Novel constructivist learning environments and novel technologies: Some issues to be concerned with

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    Abstract

    Three issues are discussed. One concerns the instructional goals of constructivist environments: Are they to be aimed at the processes of social participation and the joint system's operation, or at more lasting attainments of it? A solution is offered based on conceptions of reciprocal interdependence between approaches. The other issues pertain to the technology's role in constructivist learning environments. One concerns the possibility of a Butterfly Defect whereby students may learn to construct cognitive webs in terms of the casual links typical of the hypermedia they construct. The second issue pertains to the flood of unstructured, fortuitous information students in constructivist learning environments face when surfing the Internet: Might it not debilitate their construction of knowledge? Researchers and designers should therefore beware of being led into a technological promised land that redefines the nature of constructionist learning environments.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3-12
    Number of pages10
    JournalLearning and Instruction
    Volume8
    Issue numberSUPPL. 1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Aug 1998

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Education
    • Developmental and Educational Psychology

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