This is due to the fact that the critical point of connectivism is neither «what» to be learned, nor «how» to be learned, as behaviorism and cognitivism imply respectively; it is rather, «where to look» for the information, and this refers both to online resources and people [2]. (elearningindustry.com)
In cognitivism, the student is the primary agent in his learning process. (elearningindustry.com)
In psychology and in artificial intelligence, it is used to refer to the mental functions, mental processes and states of intelligent entities (humans, human organizations, highly autonomous robots), with a particular focus toward the study of such mental processes as comprehension, inferencing, decision - making, planning and learning (see also cognitive science and cognitivism). (sciencedaily.com)