A critical look at 'Connectivism'
According to George Siemens(Walden University, LLC, n.d), adults have an abundance of information that needs to be distributed. This idea is further backed by Davis et al.(2008), who note that we cannot learn everything personally. Adult learning is about connecting ideas and seeing relevant patterns from unrelated and diverse contents (Davis et al. 2005). Getting information from various sources has improved my ability to make these connections, make choices of what information is relevant at a particular time, and discard information when it becomes outdated. It has also served best at providing and maintaining information flow which is an essential factor in learning (Siemens, 2005). It is no news that technology has significantly influenced the half-life of information(Davis et al. 2008) as information relevant today may quickly become irrelevant tomorrow as new information is rendered available enabled by technology. Some digital tools that have facilitated learning are Wh...