Self direction is becoming such an important part of our learning environments now, but how do we manage ourselves as self-directed learners? If we are unable to manage the change from our own histories of traditional learning, how will we ever be able to facilitate the changes with our students?

One of the many resources available comes from Singapore Management University.
SMU Centre for Teaching Excellence - Becoming a Self-directed Learner

Within this resource are ideas to help round out the complete process of how to achieve self-direction. The level of self-direction that we and our students will need to acquire is so much more than just finding the motivation to proceed. We must also learn how to manage our time, share our questions within our groups to help see all sides of a topic as well as learn new methods of presenting our findings and support information.