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Cognition and distance learning

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  • Marcia C. Linn

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Can distance learning transform higher education, saving money and improving student learning? Modern technologies allow instructors to design distance learning environments with all the features of traditional courses and more. What findings from research on instruction can help course designers make effective choices? I argue that students who take an autonomous stance towards instruction tend to learn from most courses, and that course designers who take a scaffolded knowledge integration approach to course design can enable autonomous learning. To help designers create courses that transform passive students into autonomous learners, this article draws on recent research on instruction. I describe the scaffolded knowledge integration framework and use this framework to interpret current approaches to distance learning. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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  • Marcia C. Linn, 1996. "Cognition and distance learning," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 47(11), pages 826-842, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:47:y:1996:i:11:p:826-842
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199611)47:113.0.CO;2-4
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    1. Markus C. Becker, 2012. "Distributed Knowledge and its Coordination," Chapters, in: Richard Arena & Agnès Festré & Nathalie Lazaric (ed.), Handbook of Knowledge and Economics, chapter 20, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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