2012 - Connectivism and Learning Technologies
-
Upload
alfonso-sintjago -
Category
Documents
-
view
107 -
download
1
description
Transcript of 2012 - Connectivism and Learning Technologies
What is Connectivism?
"The pipe is more important than the content within the pipe. Our ability to learn what we need for tomorrow is more important than what we know today."
George Siemens
University of Manitoba - 2008 CourseStephen Downes and George Siemens
1,900 Students | 12 Weeks | Open Course
The belief that knowledge exists in the world rather than in the head of an individual
http://z.umn.edu/education
The belief that knowledge exists within systems which are accessed through people participating in activities, the
belief that people learn through contact
Connectivism sees learning as the process of creating connections and elaborating a network - Not all
connections are of equal strength
One aspect of connectivism is its central metaphor of a network with nodes and connections
A node is anything that can be connected to another node such as an organisation, information, data,
feelings and images
Examples of Connectivist Tools
What is a Networked Student?
What is a Connectivist Teacher?
A teacher who facilitates students to learn from what is in the world's brain
Why teach with a Connectivist Pedagogy?
Collaboration, creativity, and connectivity are the currencies of the future.
Making collaboration, creativity, and connectivity a part of our teaching, empowers our students to
become active learners and teachers them the skills needed for the 21st century.
Example 1: Collaboration
FoldIt
Example 2: Creating and Sharing
Linux
Moodle
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crowdsourcing_projects
Examples
Example 3: Empowering Individuals
JoiChi - MIT Media Lab director
Example 4: Active Learning & Digital
Literacy
Examples
Theory into Practice