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Connectivism

Annette Curran

Connectivism

Connectivism is a new learning theory for the digital age that originated in 2005 by -

George Siemens and Stephen Downes.

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Connectivisim

Founder

Why

This learning theory is pitched by Siemens and Downes to align with needs of the twenty-first century (Siemens, 2005).

Connectivism gathered initial attention in the blogosphere during this time.

image Soruce: alarmy.com

cMOOC

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Interesting

Facts

-Siemens and Downes designed and taught the first cMOOC - Massive Open Online Course.

-Designed to be open, learner-generated, with a greater use of social and other networked tools.

-Majority of MOOC’s available today more traditional

-Siemens and Downes introduced the first MOOCs but only in the sense (connectivist).

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Siemens_at_TEDxNYED.jpg

George

Siemems

(Born 1970) a Canadian - writer, theorist, speaker, and researcher on learning, networks, technology, analytics and visualization, openness, organizational effectiveness, and complexity in digital environments.

Stephen

Downes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Downes

(Born 1959) is a Canadian philosopher and commentator in the fields of online learning and new media. Winner of the Edublog Award in 2005 for best individual blog.

Purpose

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Purpose

of this

resource

I have created this prezi resource to unpack my learning of connectivism in a visual representation, to deliver my interpretation of the main principles and pedagogy behind this theory. Including how this connects to education.

Connectivism is...

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Connectivisim

is

https://www.waynebarry.com/2013/04/29/connectivism-theory-or-phenomenon/

known as a theory that is explored through chaos, network and self organisation (Siemens, 2005).

a theory that knowledge moves around a range of networks through learning communities and learning occurs through using essential skills to create and move through these communities and networks (Kop & Hill, 2008).

As Siemens (2005) states, “the pipe is more important than the content within the pipe” (p.7). The skills to learn are more important than the knowledge gained.

In connectivism, learning occurs when a learner makes sense of knowledge through connecting with and contributing through a learning community (called a node) of a similar area of interest.

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Learning

Communities

https://www.communityledtotalsanitation.org/story/one-day-sharing-and-learning-clts-sacosan-v-0

Within this community that includes similar areas of interest is opportunity for interaction, sharing, dialogue and critical thinking together (Kop & Hill, 2008).

Community

Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com

Nodes come from connection points that are found on a network of two or more nodes.

Networks

https://www.123rf.com/profile_terminator3d

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Our

Learner

Resource to demonstrate a connectivism approach in a Year 8 classroom

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Navigating

Websites

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