Talk:Connectivism

message: Of course everyone is entittled to a view on any subject. But describing a subject as an item in an encyclopedia is something different from discussing the content of an item and the validity of a --ism.
Not agreeing on connectivism is not a reason for deleting an item on connectivism. 16:35, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: wikipedia as a battlefield of views and beliefs?

message: The high drop-out rate of the Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course and others like it is being used as an argument against keeping the connectivism article as part of wikipedia.  First the course is free and open -- there is no commitment required.  Personally, I'm taking the course on a "best efforts basis".  Second, the course material and activities are set out as a smorgasbord, participants can participate as they are able.  Further, the underlying structure of the course encourages building connections allowing the participant to experience the connectivist process. Personally, I usually view the recordings of the presenters and weekly review.  Consequently, I am not counted as a participant.  Given that I haven't figured out or taken the time learn how to use the moodle forum replacement, I'm not likely to be counted.
Concerning the theory itself, I have problems with it.  I don't think building a network equates to learning.  Somehow a connection needs to be polled for the information residing there.  I don't understand how that happens.  However, I have learned a lot about learning theory and have been entertained by the discussions.  I think the purpose of a theory: valid, coherent, reasonable, original, or not is to promote discussion and thought.  The connectivist theory does that and is worthy of being a part of wikipedia.
Ljpother (talk) 21:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  My experience with CCK11 Connectivism and Connective Knowledge 

message: Anyone interested in improving the "connectivism" section on a related article on peer learning that I've been working on?  It's currently pretty minimal.  I know there's considerable discussion about research in e.g. Coursera that talks about how people help each other learn in the course: but I don't know specifics. Arided (talk) 21:16, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you User:InternetArchiveBot for fixing these links. The first link now works, though the second link does not, so I changed it to a working link at the publisher. FULBERT (talk) 13:29, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Request for contribution: Peer Learning/Connectivism

message: I see most posts on this Talk page are debating the validity of maintaining the "Connectivism" WP page. Under the assumption that it will at least be here for awhile, it seems the Lede Section could be improved. Dustcube's note about "turgid prose" is well-taken...the article needs to give background and context that goes beyond linking to other theories (that may be unfamiliar to most). I will try to add onto this area.Graphemie (talk) 02:39, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improving the Lede Section 

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replies: text: Thank you User:InternetArchiveBot for fixing these links. The first link now works, though the second link does not, so I changed it to a working link at the publisher. FULBERT (talk) 13:29, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
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