Connected active learning amidst the chaos of the student-actor- network

Abstract

This article brings a reflection on education in communication. Topdown models are being debated and have not been used since the internet. Teachers and students discover and update knowledge in real time, within and outside the classroom – in chats, on the streets, on WhatsApp – and share knowledge by creating links. Here are just two of the basic principles of this study: Connectivism, postulated by Siemens (2005): maintaining up-to-date and rigorous knowledge is the goal of all collectivist learning activities and learning can reside in non-human devices. His theory takes into account the tendencies of learning, the use of technology and networks. It also emphasizes the reduction of the half-life of knowledge. Thus, one of the proposals was to compare Siemens’ theory to the work of authors such as Downes, Brown, Santaella, Mattar, Perniola and Latour, among others, who inspire us to apply actions, transcriptions and interactions with students in our daily lives, in order to collaborate to this reflection.