ABSTRACT
This chapter briefly summarises some significant findings of this study of independent learning in authentic learning settings, while acknowledging its limitations. Metacognitive, cognitive, affective, physical, and off-task processing interact to influence the learning experience in independent learning.
Each type of processing is multi-dimensional and the interactions within and between these processes and the learning experience are non-linear and complex.
This chapter offers some suggestions about possible future directions for learning research and practice – that we try to understand and incorporate the whole learning experience into educational design and further examine metacognition as the governing mechanism for all thoughts and feelings that are experienced during learning.
