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Connectivism had been described as the “learning theory for the digital age” Siemens, (2004).
Informal learning has become a very significant part of the learning that learners will be exposed to in their life time, learning now occurs anywhere and anytime in a variety of ways, the amount of information out there makes it even more difficult o manage. Technology is changing the way we learn and even the way we think, many of the learning processes previously explained by learning theories such as behaviourism, congnitivism and constructivism can now be supported by technology, using Siemens, (2004) words, “know-how and know what is being supplemented with know-where” , referring to where to find information in the digital age. Connectivism had altered the traditional way of learning and knowing. Siemens, (2004) described connetivism as the “integration of principles of explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization.” Learning is no longer entirely under the control of any individual, including the teachers. The roles of the teachers are now becoming more of regulators, models, and helpers, to help learners know where to draw the line and make a distinction between important and irrelevant details. In the digital world, learning and knowledge emerge in a diversity of opinions, there is always inclination towards knowing more than what we know now, and maintaining “connection” is a condition that facilitates our ability to know more. Connectivism describes the new medium of learning in the digital age as “push and Pull”, the television and the book age only push their content at us, but the Web age is a combo of two in one, it combines the e one way of broadcast with the two-way interactive capacity of the new digital media that can “leverage your little effort in a big way”.
Connectivism had been described as the “learning theory for the digital age” Siemens, (2004).
Informal learning has become a very significant part of the learning that learners will be exposed to in their life time, learning now occurs anywhere and anytime in a variety of ways, the amount of information out there makes it even more difficult o manage. Technology is changing the way we learn and even the way we think, many of the learning processes previously explained by learning theories such as behaviourism, congnitivism and constructivism can now be supported by technology, using Siemens, (2004) words, “know-how and know what is being supplemented with know-where” , referring to where to find information in the digital age. Connectivism had altered the traditional way of learning and knowing. Siemens, (2004) described connetivism as the “integration of principles of explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization.” Learning is no longer entirely under the control of any individual, including the teachers. The roles of the teachers are now becoming more of regulators, models, and helpers, to help learners know where to draw the line and make a distinction between important and irrelevant details. In the digital world, learning and knowledge emerge in a diversity of opinions, there is always inclination towards knowing more than what we know now, and maintaining “connection” is a condition that facilitates our ability to know more. Connectivism describes the new medium of learning in the digital age as “push and Pull”, the television and the book age only push their content at us, but the Web age is a combo of two in one, it combines the e one way of broadcast with the two-way interactive capacity of the new digital media that can “leverage your little effort in a big way”.
