Educational BloggingNovember 16, 2006 8:42 am
Discussion on Connectivism in the American Blogosphere
There’s an interesting discussion going on whether George Siemens’ Connectivism is indeed a learning theory or just another pedagogy. Verhagen from the University of Twente reviewed
Siemens’ article from 2004 and made three points which Siemens himself summed up again:Stephen Downes summed up Siemens main argument concerning the last point, so you might just as well go on reading here.Source: Connectivism: Learning theory or Past Time of the Self-Amused by George Siemens (connected blog post: Externalizing Knowledge)
- Is connectivism a learning theory or a pedagogy?
- The principles advocated by connectivism are present in other learning theories as well.
- Can learning reside in non-human appliances?
