ABSTRACT
Self-directed learning and ICTs are linked by the fact that they empower each other. ICTs allow the management of learning by the learner to be offline or online with respect to the physical space offered by the classroom. It allows activities to be carried out individually, interacting between the students or between the student and the teacher. In the educational context, ICTs can operationalize the mediation between student and learning; the presentation of content between teacher and student; monitoring, regulation, and control between teacher and student; and the configuration of learning environments for teachers and students. Therefore, the potential of self-directed learning is linked to the educational resources that ICTs can provide. By making the dynamics used encourage students’ interest in learning, using technologies that capture their attention and turning them into an active and central part of their own learning process.
