Creating your own self-directed learning curriculum

This document was created to help self-educators learn a new skill. Learning a new skill without a formal structure can be hard, but there is a way to mimic an organized format for daily learning. This format is a living guide meaning it is extremely flexible and should be used as a checklist. Too much structure can be too rigid while too much flexibility can cause a wandering mind. Find your balance, write out your malleable guide, and start your learning today!

Want to see this in action? Check out my 30 day journey learning Ember.

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🤔 What are you learning?

Topic:
One sentence to describe this new skill.

Learning Objectives:
List the core concepts or foundational skills needed to master this skill.

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Proficiency Metrics:
List task you'll be able to achieve after completed this 30 day learning journey.

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Learning Resources:

Categorize your learning resources based on your learning style.

👀 Visual Resources:

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💻 10 Short Projects (Hands-on learner):

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🗣 Auditory Resources:

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📝 Teaching Opportunities (Verbal and Social Learner):

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👋🏾 Open Source Projects to Contribute To (Hands-on learner):

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Immerse yourself in your learning:

#️⃣ Hashtags to follow:
Example: #javascript, #womenintech, #peopleintech, #blacksintech, #blackwomenintech, #codinglife, #frontend, #emberjs etc.

👤 Social Media Accounts to follow:
Personally, I love following the creators of the coding language, folks who identify as core contributors and folks who talk about what I want to learn.

👥 Indirect Mentors, Direct Mentors, Friends, and Communities:
Indirect Mentors are those informal mentors who may or may not know you; however, they provide encouragment or aide in some way. Direct mentors are those folks who you have a recurring meeting cadence, those who you have direct access to, and folks who you may spend time pairing programming with.

Learning Plan

📋 What’s the plan?
Pick one learning resources that'll cover a span of 30 days:

🎯 Goal:
Set your daily learning schedule: Ex. M-F. Plan your rest days and set the time of day you plan to study.

Week 1

Chapters or Video	Pages or Time
Section 1	Pages 1-20
Section 2	Pages 20-50

Week 2

Chapters or Video	Pages or Time
Section 3	Pages 50-100
Section 4	Pages 100-150

Week 3

Chapters or Video	Pages or Time
Section 5	Pages 150-200
Section 6	Pages 200-250

Week 4

Chapters or Video	Pages or Time
Section 7	Pages 250-300
Section 8	Pages 300-350