Veel medewerkers behoren tot de generatie, opgegroeid met internet.

Het is "Homo Zappiens", who believes in Connectivism (George Siemens, 2005, 8 en W.Veen, 15).

Karakteristieken om rekening mee te houden bij het ontwerpen van leertrajecten:

"Networked learning is a subset of connectivism, which consists of eight attributes":

• Principle 1: Learning and knowledge rest in diversity of opinions.
• Principle 2: Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources.
• Principle 3: Learning may reside in non-human appliances.
• Principle 4: Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known.
• Principle 5: Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning.
• Principle 6: Ability to see connections among fields, ideas, and concepts is a core skill.
• Principle 7: Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities.
• Principle 8: Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality. While there is a right answer now, it may be wrong tomorrow due to alterations in the information climate affecting the decision” (Knowing Knowledge, G. Siemens at all, 2006, 8)