Research Unit Self-Directed Learning News & Notices

2026 Postgraduates Support Centre Trainings

• training schedule

  2026 IRIMS Training - The NWU Integrated Research Integrity Management System (IRIMS): Concepts, structures, processes, and procedures.

• 18 May 2026 - Registration link: https://nwu.libcal.com/event/16253374
• 20 August 2026 - Registration link: https://nwu.libcal.com/event/16253375
• 05-Novemeber 2026 - Registration link: https://nwu.libcal.com/event/16253376

AOSIS Scholarly Books

Volume 1- Self-Directed Learning for the 21st Century: Implications for Higher Education

Volume 2- The decolonisation of the curriculum project: The affordances of indigenous knowledge for self-directed learning

Volume 3- Self-directed learning research and its impact on educational practice

Volume 4- Self-directed learning research and its impact on educational practice

Volume 5-Self-directed multimodal learning in higher education

Volume 6-Self-Directed Learning: An imperative for education in a complex society

Volume 7- Learning through assessment: An approach towards self-directed learning

Volume 8- Blended learning environments to foster self-directed learning

Volume 9- Self-Directed Learning in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: Research on the affordances of online virtual excursions 

Volume 10- Contextualised open educational practices: Towards student agency and Self-Directed Learning

Volume 11- Problem-based learning and pedagogies of play: Active approaches towards Self-Directed Learning

Volume 12- Innovative curriculum design: Bridging the theory–practice divide in work-integrated learning to foster Self-Directed Learning 

Volume 13- Diverse educational contexts and research on metacognition and motivation to enhance self-directed learning

Volume 14- Self-Directed Learning: Curriculum implementation, praxis and scholarship in context

Volume 15- Scaffolding work-integrated learning excursions: Enhancing intercultural competence, equity and inclusion