Connectivism-the new ism

From:E-Pedagogy, by Bobby Elliott: www.scribd.com/doc/932164/E-Pedagogy Connectivism: George Siemens. "learning is the process that occurs when knowledge is transformed into something of meaning." data to information to knowledge to meaning. There are eight principles of connectivism: 1. learning and knowledge rest in diversity and opinion. 2. learning is a process of connecting specialised nodes of information sources. 3. learning may reside in non-human applicances. 4. capacity to know is more important than what is currently known. 5. maintaining connections is needed for continual learning. 6. ability to see connections between ideas and concepts is a key skill. 7. currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is vital in learning. 8. decision making is itself a learning process.