CONNECTIVISM (MOD#5 post1) Today, a learner is like a GPS. If it wants to find a destination, it has to know the correct routes to get there. A typical GPS has thousands of roads stored on it and to get to the correct destination, it has to sort between all of the unnecessary roads and the roads that lead to that destination. Then, based on that information, it chooses the quickest route among them to get to where it was asked to go. Another critical key point about a GPS as well is that it needs to be kept up-to-date. It may know how to get to a destination today, but in the future, because of road changes and changes to the environment, if it's not kept current, it may not be able to get us to the same destination using the same route as it was able to before or there may be an easier and faster route it would not know about. Therefore, it is important that it is given updates, so that it stays efficient and doesn't fall into obsoletion. If you didn't understand the ...