Perkov's blog re new teaching technologies

Writing to you from Italy.  Being a country with a developed economy and technologies, Italy has several internet providers and mobile operators. One of them, Iliad, offers a great deal: unlimited calls/SMS + 150 GB 5G internet for only 10 euros.  I am here to visit my PhD coordinator. Since all lectures and seminars at the University of Pisa (UNIPI) are online at the moment, I had no other way to attend them rather than doing so via PC or my phone. I purchased Iliad's sim card and got extreme speed connectivity across my whole travel.  PhD department at UNIPI informed all students about the "code of good behavior" every student should stick to. A lecturer has a right to mark any student as ''absent" in case he/she is not using a webcam during eh class. Therefore, all students should constantly be visible to the professor.  The 5G speed is so insane here, so I am participating in discussions and "streaming my face" to the classroom in HD quality. Me...

While studying PGCERT (Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning), I have covered many popular teaching and learning theories such as behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism. However, I have not heard about Connectivism till the recent time when I joined the LTEP module (part of MALT course) as a student.  This post will include the author's review and comments on the article written by George Siemens.  The article  describes the theory of Connectivism. This theory began actively discussed in the blogs in 2005, leading to an expansion of the discourse around the term "connectivism" as a new theory of learning. Moreover, there were two reasons indicating the need for a new theory:  * The first one is the need to replace old theories that no longer correspond to modern trends and realities.  * The second is the need to combine old theories without discarding them since "old" theories individually can no longer be a good explanation for many things goi...