Connectivism: Concepts and Principles for Emerging Learning Networks. The 1st

As social technologies continue to expand in influence, they are reshaping not only the learners ’ needs, but also the theories and principles of learning processes design: learning models that have served previous generations are replaced for greater relevance to present’s needs. Connectivism views learning as a network creation process, and look at how we might provide 'learning ecologies ' to meet the learners ’ needs. The main connectivist concepts and principles will be further discuss in this paper, allowing us to examine the extent they can instruct designers to create and foster effective learning ecologies