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===== Criticisms ===== | ===== Criticisms ===== | ||
- | Connectivism is criticized for being more a pedagogical approach and a model rather than learning theory, since it doesn't really attempt to explain processes of how people learn.(([[http://www.surfspace.nl/nl/Redactieomgeving/Publicaties/Documents/Connectivism%20a%20new%20theory.pdf|van Pløn Verhagen, Bijdrage. Connectivism: a new learning theory?” University of Twente, November 11, 2006.]])) It also describes learning as //actionable knowledge// emphasizing only the result, not the process of learning. | + | Connectivism is criticized for being more **a pedagogical approach** and a model rather than learning theory, since it doesn't really attempt to explain processes of how people learn.(([[http://www.surfspace.nl/nl/Redactieomgeving/Publicaties/Documents/Connectivism%20a%20new%20theory.pdf|van Pløn Verhagen, Bijdrage. Connectivism: a new learning theory?” University of Twente, November 11, 2006.]])) It also describes learning as //actionable knowledge// emphasizing only the result, not the process of learning. |
Lack of references to previous related works makes connectivisms contributions hard to identify. Some authors notice a number of connectivist ideas already present in earlier theories.(([[http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ815759.pdf|Kop, Rita, and Adrian Hill. Connectivism: Learning Theory of the Future or Vestige of the Past? International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 9, no. 3: 1-13. October 2008.]])) | Lack of references to previous related works makes connectivisms contributions hard to identify. Some authors notice a number of connectivist ideas already present in earlier theories.(([[http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ815759.pdf|Kop, Rita, and Adrian Hill. Connectivism: Learning Theory of the Future or Vestige of the Past? International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 9, no. 3: 1-13. October 2008.]])) |