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learning_paradigms:connectivism [2011/01/28 14:59] jpetrovic [About connectivism] |
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* Emotive elements (emotions that influence the prospect of connection) | * Emotive elements (emotions that influence the prospect of connection) | ||
- | Connections between the nodes can depend on various factors which make them | + | Connections between the nodes can depend on various factors which make them stronger or weaker: |
+ | * Motivation - impacts individuals determination to foster deeper connections | ||
+ | * Emotions - affect our evaluation of nodes and allow existence of contradictory perspectives | ||
+ | * Exposure - nodes grow and develop through forming connections to other nodes | ||
+ | * Patterning - | ||
+ | * Logic | ||
+ | * Experience | ||
- | Learning, according to him, can also reside outside a person (within a database or an organization). | + | Learning in connectivism is a process of connecting specialized nodes (information sources). Learning, according to him, can also reside outside a person (within a database or an organization). Purpose of connectivist learning is current, up-to-date knowledge. |
===== Learning theories: ===== | ===== Learning theories: ===== | ||
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- | ===== Criticisms ===== | + | ===== Critic ===== |
+ | Some authors like Bijdrage van Pløn Verhagen criticize connectivism for being a pedagogical approach rather than a learning theory, since it doesn't really attempt to explain processes of how people learn. | ||
===== Bibliography ===== | ===== Bibliography ===== | ||
+ | [[http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt|APA Citation: Davis, C, Edmunds, E, & Kelly-Bateman, V. (2008). Connectivism. In M. Orey (Ed.), Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology.]] | ||
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+ | [[http://www.astd.org/LC/2005/1105_seimens.htm|Siemens, G. Connectivism: Learning as Network-Creation - ASTD. 2005.]] | ||
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