Tips To Become an Autodidact, Self-Directed Learner

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As most of you know already, I am an autodidact, a person who is learning on its own. I can choose WHAT to learn, WHEN to learn, in WHICH order I learn the different topics and HOW quick I will learn! AND especially WHERE I will learn; not necessary in a school, BUT online and from books! That is what makes me learning very quick and to understand it also! As I am getting asked very often (people are astonished about…), so I decided to write this blog post to give some TIPS, how YOU can do also <===> #LEARNing2LEARN for #LifeLongLEARNing <===> with pleasure.

 TIPS to become an Autodidact, Self-Directed LEARNer (it’s NEVER to late to START!):

• GET interested about the TOPIC you want to LEARN
• MAKE Curation about it
• SEARCH for words which YOU DON’T understand YET and LEARN THEM
• READ articles online and from Magazines and Books
• LEARNing isn’t quick, it takes TIME, be patient DO it on a daily base
• HAVE courage, motivation, determination
• NEVER give up SLOWLY but SURELY you will grow
• USE Social Media Twitter and FIND people with similar INTERESTS
• CREATE a PLN (Personal [Professional] Learning Network)
• COLLABORATION with OTHERS as AMPLIFIER
• Be WISE and create a PKM (Personal [Professional] Knowledge Management) to FIND your articles back through TAGS (KEYWORDS)
• REVISE, REVIEW your Curation by adding NEW found articles
• WRITE some articles about YOUR LEARNing by using BLOGS
• LEARNing To LEARN should be your MOTTO
• ORGANIZATION and ANALYZING (fosters #CriticalTHINKING) is PRIORITY

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You may read my following blog posts as well for more insights:

• NEW Words, Trends to Know and to LEARN about in 21st Century
• Adventures of LEARNing, HOW does it happen!?

• PracTICE: Learning To Learn-Example 1

• Curation: The 21st Century Way To Learn On Its Own Pace And To Organize THE Learning?

• Learn Every Day a Bit-With Curation

• Curation: Tips And Tricks With Scoop.it-Rescoop And Tags

• PKM – Personal [Professional] Knowledge Management
• Concerning Blogs:

  • Blogging: Is It Difficult!? I Guess Not At ALL! Follow My Advice

  • Blogs-Tips and Tricks

  • …

 

For EDUcators, TEACHers, Instructors; my book selection:

• 21st Century Learning and Teaching: Multilingual Books Recommendations

• Electronics Books and Software for Makers-MakerED and MakerSpaces

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AND, once you have learned about creating a blog, use it ALSO for your hobbies, you will have pleasure (fun) to do so and you will learn NEW things also 😉 (secret tip!).

You may find some inspiration and ideas from my Hobby Blogs:

• My hobbies: Celtic + Medieval Festivals, Cooking ( en français )
• Gardening: The Wild-Garden (Hobby)
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TIP: keep the below in mind 😉

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Have fun in your learning adventure and leave me a comment in case of questions 😉

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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). L’auteur était aussi gagnant d’un concours en électronique en 1979 ( Pays germaniques ) et voyait son projet publié dans le magazine électronique “ELO”. The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). The author was also a winner of an electronics contest (Germanic countries) in 1979 and got his project published in the “Electronics Magazine ELO”).

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