The concept of what to do with this research definitely slants the work itself, and I’d frankly not even considered this. Upon some reflection, I suspect that as I’m not in the standard educational system, I’ll be hoping to leverage this work into expanding my professional options. With that in mind, my best avenues for disseminating my results will be to publish in some aviation magazines, and produce a website for further reference, should any of the readers or my students want/need a more granular level of information.

I have been a contributor and a regular columnist for some nationally distributed aviation magazines, and have recently been asked to submit an article series proposal with a former colleague. As the general topic for this proposal is ‘the future of pilot training’, I suspect it will be an easy fit to integrate  what I learn in my research to these articles. Beyond that, I think the website is a good idea as I have had good success in the past with my sites, and it should be an easy thing to do to produce a ‘best practices for navigating the waters of self-directed learning’ toolkit that can benefit pilots, or indeed anyone tasked with managing their own learning using distance or blended tools.

I’m sure the overall concept will evolve, and I hope to find more unique opportunities than magazine articles or a website, but for now it looks like those will be my point of entry.

Stay tuned!