A Learning Theory for the Digital Age

[Payampersa Management of Learning]

A Learning Theory for the Digital Age
In 2004, Canadian educator George Siemens published his thoughts on a
new learning theory he called Connectivism. It posits that the pipe is
more important than the content of the pipe. And it is based on these
principles:

Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions.
Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information
sources.
Learning may reside in non-human appliances.
Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known
Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate
continual learning.
Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and concepts is a
core skill.
Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all
connectivist learning activities.
Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn
and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a
shifting reality. While there is a right answer now, it may be wrong
tomorrow due to alterations in the information climate affecting the
decision.