Connectivism and networked learning

Abstract

Connectivism has been proposed as a theoretical framework to help ODE researchers and practitioners develop a better understanding of the dynamics and opportunities of the socio-technical context for networked learning. This chapter first reviews such long-standing learning theories as behaviorism, cognitivism and constructivism and their limitations for understanding and developing recent networked ODE. It then introduces connectivism including its development, key concepts, strengths and weaknesses, and analyses recent studies and practices applying connectivism in networked learning contexts such as MOOCs. The chapter concludes with directions for future research.