Self Directed Learning Puns

This category asks you to "provide a description and examples of how this activity concretely demonstrates your problem-solving, critical inquiry, and self-directed learning skills and how they will be helpful to your career in medicine" while the other categories ask you to include 3 things you learned.

Does this mean that it's fine for the essays in this category to not talk about 3 things you learned?

Today, I wanted to do something different in my learning journey. After yesterday's research and sifting through my old notes, I decided on what type of project I wanted to do.

I love listening to a lot of music, which is why I wanted to build a project related to it. I want to use Spotify's API to collect my Spotify account data so that I extract data from my Spotify account. My goal is to create a table that tracks what music I liked listening to in real-time. Being a newbie, it was daunting researching the proper tools I needed for this project. However, it was a good learning experience. I learned that it's important to understand what tools are essential for your goals rather than what tools are trending. Also, I'm learning the importance of slowing down and reading documentations.

I feel a little bit more confident in my understanding of data engineering. If there are any tips I should know while doing my project, please let me know!

I live in the U.S. and I was wondering if there are any other educational systems implemented in other schools around the world that you think are better than the traditional educational system ? If that makes sense lol.

Hello Everyone! I coordinate a volunteer program and I'm working on a self directed learning module for our volunteers. I have the presentation created and the narration recorded.

The way it is designed is that when the narrator finishes their piece a button pops up that says "next page" and is linked as appropriate. These are what we want folks to use to navigate and we are trying to lock down the presentation as much as possible so they aren't able to skip ahead.

We've saved it as a PowerPoint slide show but the toolbar still appears (see image in comments) on the bottom that allows you to skip ahead or return to the normal view. The mouse wheel will also skip to the next slide.

We need to ensure that all of our volunteers receive all the information since it's a safety issue if they skip over anything accidentally or on purpose. We also have several non techy volunteers who panic click everywhere when they're not sure what to do and if they accidentally switched to the normal view they would never be able to return to the presentation.

Any advice you may have on locking this down and removing the toolbar and the ability to scroll with the mouse wheel would be hugely appreciated!

It seems like at some point, if you are really into the sport, you get more out of self-directed learning from instructionals and match study than class learning.

At some point even, the extra techniques from class might be diminishing returns due to just overload of information rather than complete focus on a specific thing/concept/position/technique.

How many of you guys feel this way? For the coaches out there...what are your thoughts? How do you, as a coach deal with this?

And I am not talking about the people that are less than two years here. I am referring generally more to those that are 3 and up.

Hi everyone, I have a sister who studies at a school with “self-directed learning” classes. I admit that this concept is wholly unfamiliar to me as we did not have this class back then. My question is what exactly is the teachers’ role in this setup? My sister told me that there are sometimes 2-3 teachers in the same class who are answering questions. Wouldn’t that be the same as a regular classroom? Apologies if this has been asked before or if this isn’t the right sub. The SDL classes are quite pricey and I just want to know if it’s worth it.

Since teaching remotely I've been using SeeSaw more and more. Honestly, it's AMAZING!! I've been making dependent learning menus or playlists for the kids to do during asynchronous time. I made a video and blogged about it because it was so useful and game-changing for me I just wanted to share.

If you use SeeSaw it's literally FREE lessons you can add to your library in one click! (if not it's still free ideas lol)

Watch the How-to video & check it out!

https://asoundmind.edublogs.org/2020/11/10/how-to-create-a-self-directed-playlist-using-seesaw/

If the answers to any of these questions are yes, then we may be interested in having you as a member of our private German learning group.

My name is Connor, I am originally from Canada, and I am one member of a private german learning group based in Cologne. At the start of the quarantine when my B1 German class was cancelled I endeavored to do things myself. German being a language, I knew I couldn’t do it alone, and so I formed a group. At the start I had a limited idea of what to do, and how to do it, but I ended up finding 2 others (Max and Tania) who were similarly interested in learning together. We had all completed either some or all of a B1 course, but were needing review, and so throughout the quarantine we met and thoroughly worked through a B1 textbook together. Afterwards, having had such a positive experience learning together and becoming friends, we then decided to find a private Teacher (Silke) who could guide us through the next level of instruction. At the moment, we have decided to take a short hiatus as some of us sort through some personal issues, but we are looking to onboard 1 or 2 new members to join us when we start up again in about a month, perhaps less.

We are an involved, meticulous group who wishes and enjoys to learn German in a comprehensive manner, and not just to rush through the material in order to scrape by on a language test as soon as possible. We are always finding new ways to streamline our learning using new technologies and methods, and enjoy that as a private group we are able to call the shots together as far as how we learn, when we meet, etc. We are all busy either working or going to school, and so going 4 hours 4, 4 times per week to an intensive language class is just not possible for any of us. Fortunately, through trial and error, as well as perseverance, we have more or less determined how to separate out the concepts contained in German textbooks that most require direct instruction from our teacher, and which concepts we have found we are able to teach ourselves just fine from our homes, at the times that fit to our unique individual schedules. We meet 1x per week to go over these concepts, and then use what we learn in person as a catalyst to enable our own self directed learning. We figure that we live in Germany. We can get all of the experience, and practice that we want outside of the classroom in our day to day lives, (where we don't have to pay for it by the hour), and so in the classroom

Dig through my post history and you'll find I really enjoy engaging people who want to learn about the stuff I do all day but I'm starting to feel like a broken record. If we just capture great answers and make them easy to find maybe we can cut down on repetition.

Edit: Oh hello top of /r/devops, glad to see so much interest. Mod's if I can help gather / organize / whatever hmu.

While we're interested in solving recurring problems maybe we can put together a curated list of twitter personas, blogs, and podcasts to tackle the perennial "How do you stay up to date?".

Prisma is the world's first co-learning network that completely reimagines the school experience. It's not a school in the conventional sense; it's a locally-rooted, globally connected at-home learning (homeschooling) network, a substitute for school that gives kids the freedom to be their best selves. My colleagues and I are designing Prisma in-part based on what learning science has proven about how people best learn and what factors support the development of holistically successful and fulfilled individuals. We're also principally designing it based on the needs and wants of individual families, like those who read this subreddit. We offer a mix of virtual learning and in-person experiences and an interests-driven, experiential, go-at-your-own-pace curriculum (much of which kids lead and choose themselves).

At the heart of a co-learning network are two things: (1) a small cohort of geographically clustered kids learning together with the support and guidance of a dedicated learning coach and (2) a network of these cohorts spread around the world where learners can make friendships, work on projects, form clubs, and share ideas. Our vision is that Prisma learners get the best of both worlds: the intimacy and support of a virtual “one-room schoolhouse” (the cohort) and the breadth and diversity of the world’s largest kid-focused learning community (the network).

We want to connect with 4th-8th graders who say ‘I hate school,’ families looking for an easier, more connected way to homeschool, or anyone who thinks school should be about more than just test scores and college prep. Would you be willing to please help us spread the word and consider how we may collaborate to serve the Reddit self-directed learning community? To learn more about us, I invite you to check out https://joinprisma.com. We’d love to learn the thoughts of this community and would be deeply appreciative of any feedback you may have too! We want to build this effectively and add value to kids and their families, eventually worldwide. Your input would be so appreciated!

With gratitude, Ashley (Chief of Staff, Prisma)

Keeping in mind evidence based learning strategies like retrieval practice and spaced repetition and disregarding the specific disciplines and how frustratingly boring they are; how effective are textbooks in developing a good mental model for different concepts as opposed to video tutorials?

Hi there,

Last week I dropped out of high school, it was in a way a long time coming. I hadn't liked school since the fourth grade and I was fed up, my dad would always tell me to find a way out, and being pretty resourceful and driven, I did. Last week I dropped out of high school with the support of both of my parents, my dad a little more wary of it then my mom. I dropped out and am not officially a homeschooler, or more specifically an un schooler/self-directed learning. The idea behind this is that I decide what I study and how I study that, whether it is on my own, through an internship, a class, or whatever. It felt so surreal to finally be out of high school and I couldn't have been gladder not to have to return but I ave been feeling a bit nervous.

It has only been a week but I guess I had some sort of preconceived notion that I would know exactly what I was doing once I dropped out. I feel like I should know exactly what my next steps are and what my path is, but I don't. I know I want to be a successful artist and really want to operate in a lot of disciplines but I think I am struggling with where to start. I am unsure what my next step is, how I grow, and how I gain recognition in my community. I'm personally thinking I should just keep putting myself out there, sharing my work, and doing what I really love as previously that has brought me a lot of opportunities but I'm interested in your experiences and opinions.

P.S. Before anyone suggests it I don't think I am a slacker, in the week I have written a zine of 10 poems which I started distributing in local bookstores, designed a tattoo, entered a national arts competition, saw old friends, started a new book, worked on writing a song, and drew a ton. I think the problem is more not know what the next step to work towards is, probably because I spent so long working toward getting out of high school I don't know what exact steps I need to get to my next goal, or concretely what that next goal is. It is a bit like I'm a rebel without a cause.

TL:DR: Dropped out of high school to pursue my passion of art and creative endeavors, don't know what steps to take.

Hi,

Having failed at other ways of learning math, it occurred to me that using a slide rule might be a way to try. So I went and got a slide rule: Logarex 27602-II (not extended, not exponent, not duplex). I was trying to get something simple to start with.

Pictures (of someone else's): Front and Back

So problem #1 is finding an appropriate instruction manual, text book etc. There are thousands of them available but since I don't know what I'm doing, I will not be able to piece together information meant for something else.

This eBay page describes the Logarex 27602-II (not extended, not exponent, not duplex):

> Front Scale (extended scales): ST, P, K, A [ B, log, C ] D, Tg, Sin > > Back Scale: LL1, LL2, LL3, DF [ CF, CI, C ] D, LL00, LL01, LL02

Here is a picture of just the scales front and back, for convenience.

However I went and compared the scales with the information on Types of Slide Rules and their Scales and I am a bit confused about what's going on here. Here is a document that shows my work comparing what I see with the link .

The following specific questions can quickly be found by scrolling to find yellow highlighting in my document:

• The second item on the front (which I would write as √1-x^2^) cannot be found in the reference document.
• Is it A or B scales? I can't tell the difference.
• On the back slide there is a line which I would write as ^π^/~x~ and I also can't find it in the reference document.

Here are my results, summarized:

• Front Top: L, ???, K, A ?OR? B

• [Front Slide: A ?OR? B, Cl, C]

• Front Bottom: C, S, T, ST

• Back Top: LL1/ZZ1, LL2/ZZ2, LL3/ZZ3, CF

• [Back Slide: CF, ???, Cl, C]

• Back Bottom: C,LL00 or LL/0, LL01 or LL/1, LL02 or LL/2

I would appreciate if someone who understands these things could check if my other attempts as consolidation are correct?

Goals: If it makes any difference, I am tr

I'm extremely passionate about Spanish and it is a goal in my life to become fluent and gain a strong comprehension and conversational ability in the language. At some point I think I'd like to complete the DELE certifications for career opportunities and my own general satisfaction, but more than anything I want to feel confident listening to Spanish speakers and being able to engage in meaningful interactions and exchanges with them. I want to be able to make new friends and connect with people from all over the world.

I'm currently a student at University and I was originally doing a BA in Spanish, but I switched my major to a degree in Communication and Culture, with a minor in Visual Studies/Fine Art and Art History. I switched for a variety of reasons, but I feel a sense of regret with my decision, especially now that I'm nearing graduation. Back when I was a Spanish major, I completed two introductory classes and I excelled in both. I took Spanish throughout High School so in many ways it was a refresher, and also a reminder of just how enjoyable learning a language is. It was such a fun experience and I was excited about progressing further. I entered into the next stage of classes, Intermediate 1 and it was quite a different experience. I felt way out of my element, I didn't understand anything, and I was intimidated and down on myself as other students in the class had study abroad/life experiences which enabled them with what seemed to me like near fluency abilities. I felt way behind. It was a difficult time for me, I've constantly struggled with anxiety and depression throughout my life and university on the whole has been one of the most trying and challenging experiences for me, so the stresses of school, work, in addition to life and mental health issues all culminated in me dropping out of the class. I thought maybe taking the course online, at my own pace would be beneficial, as I wouldn't compare myself to other students, so I enrolled in an online equivalent of the course with the goal of resuming regular on campus classes in the future. Unfortunately, I wasn't disciplined with my time and I ended up failing the course. Being that many of these Spanish courses were pre-requisites for the higher level classes, and that they had to be taken in a successional order with limited offerings semester by semester, I came to the realization that it was just going to take too long to complete a Spanish degree, so I made the switch t

Hi everyone,

I'm interested in learning some principles of machine learning and deep learning, and came across this blog post. It looks like a really good pathway to me, but I wanted to get the perspective of those who are already utilizing these principles in the field. Would following something like this make you a competitive job candidate? Are they missing something that is really important to include? Cheers!

https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-learn-deep-learning-in-6-months-e45e40ef7d48

Reading the excellent adversarial collaboration on advanced students in the education system, the most interesting part for me was the limitations of self-directed online learning, since I'm going to start self-teaching myself computer science soon. It did a good job of explaining how the benefits of self-teaching - freedom and flexibility - can also be weaknesses. In order to start a conversation, I'll briefly summarize what the weaknesses of self-teaching are, and give some thoughts on how to mitigate or overcome those weaknesses. I'd be interested in other people's takes as well.

Summary of the limitations:

The social networks and social obligations provided by school are powerful motivating forces. And, putting students in a room where there is nothing to do but learn eliminates distraction, while putting students in front of a computer maximizes distraction. As an aside, I guess that smartphones and laptops are introducing distractions to classrooms now, so it'd be interesting to see if that was linked to decreased learning.

Another issue talked about in the ACC piece is that at school, you can build an identity as a student, while this is harder to do on your own. I think this won't be as much of an issue for someone who's intending to learn on their own full-time, like I am, given that the only alternative identity would be "unemployed," but I could see it being an issue for someone who is working while self-studying.

Another advantage of school that isn't talked about in the article, but that I consider important, is the power of routine. Routines make it much easier to carry out tasks, which frees up your mental energy for thinking and learning, rather than using it all up on just getting yourself to pay attention to the damn video rather than wandering off to play games or browse reddit.

The common theme here is that self-directed learning requires much more willpower than learning through formal institutions, and this is shown to greatly harm course completion. Caplan optimistically interprets this as revealed preferences, but although this will sometimes be the case (there are plenty of things I learned in school that I would have preferred, even in retrospect, not to waste time on learning), in many other cases students do genuinely want to learn and simply lack the willpower to do so, and suggesting that those students ar

Aside from research, what other activities are people including under this category? When I first read the title (and before it when on to talk about scholastic learning), I first thought of the time when I built a cabin by hand with my dad. We used old books and guides, the internet, and our community to help with the process... what do you guys think?

One of my 7th grade classes is full of very high-achieving students. While they are clearly the most advanced class I teach, they also ask the most questions during their independent writing time by far. I love helping students and answering questions, but so many of their questions are incredibly simple and could easily be solved on their own. My read on the situation is that they are perfectionists who want to churn out exactly what they think I'm looking for so they can receive an A. However, I want to teach them to be problem solvers and independent thinkers. Does anyone have any strategies they use to limit these types of simple, easy-to-solve questions? I've had discussions with the class about strategies they can use to independently problem solve, but that hasn't seemed to work. Thanks!

I recently quit my startup where I did non-technical work and I'm spending the next ~6 months becoming a web developer (and training for a marathon and writing a blog, but that's out of the scope).

First off, I enjoy programming. This isn't a grind and I'm excited to build cool things.

1. By next week, I'll be done refreshing my knowledge and finishing up both Udacity CS101 and Learn Python the Hard Way (I've done them before).

2. From there: Django Polls Tutorial then Getting Started With Django

3. After I feel comfortable with Django, I want to start on a project - a sort of Tumblr knock-off complete with:

• User sign-up
• Text/Post editor
• Social sharing
• Reblogging
• Infinite scrolling
• Searching tags

In the process of creating this social site, I'm going to build my familiarity with:

• Version control (GitHub)
• Databases (not sure which, know minimal SQL)
• A bit of JavaScript and a framework like Backbone.js
• A bit of CSS/Bootstrap

I'm attempting to finish this up by around June. If earlier, I actually have a project I want to tackle involving the NPR API (or any news source). I want to take complete articles from a news source and try to see which direct quotes are trending on social media.

Concerns:

I know for a fact that these first two months are going to be completely consumed with just learning Python/Django. After, the direction is up in the air. I have a good work ethic and can do 8-12 solid hours of programming a day (no Facebook, reddit, etc.,.)

I want job recruiters to look at my resume and go, "well, he lacks experience, but damn he's motivated as hell - look what he's built in the last 6 months. We gotta give him a shot."

I'm fascinated by everything so I can alter my project to learn things that'll get me hired faster. I'm really just trying to avoid doing something I think is valuable only to hear, "yeah, we want guys who have a little bit of Hadoop knowledge" or "yeah, this looks good and everything, but we need someone who has more experience with databases" Shit, I'll learn/struggle with anything right now. I just want to make sure it's getting me somewhere.

What are your thoughts? What other things should I consider learning in the next 5-6 months that would allow me to compete/put me above other aspiring devs?

Thanks in advance :)

I'm looking at taking a course that is self directed other than one classroom day a week, would that be considered full time?