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The learning concept of connectivism understands learning according to the following eight principles [5. See Connectivism. (2013, July 2). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:20, July 15, 2013]:

 

  • 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: learning can rest in a community, a network, or a database.
  • Learning is more critical than knowing.
  • Maintaining and nurturing connections is needed to facilitate continual learning.
  • Perceiving connections between fields, ideas and concepts is a core skill.
  • Currency – as accurate, up-to-date knowledge – is the intent of learning activities.
  • Decision-making is in itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality.

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