Psychopedagogical Predecessors of Connectivism as a New Paradigm of Learning

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Psychopedagogical Predecessors of Connectivism as a New Paradigm of Learning
Roberto Sánchez Cabrero, Óscar Costa Román, International Journal of Educational Excellence, 2019/03/04
The proposition advanced in this paper is that since connectivism draws on a number of precedent concepts, which are listed by the authors, it follows that connectivism should be seen as a new theory of learning. "This theoretical approach means an evolution from the existing theoretical knowledge instead of a real theoretical revolution, as it was stated in the initial thesis," write the authors. But there's a difference between drawing on previous theories, including the adoption of their explanatory framework, and drawing on them and offering a new explanation for what came before. More...