• Knowledge is actively built
• Past experiences and social environment shape learning and perception
• Learner makes connections between existing schema and personal experiences
• Agency plays key role
• self-efficacy is key pre-condition for learning
• Information must be presented in the most efficient way of learning
• Mind functions like a computer processor
• Well-suited for problem solving

• Learner actively builds Knowledge
• Mind must process new information or new sources

Learning Scenario

A video based online tutorial provides the learners with a series of short videos (3-5 minutes long) the videos provide minimal textual content that is explained through narration. The text is enriched with relevant visual elements that help the learner efficiently understand and connect information avoiding cognitive overload.

The online experience is preceded by a knowledge check pre-assessment and followed by a problem-solving check.

• Knowledge is structured like a network
• There are various diverse sources for learning and knowledge
• Learner makes connections between information
• Technology plays a role in learning
• People learn through contact
• Information is processed through decision-making by learner
• Mind distinguishes credible sources in learning
• Well-suited for research

• Learner actively builds Knowledge
• Mind must process new information or new sources

Learning Scenario

In a classroom, the teacher explains a topic and while doing that, she eventually asks students some questions. She asks a question and waits for someone to raise his/her hand. Nobody offers an answer until a few minutes later when that student who always surfs the web finally offers an answer. The student actually took sometime to connect prior knowledge that he collected through randomly surfing the web with the topic introduced by the teacher during the lesson.