This document discusses how connectivism views learning through networks. It states that learning networks allow people to both obtain information and participate in problem solving experiences, where knowledge is acquired. Wikis best facilitate learning by allowing active participation in a learning community where information can be shared, commented on, and expanded to work towards solving problems. Questioning and collaborating with a diverse online community provides experiences that lead to new knowledge.
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RUNNING HEAD: MODULE 4 BLOG ASSIGNMENT
Michael Holmes
May 2, 2010
Module 4: Blog Assignment
Walden University
2. One of the Central Concepts of connectivism is that people learn through the networks they construct to
obtain knowledge. These networks that I have formed have changed the way I learn to not only allow me to
obtain information but to participate in problem solving experiences. These experiences are where the
acquisition of knowledge comes from. In a sense learning networks not only provide information such as a
search engine but they allow one to gain experience.
Wikis best facilitate learning for me by giving me the ability to be an active participant in a learning
community. In this wiki I can share post with my learning community and others. Here they can comment,
expand, or take away from information that I have provided. This information can be pieces of a puzzle where
everyone within the learning community is contributing to work towards a finished product that may solve a
problem.
New knowledge comes from the experience of working through problems by having questions. That is
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another great reason for the on-line learning community. You can collaborate with people from many different
geographic locations and many different walks of life. This diversity allows you to get questions answered and
also answer some questions that others may have. At the end of this process, you have now been there and done
that which is experience. This experience you just underwent has given you new knowledge.
