Networked learning and connectivism - Transforming Digital Learning - Deakin University

As we’ve seen, technological advancement has been facilitating new ways of accessing information, which in turn, is enabling new and varied ways of learning. According to the influential educator and researcher, George Siemens, ‘our ability to learn what we need for tomorrow is more important than what we know today’. Following more well-known learning theories such as behaviourism, cognitivism and constructivism, Siemens (2005) proposed Connectivism – a ground-breaking theory of learning based on the idea of networks and connectivity within the web. Siemens’ work presaged the invention of MOOCs – a term coined by Dave Cormier in 2008 – which subsequently shook formal education to its core with its open and networked approach to online learning. Connectivist theory is underpinned by eight principles: Connectivism provides a useful lens for thinking about how networks, digital technologies and humans interact and how this intersection leads to learning in a digital age. As we’ll explore

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