Constructivism describes learning as a process of building knowledge based on experiences (Siemens, 2005). The teacher is a guide, who shapes the learning activities (Anderson & Dron, 2011) and provides scaffolding, while the student is active in the learning experience.
References
Anderson, T., & Dron, J. (2011). Three generations of distance education pedagogy. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 12(3). http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/890/1663
Siemens, G. (2005). Connectivism: A learning theory for the digital age. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f5a6/d010046e4da2ef00e59730633ec0422b236b.pdf
Cognitivism