Mod 3-Connectivism

After thinking long and hard, I finally realized that if I could compare a learner in today's world with anything, the answer is simple: a chameleon. I say this because like a chameleon, the learner is constantly changing and tweaking ideas because of his/her environment. We need to adapt the way we learn and what we learn to a changing world to fit the circumstances of the workplace, or in everyday life, for example. Siemens said it well in his idea of connectivism when he stated:

"Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality. While there is a right answer now, it may be wrong tomorrow due to alterations in the information climate affecting the decision."

A chameleon needs to change its colors depending on its environment in order to survive. For our survival, we need to make crucial decisions as to how we learn material because of constant change. If, for example, tomorrow the internet was completely obsolete and we still needed incoming information. The lens is "shifted" and we would have to decide how to adapt to that. We learn essentially through the decisions we need to make, and therefore are adapting to the fickle environment of today.