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  • noun Learning done by oneself, without a teacher or instructor.

Etymologies

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self + learning

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Examples

  • Globaloria is a way of learning -- of self-learning with heart and mind -- how to write today's digital language.

    Idit Harel Caperton: Waiting for Cupid (not Superman) Idit Harel Caperton 2010

  • Curiosity and self-learning should be rewarded, not punished.

    KillProcess Terminates Multiple Processes In One Click | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • These systems can now chew through billions of bits of data, analyze them via self-learning algorithms, and package the insights for immediate use.

    So, What's Your Algorithm? Dennis K. Berman 2012

  • To give but one example, in a story written by the brothers Strugatski in 1970 there is an amazing description of a computer: the simulations it was able to do, the problems that it was unable to face and even some idea about the self-learning capacity which is a characteristic of modern computers.

    MIND MELD: Guide to International SF/F (Part I ) 2009

  • Last month the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced plans to issue badges to students who complete a new set of free online courses, as part of a self-learning project called MITx.

    Merit Badges for the Job Market Jeffrey R. Young 2012

  • Globaloria is a way of learning -- of self-learning with heart and mind -- how to write today's digital language.

    Idit Harel Caperton: Waiting for Cupid (not Superman) Idit Harel Caperton 2010

  • Kumaraswamy C., who used to work with Prakruti, an organization that partnered with HRF, says, "[HRF] is used to promoting informal self-learning, and this has been received well by the community as they see it as a community managed centre, and not something outsiders set up."

    For the Love of Reading 2010

  • Curiosity and self-learning should be rewarded, not punished.

    KillProcess Terminates Multiple Processes In One Click | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Although Google has added to its enterprise search software a self-learning algorithm that analyzes employee clicks to improve the relevance of search results, the results by and large still cannot be contextualized.

    The Power of Co-Creation Venkat Ramaswamy 2010

  • Kumaraswamy C., who used to work with Prakruti, an organization that partnered with HRF, says, "[HRF] is used to promoting informal self-learning, and this has been received well by the community as they see it as a community managed centre, and not something outsiders set up."

    For the Love of Reading Nilofer D'Souza 2010

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