Stay connected!

A learner is like a music note.It is a single sound but only when connected to other notes it creates a melody.

George Siemens (2005) states that, "Learning is no longer an internal, individualistic activity." Connectivism, his new theory of learning,  is a vision of learning in today's world. Siemens believes that, "The field of education has been slow to recognize both the impact of new learning tools and the environmental changes in what it means to learn. Connectivism provides insight into learning skills and tasks needed for learners to flourish in a digital era." 

 

In his video,The Network is the Learning, Siemens discuses importance of the connections that learners create with each other and with the other sources of knowledge. This changing and reforming network is the learning. In other words, the way we are connected to each other is responsible for our ability to stay current. How we dialog, how we stay in touch with our friends and family is essential to exchanging the most current information.  As Siemens says, "What we know today is not as important as ability to stay current."  On the other hand, how important is it that we incorporate all of our experiences, past included, into what we call knowledge.