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Connectivism Positions

Links to an interesting back-and-forth on the question of whether connectivism is a (new) learning theory. As usual (which is an interesting comment in itself) I feel the critics have not read widely enough. "If any part of the theory were relevant it would be the recognition of the potential of networking and connecting, but these are ways of learning, the pedagogy. Otherwise, the theory does not describe how we learn, how we make the connections inside of ourselves nor does it describe what we learn." Indeed? Have we been totally silent on these issues? George Siemens, Connectivism Blog, February 28, 2008. [Link] [Tags: Connectivism, Networks] [Previous][Next]

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Re: Connectivism Positions

Christy Tucker, February 28, 2008

You might want to look for some of the blog posts from the later assignment that's the individual follow-up to this group wiki project. Do a search for "7-A-3 connectivism" and you'll find the student blogs, both from the currently running session and from last fall. I'm not sure whether the students from last fall are still monitoring their blogs, but the current ones will certainly see comments if you'd like to engage them.

The first one in particular may interest you, as it's from one of the students assigned to the group critiquing connectivism. He says, "I have spent this week researching connectivism and trying to create an argument against it. That was difficult when I really believe and have observed how connection makes for better learning in my students."

http://mhall.edublogs.org/2008/02/24/connectivism/
http://tscottchsd.edublogs.org/2008/02/22/learning-activity-7-a-3/
http://cavek.edublogs.org/2008/02/22/7-a-3-responding-to-connectivism/
http://tagcblog.edublogs.org/2008/02/24/connectivism/

Of course, in the interest of full disclosure, I was the instructional designer who worked with Will Richardson to develop the course. [Comment] [Permalink] [Previous][Next]

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