Connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning (‣) consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks.

Some principles:

• Learning and knowledge rest in the Diversity of opinions: see Diversity of thought through challenge questions.
• Decision-making is a learning process: see ‣.
• ‣: personal learning, not personalised learning.

Practices:

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See also Learning network design principles.

Related:

• Humans learn only within reference frames
• Brain learns mainly by forming new synapses; synaptic signals are almost binary

Contra:

• ‣ - distinguishes distributed, “connectivistic” representations from other forms.

References

https://www.downes.ca/presentation/547