connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks
Distributed knowledge adds a third major category to this domain, knowledge that could be described as connective
Social network analysis [SNA] is the mapping and measuring of relationships and flows between people, groups, organizations, computers, URLs, and other connected information/knowledge entities.
Including technology and connection making as learning activities begins to move learning theories into a digital age. We can no longer personally experience and acquire learning that we need to act. We derive our competence from forming connections
cquire basic skills for handling information abundance, have access to resources and tools (internet, blogs, wikis, aggregators)
This is a glossary of the current definition of terms used in Connectivism to help define how they are used, how they differ from the dictionary definitions and other learning theories.