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Does Artificial Neural Network Support Connectivism's Assumptions?
Connectivism was presented as a learning theory for the digital age and
connectivists claim that recent developments in Artificial Intelligence
(AI) and, more specifically, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) support
their assumptions of knowledge connectivity. Yet, very little has been
done to investigate this brave allegation. Does the advancement in
artificial neural network studies support connectivism’s assumptions?
And if yes, to what extent? This paper addresses the aforementioned
question by tackling the core concepts of ANN and matching them with
connectivist's assumptions. The study employed the qualitative content
analysis approach where the researcher started with purposely selected
and relatively small content samples in connectivism and ANN literature.
The results revealed that ANN partially supports connectivism’s
assumptions but this does not mean that other learning theories such as
behaviorism and constructivism are not supported as well. The findings
enlighten our understanding of connectivism and where it may be applied.
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learning theoryconnectivismconstructivismbehaviorismartificial neural networkANNneural networkartificial intelligenceAImachine learninge-learningonline learningdistance learningDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyEducational PsychologyEducational Technology and ComputingEducationHigher EducationLearning SciencesKnowledge Representation and Machine LearningNeuroscience
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