The four-step connectivism learning model: aggregating, remixing, repurposing, feed forward¶

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Description¶

The survey reports a connectivist methodology for learning described by Kultawanicha, Koraneekija, and Na-Songkhlaa (2015): "the model of connectivism learning consists of 4 steps including: (1) Aggregating, (2) Remixing, (3) Repurposing, and (4) Feed Forward". The author characterizes this as a model of network formation rather than a model of knowledge acquisition, in which students need to experience the continuous need to make new connections, whether to resources or to people. It operationalizes connectivism's view that learning lies in the external network rather than solely in internal knowledge construction.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Continuous need for learners to make new connections to resources or people
• Networked learning environments with accessible resources and people to connect with

Constraints¶

• The author notes it is a model of network formation rather than knowledge acquisition, so it does not by itself account for internal conceptual knowledge

Target Learners¶

• undergraduate students in networked learning environments

Target Learning Objectives¶

• information literacy
• network formation and connection-making

Claims¶

• Connectivism Network Theory Framework [+M]

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Key Sources¶

• Downes, S. (2019). Recent Work in Connectivism. European Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 22(2). https://www.eurodl.org/