Hi Kerry,
Thanks for your response. “What is the desired outcome of Connectivism?” Great question!
I think each of us has our own answer, especially when it comes to informal learning. What are your passions? What interests you most? What makes you feel more confident, more competent, and more rewarding when learning in the network(s)? Could Connectivism help you in fulfilling your goals?
Most of us have been involved in our formal education for decades, and at times after graduation, we often found the skills that we have acquired are often not be good enough in tackling the challenges at work or in our daily life, especially at this time of great changes. So this new era of informal learning could stimulate us to be more connected to the networks, through our PLE/N or the Virtual Learning Environment, and the tools and media, that would help us to learn more effectively and efficiently as an individual or as a network, through sensemaking, wayfinding, skills building, and mutual sharing.
We could harvest our fruits of learning through such navigation, recognising of patterns of “knowledge” and thus develop a diverse area of interests that fulfill our curiosity to learn, and learning to be “a life long learner”- as part of our vision. We could also engage more deeply with the weak ties in this network, and broaden our perspectives as we reflect personally and together in the network in an open, autonomous manner.
We could also be inspired by each other’s enthusiasm in networking, to become our leaders of the future, to solve problems both individually and in the network, to support each other with the use of tools and media, and to be more connected in this world of networks. This will also help us in adding value to ourselves, our network(s), community and the social capital. A win-win to all.
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