Self-Directed Learning: Exploring the Digital Opportunity. A Q&A with Gardner Campbell. By Mary Grush; 05/22/17; Following up on a Q&A article published two weeks ago, about how institutions can be ...

Self-Directed Learning Dec. 7, 2006. Guests: Ken Danford, executive director of North Star: Self Directed Learning for Teens; and Catherine Gobron, North Star’s assistant director. Anthony ...

In recent years, educators have placed more emphasis on the importance of hands-on participation and student-led inquiry. While the benefits of self-directed learning are widely acknowledged, the ...

Everyone agrees that education in the United States could be better; but no one seems to want to allow education to be different. The reality is that for education to be better, it must first, be ...

Related: How to unlock students’ internal drive for learning Thigpen has now founded The Institute for Self-Directed Learning to encourage more schools to adopt such practices – particularly those ...

With little research on how to boost self-directed learning skills, such as self-evaluation and time management, she said, faculty need more evidence-based guidance to adapt their teaching to ...

Haoqi Zhang’s dog, Stella, is 10 years old.. Zhang brought home the Australian Shepherd the same year he launched Design, Technology, and Research (DTR), a Northwestern Engineering Department of ...

The rising costs of higher education, burgeoning student debt and an uncertain job market have many potential college students rethinking that traditional four-year route to success. There’s ...

Self-directed learning destabilizes traditional models of learning and that can be scary. I teach my students that failure is an opportunity for growth and that they shouldn’t be afraid to try new ...

An independent study course is defined as research study requiring a high level of self-directed learning. This learning requires students to read, conduct research, and complete written examinations, ...