Nepal Open University

2023 March 12

Connectivism
 What is Connectivism?
 Connectivism is a theory of learning in a digital age
that emphasizes the role of social and cultural
context in how and where learning occurs. Learning
does not simply happen within an individual, but
within and across the network.

 Theidea that knowledge exists everywhere and is

accessed and organized by the learner.
 Learningis the process of creating connections and
developing a network.

 Partof learning is considering the value of

information, and determining if it is useful.
 Key Figures
 George Siemens
 Stephen Downes
Both of them argued that the current learning theories
were limiting, and suggested that a new theory was
needed.
 Theamount of knowledge in the world is increasing at
an extraordinary rate, and the ability to discern
important from unimportant is increasingly a modern
skill worth developing.
Evolution of Connectivism
 Technology has become quite prevalent in
education, and it was necessary to alter the
theories to be more up to date.

A new theory was crucial to keep up with the

changing technology, and the diverse need of
the net generation.
 Technology is an integral part of learning,
and its use can be limited though the lenses
of older theories.
 Networked learning allows experiences to
be shared and learning to be more
effective.
 Information
is all connected, and the
extreme amounts can lead to chaos.
 Connectivism attempts to integrate the
realities of our modern connected world
into that redefines learning.
 Principles of Connectivism
 Learning
is a process of connecting information
from specialists
 Learning may reside in non human appliances.
 Capacity to know more is more critical than what
is currently known.
 Connections are needed to facilitate continual
learning.
 Decision-making is itself a learning proceedings.
 Positive and Negative aspects of Connectivism

 Positive:

-Information are readily available.

-Building a network of new connections
-Students are the main focus of learning process.
 Negative:

-Retention of information is no longer important.

-connections lose their value over time.
-Many ambiguous information available.
Thank You!