Knowra Connectivism Connectivism Connectivism is a learning theory that describes learning as forming and navigating connections among people, information sources, and digital resources. It treats the ability to find and maintain useful connections as central to knowing.
Networked learning : Learning that occurs through relationships among people, resources, and digital technologies. Connectivism explains networked learning as the formation and navigation of knowledge connections.
George Siemens : A Canadian scholar known for developing connectivism and research on learning in digital environments. Siemens formulated connectivism and published an influential early account of the theory.
Learning theory : A framework describing how learning occurs and how it can be understood or supported. Connectivism is one account within the broader study of learning.
Behaviorism : A psychological approach that explains learning through observable behavior and its relation to environmental stimuli. Connectivism centers changing networks rather than learned stimulus-response patterns.
Connectivist MOOC : An open online course organized around learner connections, distributed resources, and network participation. The format puts connectivist principles into practice through self-directed, networked activity.
Distributed cognition : An approach that treats thinking as spread across people, tools, and environments. Both accounts locate some knowing beyond an individual's mind.
Stephen Downes : A Canadian researcher and writer on online learning, networks, and educational technology. Downes developed a complementary account of networked knowledge and connectivist learning.
Social network : A structure of relationships linking people, groups, or other entities. Human relationships form part of the networks through which connectivism locates knowledge.
Cognitivism : An approach to learning that studies mental processes such as memory, attention, and problem-solving. Connectivism shifts emphasis from internal information processing to connections across networks.
Digital pedagogy : The theory and practice of teaching with digital technologies and online environments. Connectivism informs teaching designs that prioritize networks, openness, and learner agency.
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