George Siemens

Summary

George Siemens is a human^[1]. His place of birth was Mexico^[2]. He was born on +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z^[3]. He worked as a university teacher^[4], pedagogue^[5], computer scientist^[6], and head teacher^[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month, #7,268 of 1,000,298).^[8]

Key Facts

• George Siemens's place of birth was Mexico^[2].
• George Siemens was born in Mexico City^[9].
• George Siemens was born on +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z^[3].
• George Siemens held citizenship in Canada^[10].
• George Siemens's professions included university teacher^[4].
• George Siemens worked as a pedagogue^[5].
• George Siemens worked as a computer scientist^[6].
• George Siemens worked as a head teacher^[7].
• George Siemens's field of work was learning analytics^[11].
• George Siemens's field of work was Informatics classes^[12].
• George Siemens's field of work was e-learning^[13].
• George Siemens's field of work was virtual education^[14].
• George Siemens's field of work was educational system^[15].
• George Siemens's field of work was data mining^[16].
• Among George Siemens's employers was University of Manitoba^[17].
• Among George Siemens's employers was Athabasca University^[18].
• Among George Siemens's employers was University of South Australia^[19].
• George Siemens was educated at University of Aberdeen^[20].
• George Siemens's image is recorded as George Siemens at TEDxNYED.jpg^[21].
• George Siemens is recorded as male^[22].
• George Siemens's instance of is recorded as human^[23].
• George Siemens's ISNI is recorded as 0000000522288110^[24].
• George Siemens's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 27145911119127062056^[25].
• George Siemens's Commons category is recorded as George Siemens^[26].
• George Siemens's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0002-9567-9794^[27].

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Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Mexico^[2], a sovereign state^[28], in Mexico^[29], founded in 1836^[30] and Mexico City^[9], a federative entity of Mexico^[31], in Mexico^[32], founded in 1521^[33]. George Siemens was born on +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z^[3].

Education

George Siemens's education included a stint at University of Aberdeen^[20].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include university teacher^[4], pedagogue^[5], computer scientist^[6], and head teacher^[7]. Fields of work include learning analytics^[11], an academic discipline^[34]; Informatics classes^[12], a school subject^[35]; e-learning^[13], a learning approach^[36]; virtual education^[14]; educational system^[15], an industry^[37]; and data mining^[16]. Employers include University of Manitoba^[17], a university in Manitoba^[38], in Canada^[39], founded in 1877^[40], headquartered in Winnipeg^[41]; Athabasca University^[18], an autonomous university^[42], in Canada^[43], founded in 1970^[44], headquartered in Athabasca^[45]; and University of South Australia^[19], a public university^[46], in Australia^[47], founded in 1991^[48], headquartered in Adelaide^[49].

Why It Matters

George Siemens ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month, #7,268 of 1,000,298).^[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[50]

He is credited with the discovery of connectivism^[51], a learning theory^[52].

FAQs

Where was George Siemens born?

George Siemens's place of birth was Mexico^[2].

What did George Siemens do for work?

George Siemens worked as university teacher^[4], pedagogue^[5], computer scientist^[6], and head teacher^[7].

Where did George Siemens go to school?

George Siemens was educated at University of Aberdeen^[20].

What did George Siemens discover?

George Siemens is credited as discoverer of connectivism^[51].