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Wk3 - Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age (Siemens, 2004).

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Edited by Amanda Harrington-Vail, Thursday, 24 Apr 2014, 14:35

Siemens (2004) refers to connectivism in the digital age as learning through connections e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and elearning.

John Seely Brown presents an interesting notion that the internet leverages the small efforts of many with the large efforts of few” (Siemens, 2004). Collaborative working is an example of this.

Diverse teams of varying viewpoints are a critical structure for completely exploring ideas ” (Siemens, 2004). This relates to tutor group forum discussions - learning from each other.

 

 

Siemens, G. (2004) Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age [online], http://www.elearnspace.org/ Articles/ connectivism.htm (last accessed 04 March 2014).

 

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