HOW MY CONNECTIONS FACILITATE LEARNING

Actually, I have learnt in a face to face classroom situation throughout my lifetime before joining the Walden University. I used only internet as a technological tool to browse websites which are helpful me to find out new knowledge in the world.When I was learning at school and universities I used to participate for lectures and wrote down notes. But now, after joining the online course conducted by the Walden University I connect with variety of networks that I have never used before. I think in this 21st century, the technology rich society, we must think about how do we learn.


When I am going to rank my best facilitate digital tools the list is started from Internet and as a search engine Google. In this information era information is the main factor. So, I think Google is enriched with more than 8 billions of URLs and represents the most comprehensive collection of the most useful web pages on the Internet. Secondly I would like to list out Walden University library and its variety of facilities.


Every learner must gain new knowledge within few seconds. When I need to find out something new I usually use google search. If I do not know the way how to solve a particular problem, I must plug or connect with that information resource. To do this I must know where the new knowledge is available. It is the need of future world.

According to Siemens, connectivism is presented as a learning theory that integrates technology, social networks and information. All of my network connections based on some kind of technology is related with the principles of connectivism.

Behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism are the three broad learning theories most often utilized in the creation of instructional environments. These theories, developed in a time when learning was not impacted through technology. Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how we live, how we communicate, and how we learn. Connectivism provides insight into learning skills and tasks needed for learners to flourish in a digital era. http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan_05/article01.htm


References:
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Connectivism
http://www.connectivism.ca/