Different Aspects Of A Self-Focused Learning By Jeff Cobb

Jeff Cobb illustrates some aspects of a self-directed, intrinsically motivated, active learner quite eloquently. Here is my presentation of most of these aspects:

- Self-directed learners take the initiative to learn new things without being required to do so by external pressure.

- Self-directed learners are complacent about any situation that requires them to study independently. However, self-directed learners need to also maintain a good social network to further facilitate their studies.

- Self-directed learners are persistent and relay on practice and repetition to solidify the learning material.

- Self-directed learners are responsible individuals who take pride in doing their academic or other work well.

- Self-directed learners

These two strengths are great because they allow for the self-directed learners to be tenacious and take the initiative to learn new skills on their own without any external expectations from their supervisors or coworkers. On the other hand, I believe the two main weaknesses of self-motivated learner are lack of instant extrinsic appreciation and a lack of an independently-verifiable scale of achievements. For instance, it may take a long time before the self-motivated learners to receive some sort of appreciation from their workplace in a form of promotion or a wage increase. It is also problematic for the self-motivated learner to validate the adequate magnitude of their acquired knowledge since it cannot be instantly independently-verified. Therefore, this could result in unsatisfactory learnings because the self-motivated learners might be deceived to wrongly believe that they’ve mastered a particular

I will avoid procrastinating until the last minute by setting up a weekly schedule in which I’ll divide all of my tasks for my assignments. 2. I will be doing a high-intensity training for at least 45 minutes a day in order to mitigate my anxiety and jitteriness. 3. I will set up an extra 6 hours per week for independent research in programming and various computer science topics in order to be better prepared for the current job market, I will achieve this by reducing my leisure activities such as watching Netflix and going out on the weekends. 4. In order to achieve an adequate memory consolidation, I will make sure that I am getting at least 7 hours of sleep every night since a good quality sleep is vital for memory formation 5. I will participate in local programming meetings in my city and teach various programming languages I’ve learned at UoPeople to other current or perspective software developers. This will help me to solidify my knowledge and build a healthy self-esteem by knowing I am helping other people to develop their skill-sets.

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

I will be using the Things iOS app to divide my assignment into different tasks and follow their completion progress. To hold myself accountable for my weekly progress, I will be relying on my friend Pat Martel to monitor my progress, every week I’ll let him keep $20, if I were to achieve my weekly progression