2.3 Acknowledgment of variety
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"Learning" is not a general thing:
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Learning Types: Attitudes, Factual Information, Concepts, Reasoning, Procedure Learning, Problem solving, Learning Strategies,...
See:
Theory into Practice Database
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Degrees: beginners vs. advanced, easy vs. difficult, personal preferences
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All major learning paradigms have a point
(Constructivism, Instructionalism, Socio-culturalism etc.)
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But there are common features:
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Reading is NOT learning
=> On must "do" to learn
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... and Internet is NOT interactive (per se)
=> What counts is activity (triggered by the system and/or by the task)
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Most people need additional guidance to achieve instructional goals
=> External conditioning (teaching, monitoring)
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Learning and teaching paradigms are best combined
The Virtual Campus must be flexible to accommodate these requirements