Module 4: ConnectivismParksJ

Connectivism



MindMap

How has your network changed the way you learn?

• Learning through the resources listed on my mind map has increased my attention to details, concepts, and presentation.  Each resource listed has bridged the gap between various learners and learning style.  As teachers and educators, each of these tools have given new meaning to creating a learning environment that encourages students actively and creatively become more involved in learning through out of the box interaction.  Each of these tools promotes teaching, learning, and effective presentation. It is no longer about the educator/teacher feeding; but, it is about us all feeding, gathering, creating, and disseminating equally.  The resources listed on this Mindmap encourage and promote creative thinking, learning, sharing, and doing. 

Which digital tools best facilitate learning for you?

·        Siemens (2006) believes whether utilizing online tools and techniques, or participating in a physical environment, the capacity for effective knowledge flow, optimal opportunities for connection, recombination, and re-creation is vital to the success of total integration of new knowledge and understanding. During this course, an opportunity to use the following learning tools such as blogs, wikis, Walden University writing center, and the discussion boards that are interactive, challenging and facilitate learning.

How do you learn new knowledge when you have questions?

• Expanding and making sense of new knowledge is enhanced through google searches, yahoo groups, reading blogs, and following up with research to get additional clarity.

 References:

Bayne, G. (Producer). (2008, January 29). Connectivism [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/ELIPodcastConnectivism/167445

Kop, R., & Hill, A. (2008). Connectivism: Learning theory of the future or vestige of the past? International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 9(3), 1–13.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Education Research Complete database.

Siemens, G. (2006). Knowing knowledge. Retrieved from http://www.Lulu.com.
Siemens, G. (2006). Knowing Knowledge. Copyright 2006 by George Siemens. Used by permission.