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