To engage fully in self-directed learning activities learners must have access to vast quantities of high quality learning resources and opportunities. The digital revolution has contributed to enormous advances in making learning resources available to anyone with a network connection. This can provide a foundation for a new learning ecosystem that will make self-directed learning a reality for more and more people globally.
Although there is much to be done to continue to develop resources and connections, including efforts to enhance the quantity and the quality of what is available and accessible, the resources currently available can provide many learning paths for those motivated to pursue them. A 2018 article from Quartz highlights how it is possible to assemble a high quality education by assembling resources from across the network.
It will be worth watching as the pool of learning resources deepens and as robust learning paths are carved out by new generations of learners. It will also be worth watching to see how established educational institutions respond as the new learning ecology takes shape.
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