When I reflect on the “connectivism” of my learning process
I found that learning requires more than just exposure to the content but then
the knowledge of what to do with the content exposed. The network visually allows me to understand
the pathway to “doing” which enables me to learn. In our resources, George Siemens explains that
decision making is a form of learning (style or platform) which best describes
my cognitive network (2008). The best tool I use to facilitate important
decisions professionally is the mobile phone and personally the laptop. I gain my knowledge from the World Wide Web
when I have a question about anything.
For example, my 4 month old is teething and I needed to know how much
ibuprofen to give him. I went to
google.com and place a question in the search box and found that at his age the
dosage is determined by his weight not his age.
My personal learning supports the central tenets of connectivism because
it all ties together into one complex learning experience. Through the electronic sources personally, I
am able to connect, nuture and maintain communication with people all around
the world. I used Siemens six principles
of connectivism to provide a clearer explanation (strategy or plan) (2008).
- Learning is a process of connecting
specialized nodes or information sources (face book, twitter and Skype).
- Learning may reside in non-human appliances (laptop, mobile device, kindle, digital
camera).
- Capacity to know more is more critical than
what is currently known (researching
World Wide Web and textbooks).
- Nurturing and maintaining connections is
needed to facilitate continual learning.
- Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and concepts is a core skill.
- Learning and knowledge rest in diversity of opinions.
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