elearnspace. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age - 2 views
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John Seely Brown presents an interesting notion that the internet leverages the small efforts of many with the large efforts of few.
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Leo de Carvalho on 24 Apr 11Few add value to knowledge
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The central premise is that connections created with unusual nodes supports and intensifies existing large effort activities.
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many support few
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Behaviorism, 4cognitivism, and constructivism are the three broad learning 1theories most often utilized in the creation of instructional environments. These theories, however, were developed in a time when learning was not impacted through technology. Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how we live, how we communicate, and how we learn. 1Learning needs and theories that describe learning principles and processes, should be reflective of underlying social environments. Vaill emphasizes that "learning must be a way of being - an ongoing set of attitudes and actions by individuals and groups that they employ to try to keep abreast o the surprising, novel, messy, obtrusive, recurring events…" (1996, p.42).
