Self-determined Learning as a Response to Disruption in Post-secondary Formal Education

Abstract

As the institutions of higher education strive to meet the challenges of a profoundly changing world (Friday & Halloran, 2020), questions about shape and purpose gain increasing urgency. The speed at which many institutions adjusted to the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world in early 2020 illustrates that quick change is possible (Eisenstein, 2020; Hess, 2020). We have entered a new transformative age and, much like the industrial revolution before it, we can expect fundamental shifts in how we live, work and play (Friday & Halloran, 2020).