Connectivism Learning in the Digital Age José Antônio Theory put forward by George Siemens

About knowledge What is knowledge? How is it created? How is it shared?

What is knowledge?

How is it created?

How is it shared?

Creating Instructional Environments Behaviorism Cognitivism Constructivism Connectivism

Behaviorism

Cognitivism

Constructivism

Connectivism

Connectivism Does learning always occur inside a person? What vs. value of what is being learned. Action without the need of personal learning Dramatic change in conditions making impossible to revise

Does learning always occur inside a person?

What vs. value of what is being learned.

Action without the need of personal learning

Dramatic change in conditions making impossible to revise

What is Connectivism Connectivism is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization theories. Learning is a process that occurs within nebulous environments of shifting core elements – not entirely under the control of the individual. Learning (defined as actionable knowledge) can reside outside of ourselves (within an organization or a database), is focused on connecting specialized information sets, and the connections that enable us to learn more are more important than our current state of knowing. (George Siemens – December 2004)

Connectivism is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization theories. Learning is a process that occurs within nebulous environments of shifting core elements – not entirely under the control of the individual. Learning (defined as actionable knowledge) can reside outside of ourselves (within an organization or a database), is focused on connecting specialized information sets, and the connections that enable us to learn more are more important than our current state of knowing. (George Siemens – December 2004)

Knowledge and Connectivism

The current state/trends in learning Learning impacted through technology Information growth The amount of knowledge in the world The shrinking half-life of knowledge The challenge of keeping current Learning as a way of being

Learning impacted through technology

Information growth

The amount of knowledge in the world

The shrinking half-life of knowledge

The challenge of keeping current

Learning as a way of being

The current state/trends in learning Mobility of learners The role of informal learning Learning as a continual, lifetime process Technology rewiring of our brains Organizations and individuals as learning organisms Offloading knowledge Knowing how and what replaced by knowing where and who

Mobility of learners

The role of informal learning

Learning as a continual, lifetime process

Technology rewiring of our brains

Organizations and individuals as learning organisms

Offloading knowledge

Knowing how and what replaced by knowing where and who

Seven broad societal trends 1. The rise of the individual; 2. Increased connectedness; 3. Immediacy and now; 4. Breakdown and repackaging; 5. Prominence of the conduit; 6. Global socialization; and 7. Blurring worlds of physical and virtual.

1. The rise of the individual;

2. Increased connectedness;

3. Immediacy and now;

4. Breakdown and repackaging;

5. Prominence of the conduit;

6. Global socialization; and

7. Blurring worlds of physical and virtual.

An Alternative Learning Theory Technology and connection Chaos is a new reality Learning as a self-organizing process Networks, small worlds, weak ties

Technology and connection

Chaos is a new reality

Learning as a self-organizing process

Networks, small worlds, weak ties

Principles of Connectivism Diversity of opinions A process of connecting specialized nodes May reside in non-human appliances Capacity to know more vs. what is currently known The need to nurture and maintain connections

Diversity of opinions

A process of connecting specialized nodes

May reside in non-human appliances

Capacity to know more vs. what is currently known

The need to nurture and maintain connections

Principles of Connectivism Ability to see connections Currency Decision-making The pipe is more important than the content within Learning happening at the point of need

Ability to see connections

Currency

Decision-making

The pipe is more important than the content within

Learning happening at the point of need

Skills in connected world Anchoring Filtering Connecting with Each Other Being Human…Together Creating and Deriving Meaning Evaluation and Authentication Altered Processes and Creative Thinking Pattern Recognition Navigate Knowledge Landscape Acceptance of Uncertainty Contextualizing

Anchoring

Filtering

Connecting with Each Other

Being Human…Together

Creating and Deriving Meaning

Evaluation and Authentication

Altered Processes and Creative Thinking

Pattern Recognition

Navigate Knowledge Landscape

Acceptance of Uncertainty

Contextualizing

Final Thought It has been observed many times that a new technology evolves in two stages. In the First stage it evolves previous practice. Early automobiles were known explicitly as Horseless carriages, and only later did we get motor coaches, transports and Interstate highways. Stephen Downes, The Buntine Oration 2004

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