Connectivism in the Social History of Educational Technologies
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This article analyzes Siemens and Downs' (2005-2008) connectivism as a learning concept formulated during the spread of Web 2.0 technologies. Based on an analysis of primary sources and research on the CCK08 course, the architecture of connectivist learning is described: a decentralized network of individual blogs, RSS content aggregation, and the ARRFF pedagogical model. The study reconstructs the conceptual sources of connectivism in cybernetics, connectionism, and economic theories of distributed knowledge. The work positions connectivism as an attempt at theoretical understanding of network forms of learning in the context of digital technologies.
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Keywords: connectivism, social history of educational technologies, network learning, Web 2.0, MOOC, digital transformation of education, distance learning.
Publication rubric: Digital Transformation and Online Education: Technologies, Tools and Models
Article type: theses
For citation: Ashirov A.A. Connectivism in the Social History of Educational Technologies [Elektronnyi resurs]. Digital Humanities and Technology in Education (DHTE 2025): Collection of Articles of the VI International Scientific and Practical Conference. November 13-14, 2025 / V.V. Rubtsov, M.G. Sorokova, N.P. Radchikova (Eds). Moscow: Publishing house MSUPE, 2025,., pp. 41–55.
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