ConnexionsTM Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities

Connexions is a community-driven approach to authoring, teaching, and learning that conveys the dynamic continuum of knowledge. Available free of charge to anyone and under open content and open source licenses, Connexions hosts a Content Commons of electronic course material that is adaptable to a wide range of learning styles and encourages students to explore the links among concepts, courses, and disciplines. Connexions is fostering worldwide, crossinstitutional communities of authors, instructors, and students, who collaborate on the creation of information modules, courses, and curricula. We believe that the ideas and philosophy embodied by Connexions have the potential to change the very nature of teaching and learning, producing a dynamic, interconnected educational environment that is pedagogically sound, both time and cost efficient, and fun.