Thanks, Chih, for your comments to Lesson 1. I am beginning to get connectivism by allowing myself to experience it. My favored learning approach in most situations is to strive to see the big picture first. This approach has facilitated by experience of connectivism. The skills of striving to see the big picture are the same cognitive skills as the skills of seeing patterns in information. Also while I am a trained convergent thinker, I am an divergent or associative thinker by nature. This preference for associative thinking combined with the impetus to see the big picture has allowed me to experience the cognitive processes of connectivism.