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Editor’s Note: This is a milestone article that deserves careful study. Connectivism should not be con fused with constructivism. George Siemens advances a theory of learning that is consistent with the needs of the twenty first century. His theory takes into account trends in learning, the use of technology and networks, and the diminishing half-life of knowledge. It combines relevant elements of many learning theories, social structures, and technology to create a powerful theoretical construct for learning in the digital age. George Siemens Introduction Behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism are the three broad learning theories most often utilized in the creation of instructional environments. Learners as little as forty years ago would complete the required schooling and enter a career that would often last a lifetime. “One of the most persuasive factors is the shrinking half-life of knowledge. Some significant trends in learning: Background An Alternative Theory Connectivism

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Origins of the Term 'Personal Learning Network' I intended this to be a comment to Dave Warlick's post on the subject, but his comment system won't accept my submission. I think that this post shows the futility of anyone trying to claim credit for the term. I have found a reference to a 'personal learning network' in a document dates April 8, 2000, by the Treasury Board Secretariat, Government of Canada. This use, although dates, is consistent with uses of the term today.

Connectivism et enaction...mon cheminement Quand j'ai commencé à travailler sur le concept d'énaction de Francisco Varela, il y a eu un moment de profonds questionnements pour moi...j'ai eu le sentiment que les repères sur lesquels je m'appuyais tombaient les uns après les autres...un peu comme si je vacillais mentalement...presque physiquement d'ailleurs...impossible de dormir pendant près de deux semaines ! Ce qui émergeait pour moi à ce moment là, c'était l'idée qu'aucun modèle pré-existant n'est indispensable à la construction de mes propres représentations....c'était l'idée que l'on peut apprendre de façon autonome dans un couplage permanent au monde...coup de tonnerre dans mon ciel ! Cette idée s'imposait comme une évidence et tous mes repérages se déplaçaient et prenaient sens autour de cette approche...je ne maîtrisais rien et cela se faisait...il faut dire aussi que ce concept résonnait largement avec ma pratique et trouvait là sa cohérence !

Pourquoi certaines équipes sont-elles plus intelligentes que les autres ? Anita Wooley, spécialiste de l’étude des comportements de groupes, Thomas Malone, directeur du Centre pour l’intelligence collective du MIT et le psychologue Christopher Chabris, nous expliquent dans une tribune pour le New York Times ce qui fait la qualité d’un groupe sur un autre. Pour cela, ils convoquent une étude de 2010 menée par Alex Pentland du MIT (cf. « Big Data : vers l’ingénierie sociale ? ») qui montrait que certaines équipes réussissaient mieux que d’autres, même si elles n’étaient pas spécialistes des sujets qu’elles devaient traiter. La qualité d’une équipe ne repose donc pas tant sur l’intelligence de chacun de ses membres que sur sa capacité à faire équipe (enfin, pour autant que la tâche à réaliser nécessite une collaboration profonde pas seulement de résoudre un problème précis : si vous demandez à un groupe de résoudre un calcul différentiel, il vaudrait mieux qu’il y a ait des mathématiciens autour de la table !). Hubert Guillaud

User:Shelly Terrell/Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) "For the first in history, we know now how to store virtually all humanity's most important information and make it available, almost instantly, in almost any form, to almost anyone on earth. We also know how to do that in great new ways so that people can interact with it , and learn from it." One aspect is that the learner contributes and derives knowledge in a PLE through various nodes. [1] In this way, the learner chooses which PLEs, VLEs, and social mediums to build a PLN. An Introduction to Neural Networks Prof. Leslie Smith Centre for Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Department of Computing and Mathematics University of Stirling. lss@cs.stir.ac.uk last major update: 25 October 1996: minor update 22 April 1998 and 12 Sept 2001: links updated (they were out of date) 12 Sept 2001; fix to math font (thanks Sietse Brouwer) 2 April 2003 This document is a roughly HTML-ised version of a talk given at the NSYN meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 28 February 1996, then updated a few times in response to comments received. Please email me comments, but remember that this was originally just the slides from an introductory talk!

Le modèle de co-construction de savoirs : un enjeu d'innovation pour les bibliothèques ? (3/3) Par Pascal Desfarges Nous achevons cette réflexion sur la nouvelle figure de "bibliothèque spéculative" et les enjeux d'innovation et de co-construction des savoirs qu'elle porte pour les bibliothèques par ce troisième et dernier épisode. Au terme de son analyse, Pascal Desfarges, spécialiste des territoires et de la médiation numérique, explicite quels sont les points de convergence et de vitalité entre un modèle culturel alternatif, celui des tiers-lieux de fabrication et le modèle institutionnel en pleine mutation des bibliothèques. « Un Fablab dans la bibliothèque » : potentialités et convergence Le tiers-lieu de fabrication est un laboratoire social où s’expérimentent et se réalisent des projets dans une conception centrée sur l’utilisateur et ses usages.

Shelly Terrell: Global Netweaver, Curator, PLN Builder When I started using social media in the classroom, I looked for and began to learn from more experienced educators. First, I read and then tried to comment usefully on their blog posts and tweets. When I began to understand who knew what in the world of social media in education, I narrowed my focus to the most knowledgeable and adventurous among them. I paid attention to the people the savviest social media educators paid attention to. I added and subtracted voices from my attention network, listened and followed, then commented and opened conversations.

A Non-Mathematical Introduction to Using Neural Networks The goal of this article is to help you understand what a neural network is, and how it is used. Most people, even non-programmers, have heard of neural networks. There are many science fiction overtones associated with them. And like many things, sci-fi writers have created a vast, but somewhat inaccurate, public idea of what a neural network is. Most laypeople think of neural networks as a sort of artificial brain. Les 10 compétences-clés du monde de demain Aucun doute, le futur nous intéresse. Et comme le dit Woody Allen, nous avons plutôt intérêt… puisque c’est là que nous allons passer le reste de notre vie. Le Peoplesphere de février 2016 vous emmène dans les méandres des impacts de l’évolution socio-démographique sur nos organisations à l’horizon 2030. Le Forum Economique Mondial quant à lui a publié ce 10 mars un article particulièrement intéressant sur les compétences-clés dans le monde de demain.

Survival Tips for Building a PLN For the past 4 years, I have researched the what, who, how, and why of Personal/Professional/ Passionate Learning Networks (PLNs). We have seen the benefits of the people we choose to connect, collaborate, and problem solve with through social media. The educators, subject matter experts (SMEs), authors, and mentors we choose to derive knowledge from help us self-reflect on our methodologies and beliefs. They support us, remember our birthdays, celebrate our accomplishments, and stir within us a passion to improve the status quo. Within one year of connecting with a PLN, I jump started many projects at my school and in the past 5 years I’ve organized many free incredible professional development events with the help of my PLN.

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A Simple Guide on The Use of Hashtag for Teachers Chris Messana was the first guy to share a tweet containing a hashtag back on August of 2008. Since then, hashtags have become the most popular communicational medium of choice for television shows, political campaigns, educational news and updates, commercials, and also an icon of the 21st century pop culture. So, what is a hashtag ? Here is what Twitter said about it : " The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. Hashtags are a great way to build community around content." Who can use Hashtags?

Teachers Teaching Teachers, on Twitter: Q. and A. on 'Edchats' A screenshot from TweetDeck showing, left, a recent #Edchat stream and, right, the #Engchat stream at the same time. Like other groups with shared interests, from epidemiologists to James Joyce fans to locked-out N.F.L. players, teachers are turning to Twitter to collaborate, share resources and offer each other support. Many, in fact, are using it to take professional development into their own hands, 140 characters at a time. Each week, thousands of teachers participate in scheduled Twitter “chats” around a particular subject area or type of student. Math teachers meet on Mondays, for instance, while science discussions happen on Tuesdays, new teachers gather on Wednesdays and teachers working with sixth graders meet Thursdays.

The Ultimate Hashtag Guide for English Language Teachers Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include the 2017 conference hashtags. “Thanks to Twitter, the hashtag has become an important linguistic shortcut.”—Lindsay Zoladz (Pitchfork, 2014) On the web, millions of teachers worldwide connect to share support and resources. If you are in search of activities, resources, or support for a lesson, then you’ll want to know where these teachers share ideas online. Hashtags, the words you see around the web with number (#) signs in front of them, are the key to finding and sharing resources online.

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