Glenn Hervieux's List: Learning Theory

For those wanting to know more about the theory of Connectivism, this is a good academic introduction with research citations.

Concise definition of self-directed learning, six bullet points, and a nice infographic of self-directed learning. An important point mentioned:

"One of the misconception about self-directed learning is that learners learn in complete isolation from others while in fact the core idea behind SDL is that learning is driven by intrinsic motivational factors  stemming from the learners own desire to learn and drive his/her learning experience beginning with recognizing a need to learn."