In my opinion most people learn from e-courses through knowledge construction. This metaphor described in the article articulates exactly what the designer of any e-course show aim for: engaging in the active cognitive processing during learning. Even in the classroom, I strive for my students to learn this way, so I wouldn't want it to be any different when they are learning in a distance learning setting.
It is my belief anyways that concepts will stay with students longer when they are actively engaging in the cognitive process and not just being "passive recipients of information". When developing our Moodle courses, we should all keep in mind that the goal of it is too not just flood our site with information that students can read. They can do that at the local library. We also need to make sure there are learning activities embedded within our site that foster higher-level thinking and assess whether student learning is taking place or not. If we fail to do this, then we fall into the trap of using the newest "technological fad" with very little academic merit.
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