04.+Theories

Theories Goals: Differentiate Connectivism from other learning theories, such as Constructivism, Activity Theory, Actor Network Theory (ANT).

connective knowledge is grown, not builtconnectivism brings old ideas into new context Introduction to Learning Theories (Youtube)
 * 1) Behaviourism
 * 2) Cognitivism
 * 3) Humanism
 * 4) Constructivism
 * 5) Social Costructivism

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