The Fourth Industrial Revolution necessitates relevant initiatives to stay abreast. Higher
education plays a pivotal role in providing nuanced opportunities for the future workforce …

This book is devoted to scholarship in the field of self-directed learning in the 21st century,
with specific reference to higher education. The target audience of the book includes …

Trends in research on teacher development in recent years have shown a shift away from
merely studying what teachers learn to how they learn, how they improve their learning, and …

This book is the result of a longitudinal research project (2016–2018) funded by the National
Research Foundation and the Fuchs Foundation, and it disseminates original research. The …

Prior research on the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework has a limited amount of work
which uses structural techniques to confirm the factorial structure of the CoI. The current …

This book aims to provide an overview of theoretical and practical considerations in terms of
self-directed multimodal learning within the university context. Multimodal learning is …

Background Today, methods that enable students to benefit from online programs to the
fullest and learn independently and self-directed are of critical importance. Many scales …

This book on blended learning environments to foster self-directed learning highlights the
focus on research conducted in several teaching and learning contexts where blended …

This study investigated the effect of the online, flipped classroom model on learners' self-
directed learning using the descriptive correlation design. A total of 181 students from three …

The purpose of this study was answering questions regarding the impact of effectively using
information and communication technologies (ICTs) in classrooms on re-envisioning and …