Archives For Video – Wednesday Watchlist
If you want to see the research behind these ideas check out the following posts:
The Power of Influence, Persuasion, and Motivation
Psychology Recommended Reading List
Listen to this Podcast on Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/4sLDW4dnBo4kpPg1KaHxNt?si=6243d5830e284387
In LMD EP41, Personal Professional Learning vs Dependency Professional Learning Dr. Sue Bedard and I explore why we encourage a move from dependency professional learning (DPL) to personal professional learning (PPL). The move toward PPL is another more to fully igniting the Learner’s Mindset.
I have been exploring the benefits of self-directed or autodidactic learning for several decades and am continually excited to see the success stories of those who have taken full control of their learning.
The following links include a wide assortment of perspectives that can you used to either reinforce this notion of personal professional learning or to explore other aspects of learning that will augment this approach:
We Need More Autodidacts
The Shift from Engaging Students to Empowering Learners
Professional Learning Tips
Professional Learning
Professional Learning Plan
To Own Your Learning You MUST Use Higher-Order or Deeper Thinking
Applied Digital Learning
Applied Digital Learning Student Stories
One of the best ways to embrace personal professional learning is to continually seek out or emply authentic learning opportunities. Consider the following:
Authentic Learning Opportunities
Benefits of Life Long Authentic Learning Opportunities
Authentic Learning Leads to Authentic Adventures
Power of the Continual Practice of Authentic Learning
Why Authentic Learning Converts Into Lifelong Learning
In this Open College podcast, the philosopher Steven HIcks asks:
We say we want children to grow to be self-reliant, creative problem-solving adults. But in schooling kids, do we follow through on that? Do schools teach independence of mind and action or do students learn compliance? Do students learn that life is about solving new problems or are they instructed that authorities have the answers? Do students learn experimentalism and that success typically comes after much failure or do they learn that failure is a source of shame? Does our education system stunt kid’s potential?
