What is A Learner Like???

An iphone

A learner is like an iphone. Why do I say like? After I read the article "Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age"about connetivisim, I realized that our world is developing in an amazing speed nowadays. Learners do not just learn from the field that they are interested in, but they absorb a variety of knowledge and enhance their experience through a wide range of field. Iphone is one of the tremendous technological products now. The iphone was invented from the first generation to the fourth generation and it will continue growing and be added more and more tools as well as functions in one technological product. Like human beings, learners keep learning the new things and knowledge from different aspects. We discard the old beliefs or get rid of obsolete knowledge. Then, we continue to update our brain with the latest information. As the author stated that “One of the most persuasive factors is the shrinking half-life of knowledge. That is the time span from when knowledge is gained to when it becomes obsolete. The amount of knowledge in the world has doubled in the past 10 years and is doubling every 18 months (Siemens,2011)

Moreover, Siemens brings up a point that another related connection to the connectivism is technology. In the video The Network is the Learning gave the explanation that "If I'm not continually learning, I'm becoming obsolete in my particular field. A network continually evolves and continually re-forms itself. So when I talk about the network as the learning, I'm essentially referring to that construct that we as individuals that enables us to stay current and to continue to learn" The technology create a bridge for people to connect to each other. And the network makes it possible for people to reinforce their knowledge efficiently and effectively. For our future, people’s needed is more important than what they possess and our world and knowledge would continue evolving and growing.