Here are a few of today's annotated bookmarks, organized using a bookmark template I created for myself to ensure relevant details will be retained for future use, such as for reference for essay and reports. Title: To Change Ourselves: a Personal VSM Application Author: Allena LeonardDate: 2007URL: http://www.allennaleonard.com/PersVSM.html#PVSMKeywords: Viable systems model (VSM), Personal VSM, self-regulated learningSummary: Leonard describes the five different systems and their implications for the individual learners attempting to prioritize and decide on effective goal-seeking strategies. This is of particiular interest to those needing to balance life/work demands, and manage the demands of "Me Inc" in which they mix the vsarious spheres of their lives and engage in lifelong learning, consulting, self-employment, etc.Way-Making History: Followed online through link from the article, The Personal Learning Environment and the human condition: from theory to teaching practice, written by Mark Johnson and Oleg Liber.Title: Self-regulated Learning, sense of personal ownership, assessmentAuthor: Mike BogleDate: December 2008URL: http://techticker.net/2008/12/11/self-regulated-learning-sense-of-personal-ownership-assessment/Format: Video clipSummary: Mike Bogle talks briefly about the question of whether we should we assess reflections of learners.He thinks that educators should aim to inspire learners' sense of personal learning journeys, empower intrinsic motivation and nurture self-regulated learning.Retrieved: October 18. 2009Title: Training Reflective Self-Regulated LearnersOrganization: CELL Blog : Ceneter for Engaged Learning in the LawAuthor: Michael SchwartzDate: February 2008URL: http://idd.elon.edu/blogs/CELLblog/index.php/2008/02/25/training-reflective-self-regulated-learners/Format: WebpageKeywords:Summary: provides a comprehensive description of self-regulated learners. The author identifies SRL as consisting of three phases: planning, implementation of strategies through self- monitoring, and an iterative, cycling process of reflection on practice. Interestingly, the author refers to case studies on law school retention rates, explaining that curriculum based on SRL principles led to increased retention rates of learners.Retrieved: October 18, 2009