8:30 – 9:30
Connectivism
Some questions to explore in relation to learning theories and the impact of technology and new sciences (chaos and networks) on learning:
- How are learning theories impacted when knowledge is no longer acquired in the linear manner?
- What adjustments need to made with learning theories when technology performs many of the cognitive operations previously performed by learners (information storage and retrieval).
- How can we continue to stay current in a rapidly evolving information ecology?
- How do learning theories address moments where performance is needed in the absence of complete understanding?
- What is the impact of networks and complexity theories on learning?
- What is the impact of chaos as a complex pattern recognition process on learning?
- With increased recognition of interconnections in differing fields of knowledge, how are systems and ecology theories perceived in light of learning tasks?
Principles of connectivism:
- 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.
- Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known
- Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning.
- Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and concepts is a core skill.
- Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities.
- Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality. While there is a right answer now, it may be wrong tomorrow due to alterations in the information climate affecting the decision.
Reflection
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Evidence-Based Practices Report – ED.gov
Stages of Technology Use
Ruben R. Puentedura’s SAMR Model
Tech Generations
Content Overload vs. Filter Failure:
What are the skills needed by students to be successful in a fast-paced, changing world?
Google A Day
Google Search Posters
Google Scholar
Google News
Search Lesson for K-2
Search Lesson for 3-5
Search Lesson for 6-8
Search Lesson for 9-12
15 Minute Activity
Bloom’s Revised HOTS for Technology
Technology is more than a tool
Lecture as Content Delivery is Dead
Further Readings:
Educase – 7 things to know about the flip
Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation
Cell Phone Activations Hit 5 Billion Worldwide
New Words Added to Oxford Dictionary
What Google and Facebook are hiding
Technology as a skill not a tool
Reach – Jeff Utecht – FREE Book!