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American Journal of Distance Education Volume 9, 1995 - Issue 2
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Constructivism and computer‐mediated communication in distance education

David Jonassen Professor of Instructional Systems Program, The Pennsylvania State University, 268 Chambers Building, University Park, PA, 16802
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Mark Davidson Doctoral student in the Instructional Systems Program, The Pennsylvania State University,
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Mauri Collins Doctoral student in the Instructional Systems Program, The Pennsylvania State University, 270 Chambers Building, University Park, PA, 16802
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John Campbell Doctoral student in the Instructional Systems Program, The Pennsylvania State University, 270 Chambers Building, University Park, PA, 16802
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Brenda Bannan Haag Doctoral student in the Instructional Systems Program, The Pennsylvania State University, 270 Chambers Building, University Park, PA, 16802
Pages 7-26 | Published online: 24 Sep 2009
 
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Abstract

The fields of learning theory and instructional design are in the midst of a scientific revolution in which their objectivist philosophical foundations are being replaced by a constructivist epistemology. This article describes the assumptions of a constructivist epistemology, contrasts them with objectivist assumptions, and then describes instructional systems that can support constructive learning at a distance.

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