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New Technologies, New Ways to Learn

Kevin Cox, Web Tools Newsletter, Apr 28, 2003
Commentary by Stephen Downes

Replete with resources, this article examines the changing nature of learning as new information and communication technologies are added to the mix. I really like the theoretical approach followed by this article, which begins with a summary of Lawrence Lowrey's The Nature of Learning:

Learners construct understanding for themselves. CRLF
Understanding is to know relationships. CRLF
Knowing relationships depends upon prior knowledge.

CRLFFrom this perspective, we can see at a glance why educational television failed to live up to it promise, and why new technologies might succeed.

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