{"id":465,"date":"2014-09-26T15:50:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/?page_id=465"},"modified":"2022-01-19T17:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T17:59:34","slug":"connectivism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/connectivism\/","title":{"rendered":"Connectivism"},"content":{"rendered":"
Note from 04\/22\/14<\/b>:\u00a0 Stephen Downes recently published a succinct article on Connectivism as a Learning Theory<\/a> that is a great introduction to Connectivism (and very well written).<\/div>\n
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After my experiences co-teaching a Health Information Management class at Tacoma Community College a few years ago, I have been particularly interested in Connectivism. Connectivism is a new learning theory developed by George Siemens<\/a> and Stephen Downes<\/a>. I have some teaching experience in the k-12 system and there was a lot of emphasis on Constructivism and the work of Vygotsky. The same was true for a Masters program I completed at CSU, East Bay in education. There comes a point though where Constructivism is no longer able to account for how learning\u00a0occurs\u00a0in networks. Or how to account for the rapid changes in society, technology, and the rapid increase of information and connections.<\/p>\n

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The Connectivist Classroom<\/a><\/b>