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This infographic outlines the learning theory pioneered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes. Via Beth Dichter 
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Monica Lamelas's curator insight,
March 27, 2013 11:23 PM
This will help us as we transition from a primarily face-to-face training service to providing more online options for our students. 
Ken Morrison's comment,
July 8, 2013 10:20 PM
Hi Monica. Thank you for following my topic and welcome to Scoop.it. It looks like you are off to a great start. My advice for all new curators is to create a tagging system and tag all posts. It helps you find your old posts, it helps your visitors, and Scoop.it will reward you with a high score. Good luck.
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This is the new buzz world this year in our schools. But, is it really new or is it just integrating the computer lab into the classroom? Or is it doing what some of the best teachers already do? T... Via Elizabeth E Charles
Lena Leirdal's curator insight,
August 30, 2014 6:45 AM
27 ways to become a better 21st century teacher. Many interesting aspects, and I believe many teachers already follow many of these. However, some reminders are always useful and inspirational! I particularly like the suggestion to participate in conference calls around the world with your class. Or perhaps follow a MOOC, either with you students or to develop your own teaching further?
(Check out this MOOC (in Norwegian) about smart learning http://www.mooc.no/course/smart-laering-2/) |
Have you wondered what connectivism is? This infographic, using information from Stephen Downes and George Siemens provides this definition for connectivism:
"...the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to connect and traverse those networks."
What are the 8 principles? They are listed below but you will find much more information in the infographic.
1. Learning and knowledge rest in a diversity of opinions
2. Learning is the process of connecting specialized nodes
3. Learning may reside in non-human appliances
4. Capacity to know is more important than what is currently known
5. Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning
6. The ability to define connections between concepts is important
7. Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities
8. Decision-making is a learning process as information can change and what is viewed as correct one day may be incorrect the next
The second part of this infographic focuses on What Does an Online Connectist Course Look Like?
There is much information to be found in this lengthy infographic. It also includes a list of works consulted.