Cultivating a Digital Promise: Promoting Reflective and Reflexive Activities to Enhance Self-Directed Learning for the 21st Century

Self-directed learning skills are known to influence successful outcomes in a higher education environment. Moreover, first year students entering lack self-directed skills, as these not always developed at school level. A digital promise tool was used for first-year student cohort reflect on their personal experiences and behaviour over period of two semesters. The researchers the augmented community inquiry theoretical framework this study, focusing presence. Two cycles data were collected using reflective reflexive responses. cycle included developing promise, where reflected typical commitments during journey. After cycle, opportunities given adjust second semester. results from reflections indicated an increase self-motivated