Connectvism is the view that knowledge and cogniton are distributed across networks of people and technology and learning is the process of connectng, growing, and navigatng those networks.

An approach to studying intelligence and to creating intelligent solutions to problems. Connectionism is based on storing problem-solving knowledge as a pattern of connections among a very large number of simple processing units operating in parallel.

The idea that learning now relates primarily to the ability to access and use distributed information on a ‘just-in-time’ basis. Rather than knowing and retaining information on a long-term basis, connectivism describes how individuals develop personal, meaningful networks of learning. From this perspective, ‘learning’ can be seen as an individual’s ability to connect to specialised information nodes and sources when required. Similarly, being ‘knowledgeable’ can be seen as the ability to nurture and maintain these connections.