Self-Directed Learner Case Study

1. Describe the essential aspects of a self-directed, intrinsically motivated, active learner?

The Essential Aspects of a Self-directed Learner

Self-directed learners see the ways they approach in learning as one of the opportunities to pursue the work flows intrinsically and extrinsically. Such motivations and rewards given by themselves create in-

· Understanding in their capabilities and responsibilities

· Realizing in their own abilities and skills

· Finding and implementing solutions, being flexible in managing time and plans effectively

· Being attentive to learn and change intrinsically and extrinsically.

The Essential Aspects of an Intrinsically Motivated Learner

Learning new is an interesting excitement

2. Identify two areas of personal strength and two areas of personal weakness in being a self-motivated and engaged student.

Areas of Personal Strength

· Personally, it seems that my main motivation driver is the extrinsic motivation that I sooner or later convert into the intrinsic motivation as rewards of me prolong choices and achievements, which the mixed features of drivers encourages me to never give up in life.

· A hidden feature of creativity, supported by critical thinking sometimes plays an important role in my personal strength in order to implement planned tasks and exciting journey of finding solutions and gaining experiences successfully.

Areas of Personal Weakness

· I feel weak in planning and collecting my daily activities and completions to recall at the end of every week and yet, this somehow fails me to keep up because of an unformed habit of me implementing on this effectively.

· Language learning is easy; however, I feel not improved on this. When evaluating on the reason I keep falling down to learn actively, it is because I need a force or challenging environment to let my ability to pursue learning a new

I will also form habits of reading books every night before I go to bed so that the ideas and concepts of knowledge will circulate my thoughts more to be more creative.

D. I always evaluate myself on the success of my personal growth plan and it is not enough. So I will spread and walk out of the zones even further to find relationships with success and pleasure.

E. I will finally draw out plans and my ambitions to create from imagination into reality and hold myself accountable and reasonable to implement on so that I would be able to be of a service in my community.

4. How will you evaluate yourself on the success of your personal growth and how will you hold yourself accountable?

I will evaluate myself on the success of my personal growth by taking accountable steps to my activities in order to complete successfully and by giving time to reflect on what I have learned each and every day. I will take advantage of my personal growth and intrinsic motivation to seek knowledge and experiences all the time, making commitment on how much I have learned so that I feel ready to deploy myself useful into the fields of education, careers and communities.

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Available Sources

University of the People. (2016). Class of Online Education Strategies: Reading Assignment Unit