially important for student success in online classes. <\/p>\n<p>Educators have an important role to play in assisting students to acquire the skills for self-directed learning. So how can educators help students develop their ability to direct their own learning, while ensuring that they develop the skills and integrate the knowledge they need to be successful?<\/p>\n<p>In a YardStick blog post, Dr. Tai Munro provided a few suggestions that educators can do to help students to become self-directed learners. Those suggestions are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Give learners control<\/li>\n<li>Make the course relevant<\/li>\n<li>Focus on actual problems and scenarios<\/li>\n<li>Recognize what they already know<\/li>\n<li>Help learners reflect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in getting more information you should read Dr. Munro\u2019s blog post, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getyardstick.com\/but-how-do-i-h-self-directed\/\">But how do I help learners be self-directed?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/illustrations\/question-quiz-think-thinking-2004314\/\">image<\/a> by Tumisu from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Janice Florent Research on self-directed learning has shown that people who take the initiative in learning, learn more things and learn better than people who sit at the feet of teachers passively waiting to be taught. Self-directed learning is especially important for student success in online classes. Educators have an important role to play <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/self-directed-learning\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Self-Directed Learning\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[120,232,360],"class_list":{"0":"post-9929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online","7":"category-teaching","8":"tag-elearning","9":"tag-online-learning","10":"tag-self-directed-learning","11":"h-entry","12":"hentry","13":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-2A9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8034,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/improve-student-retention-in-online-courses\/","url_meta":{"origin":9929,"position":0},"title":"Improve Student Retention in Online Courses","author":"Janice Florent","date":"August 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Studies show that students withdraw from online courses at a higher rate than in face-to-face courses. 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