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 …
Cognitivism
Cognitivism focuses on the processes behind how the information is “received, organized, stored, and retrieved by the mind (Ertmer & Newby, 2013). Siemens (2005) described this as similar to computer information processing: the computer receives input, sorts/filters it, stores it in memory, and then retrieves it for later use. This theory reminds me of the Linguistic …
Experiential Learning Theory
Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) defines learning as the process of creating knowledge through a cycle of experience, reflection, observation, and experimentation (Kolb, 1984). At Pongos Learning Lab, most of the classes we teach use the Experiential Learning Model (ELM), which is a iterative process of four modes (Kolb & Fry, 1975): Concrete Experience: I did …