Self-Regulated Learning Projects
Self-regulated Learning (SRL/SL) has become increasingly critical as the rapidly evolving job market demands professionals who are independent, adaptable, and proactive in their learning.
“SL is ―an active, constructive process whereby learners set goals for their learning and then attempt to monitor, regulate, and control their cognition, motivation, and behavior, guided and constrained by their goals and the contextual features in the environment.” (Pintrich, 2000b, p. 453).
While teachers often assume that students are naturally equipped to regulate their learning, the reality is many lack essential SRL skills. This gap manifests as difficulties in planning, monitoring, and evaluating their learning activities. Students need to master these skills—not only to achieve academic goals but to thrive as lifelong learners in an increasingly complex world.
For teachers in higher education, fostering SRL is no longer a supplementary goal but a cornerstone of academic success and career readiness. Recognising this, the TLC-FMG is taking steps to address the gap in SRL skills.
Seminars
In January, March, and May, we will host three interactive sessions each focussing on a different aspect of SRL to deepen the teaching community’s understanding, with an emphasis on practical strategies to guide students in learning how to learn.
Planning 2025:
|
Date
|
Time
|
Location
|
Topic
|
Sign up
|
||||||
|
Every first Tuesday of the month
|
12:00 – 13:00 | REC C0.03 | Book club: Self-regulated learning | |||||||
|
Tuesday, 28 January 2025
|
12:00 – 13:00 | REC C0.03 | Lunch seminar: Self-regulated learning* | This event occurs in the past | ||||||
|
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
|
12:00 – 13:00 | REC C0.03 | Lunch seminar: Goal setting and planning* | This event occurs in the past | ||||||
|
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
|
12:00 – 13:00 | REC C0.03 | Lunch seminar: Task strategies and reflection* | This event occurs in the past | ||||||
|
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
|
15:00-18:00 | REC JK “The Floor” | Event: Self-regulated learning in higher education, featuring keynote speakers |
*Lunch will be provided by the TLC-FMG at the lunch seminars.
Missed a seminar? Read the recaps here!
Introduction to Self Regulated Learning
The lunch seminar hosted on January 28th, 2025, aimed to provide teachers with a foundational understanding of SRL, highlight the importance of helping students develop self-regulation skills, and introduce three practical strategies that teachers can immediately implement in their own teaching.
Strategies for goal setting and planning
Ever wonder what the role of goal setting and planning is in fostering student motivation and academic success? This recap of the TLC FMG Lunch Seminar on March 25, 2025, delves into the seminar’s key insights and provides practical strategies that teachers can implement to support their students in becoming more self-regulated learners.
Task strategies and reflection
On 27 May 2025, the TLC FMG hosted its third lunch seminar in the Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) series. Brigitte ten Brink and Fam te Poel guided participants through the key question: How can we help students take control of their own learning process?
Event: Supporting Students’ Self-Regulated Learning
Are you looking for tools on how to support your students’ Self-Regulated Learning? Join us on Tuesday, 1 July 2025, from 15:30 to 17:00 with drinks afterwards at REC JK ‘The Floor’ for TLC-FMG’s exciting summer event.
More coming soon…
SELFLEX SESSIES Podcast
How can we support students in becoming more self-regulated learners?
This is the central question explored in the new five-part podcast series SELFLEX SESSIES created by Brigitte ten Brink (lecturer at the University of Amsterdam, affiliated with TLC-FMG) and Sjirk Zijlstra (education expert at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). Developed within SELFLEX, a research consortium funded by the Netherlands Initiative for Education Research (NRO), the series features insightful interviews with experts from both academic and professional fields.
Check out all available episodes on Spotify! While the podcasts are recorded in Dutch, we have English summaries available below to make the content accessible to non-Dutch speakers.
Episodes
Episode 1: Teachers as supporters of self-regulated learning
How can we, as teachers, integrate self-regulated learning into our teaching and support students in developing these skills?
In this interview, SELFLEX SESSIES discusses this topic with SRL experts Anique de Bruin and Peter Verkoeijen.
Episode 2: Self-monitoring in self regulated learning
How can we as teachers help students better manage their learning process through effective self-monitoring?
In this interview, SELFLEX SESSIES discuss this with Martine Baars, associate professor at the Behavioural Science Institute and the Department of Orthopaedagogy at Radboud University.
Episode 3: Conscious study choices in self-regulated learning
How can we, as teachers, support students in making conscious and strategic decisions that align with their personal and professional growth?
In this interview, SELFLEX SESSIES discusses this topic with SRL experts Milou van Harsel and Judith Teunissen.
Episode 4: Technology in Self-Regulated Learning
How can lecturers utilize technology to support students in self-regulating their learning?
In this interview, SELFLEX SESSIES discuss this topic with Eelco Braad, senior researcher at the Digital Transformation lectorate at Hanze and Jarin van der Kooi, a master’s student in Digital Technology at Hanze.
Episode 5: Integrating self-regulated learning
How can programs move from an implicit and incidental approach to self-regulated learning to a learning line that is truly part of the curriculum?
In this interview, SELFLEX SESSIES discusses this topic with Sylvia Heeneman, Professor of Health Profession Education at Maastricht University, and Judith Sieben, Associate Professor at Maastricht University.
Want to know more? Check out more from SELFLEX!