A leaner is like a board of a boat. Boards join together to across the river and arrive the destination. Small number of boards may also can get us across the river but you never know what part of boat is leaking and may lead to danger in future. While with more boards and larger boat, you may arrive the destination loaded with much more treasures. If just one board, it will be lost in the river--no direction and can carry nothing to anywhere. That is what I realized from the Connectivism: A Learning Theory for a Digital Age. In this article,Siemens posits that Our small world networks are generally populated with people whose interests and knowledge are similar to ours. Finding a new job, as an example, often occurs through weak ties. This principle has great merit in the notion of serendipity, innovation, and creativity. That is to say, more boards can create more treasures.
I also agree with one point in his video The Network is the Learning. It says that the network is learning, the way we connect to either individuals is largely responsible for our ability to continue to stay current in the future. What I know nowadays is not as much as important as my ability to stay current since knowledge change rapidly. It is true that if i am not continue learning, i will become obsolete in my particular field or within a particular knowledge space. Network enable us to get in touch with individuals in similar field around the world, no matter in Canada, US or China. Since the time span from when knowledge is gained to when it becomes obsolete is shorter and shorter now, the ability of know how to gain knowledge surely act a foundation part of our learning.
Yes, connectivity is the key to learning.
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