Connectivist Learning Theory

A.Austen, P.C.Chen, V. Darlington, D.Daylamani-Zad, S.De’Cage, C.Farrant

George Siemens (2005) and Stephen Downes (2005)

Connectivism Learning Theory

The flow of information: Create, Preserve & Utilise

Learning and knowledge rest in diversity of opinions

Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources

A network is comprised of two or more nodes linked in order to share resources

Learning may reside in non-human appliances

Facebook server room

Knowing where to find information is more important than knowing

information.

With the Internet this is now possible

Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual

learning

Connections are key

Ability to see connections between fields, ideas and concepts is a core skill

The individual

Currency

Accurate and Up-to-date

Decision-making is a learning process

Seeing through The lens of a shifting reality