Pursuing professional learning by using social media: how do instructional designers apply self-regulated learning?

The instructional design and technology field are dynamic, requiring designers to stay abreast through timely professional learning. Social media offers characteristics collapse the time, geographical, financial limitations of informal learning, but challenges exist. Continuous learning requires proactive actions, wherein self-regulated (SRL) plays an important role. However, not all professionals know effective strategies promote SRL skills. This study examines designers’ (N = 17) experiences on social lens. Data collected semi-structured interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings include conducted by they faced. informs instructional-design educators ways encourage continuous while fostering simultaneously.