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Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how we live, how we communicate, and how we learn. We derive our abilities by forming connections between things - chaos states that the meaning exists – the learner's challenge is to recognize the patterns which appear to be hidden; meaning-making and forming connections between specialized communities are important (and necessary) activities.

George Siemens developed a theory called connectivism which is a combination of principles explored by chaos, network, complexity, and self-organization theories. Learning is a process that occurs within a variety of environments that constantly shifts. Look at the explosion of social networking - the fact that my internet favorites are cross-referenced with a community across the world is mind-blowing. I am linked to others that think similarity or have similar interests. It is freakishly scary and intriguing at the same time.

It's all about connecting the dots.*

I'm in the midst of a major dot-connecting project: comps. Twenty-six days ago I had no idea I would feel the way I do today; there's been a shift in my thought process as I become more conscious about the connections that enable us to learn more are more important than our current state of knowing.



*The design of this blog was chosen for that very reason.