Pros and Cons of connectivism as a learning theory

It is a clear fact that nowadays knowledge is growing faster and with the spreading of information and communication technology, the dream of network learning has become a reality, at least technically, and now a vast amount of spontaneous knowledge exchange is possible. Younger and older learners need to generate new ideas and new products that are to be innovative. In this context, this study aims to explore the nature of Connectivism (Siemens, 2004) using available literature as a traditional qualitative method. The second issue is the advantages and disadvantages of Connectivism as it is concieved by the educationalists. For this, a focus group discussion was used to obtain data. The data obtained formed the following categories: Shortness of traditional theories, the tools of Connectivism, digital literacy, flexible learning time and ecenomc competetion, learning to learn, media psychology, need for expertise, dependence on electricity and available sources. Since half of what is known today was not known 10 years ago, there should be more researches about the use, benefits and drawbacks of Connectivism in the cotext of formal and informal lerning.