Since human beings can no longer personally experience everything to learn what they need, they need to gain information from formed information. In George Siemens’ article, “Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age“ he used Karen Stephenson’ statement “Experience has long been considered the best teacher of knowledge. Since we cannot experience everything, other people’s experiences, and hence other people, become the surrogate for knowledge. ‘I store my knowledge in my friends’ is an axiom for collecting knowledge through collecting people (undated).” Therefore, focusing on connecting to formed information allows learners to learn more from the other people who have the knowledge of their field that they need or want to learn, especially in a digital era.
However, today, knowledge is growing exponentially and quickly. Therefore, in terms of learning in the theory of connectivism, the needed skills is to draw information outside of our primary knowledge through connection with techonology as well as to recognize whether information is important or not. That is why educators help learners how to access to more important information. In addition, George Siemens on the video clip “The Conflict of Learning Theories with Human Nature,“ he mentioned that "educators need to find a way to help learners to express their own ideas so that they are able to communicate with the other people." In digital era, as a educator, it is important what to teach, but, at the same time, it is also important to teach how to learn from the other people through connection and use technology to assess to the people in the world.
However, today, knowledge is growing exponentially and quickly. Therefore, in terms of learning in the theory of connectivism, the needed skills is to draw information outside of our primary knowledge through connection with techonology as well as to recognize whether information is important or not. That is why educators help learners how to access to more important information. In addition, George Siemens on the video clip “The Conflict of Learning Theories with Human Nature,“ he mentioned that "educators need to find a way to help learners to express their own ideas so that they are able to communicate with the other people." In digital era, as a educator, it is important what to teach, but, at the same time, it is also important to teach how to learn from the other people through connection and use technology to assess to the people in the world.
Resources:
http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan_05/article01.htmSiemens, G. (2005, January). Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, Retrieved November 20, 2005
The Conflict of Learning Theories with Human Nature (4:13 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTgWt4Uzr54&feature=PlayList&p=3E43054A8703F57A&index=2 Retrieved January 10, 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectivism
I think that you have grasped one of the most important responsibilities of teachers today. You phrased it this way: It is also important to teach how to learn from the other people through connection and use technology to assess to the people in the world.
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