George Siemens

Executive Director, LINK Lab, University of Texas Arlington

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George Siemens is a writer, theorist, speaker, and researcher on learning, networks, technology, analytics and visualization, openness, and organizational effectiveness in digital environments. He is the originator of Connectivism theory and author of the article Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age and the book Knowing Knowledge - an exploration of the impact of the changed context and characteristics of knowledge. Siemens joined the faculty and staff of The University of Texas at Arlington in December 2013, as the Executive Director of the Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab or LINK Lab.

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