Architectonics: the philosophical tradition of building and relating meaning, knowledge, and experience¶

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Description¶

Architectonics is presented as a concept permeating the Western philosophical tradition, defined by Holquist as "the science of relations" and by the article as "a means of contemplating the various ways that we build and relate meaning, knowledge, and experiences in all aspects of life, especially in education." The article uses it as the master framework within which constructivist learning theories, including connectivism, are rooted. Kant's system-building, Peirce's continuity, Bakhtin's dialogism, Kristeva's intertextuality, and Nelson's hypertextuality are all treated as iterations of this one architectonic system of ideas.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Understanding connectivism's theoretical foundations requires situating it within this larger architectonic genealogy rather than reading theorists in isolation

Constraints¶

• The article treats architectonics as a philosophical metaphor for systematic relations, not as an empirically tested instructional model

Target Learners¶

• higher education students and educators in online education

Target Learning Objectives¶

• understanding the philosophical foundations of connectivism and network learning

Claims¶

• Connectivism is an iteration of architectonic/constructivist thought rather than a new theory of learning [+W]

Related Theories¶

• Anderson's six modes of interaction as an architectonic model of online education
• Peircean architectonics as an interdisciplinary paradigm organized by triadic logic
• Dialogism, intertextuality, and hypertextuality: the language-centered genealogy leading to connectivism
• Three metaphors of time in knowledge organization systems: architectonic, ouroboric, and lachesic
• Dialogism: Bakhtin's dialogic reconceptualization of architectonics as a philosophy of interrelations mediated by language and texts
• Kantian architectonics: a theory of the systematic, constructivist organization of relations in cognition and higher education
• The Kantian Effect: a metaphor and paradigm linking intertextuality and interdisciplinarity through four dialogic principles
• Dialogism: the relation of one utterance to other utterances as the context informing all writing

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Dennis, J. (2020). Languaging Network Learning: The Emergence of Connectivism in Architectonic Thought. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 21(3). https://www.irrodl.org/. doi:10.19173/irrodl.v21i3.4718