mLearning: Mobile Learning and Performance in the Palm of Your Hand

Learning Approach

When looking at the step-by-step tutorials, many people have asked the question, "...but is it training?" The answer is yes. Technicians learn how to do new things and also have access to information that is vast and hard to memorize. In complex knowledge domains where people have an intermediate to advanced level of skill, a constructivist learning approach is sometimes more appropriate instead of the more common objectivist approach.

Constructivism allows the learner to create their own learning paths to the information they need within a structured body of knowledge. This learning model is also uniquely appropriate to designing ...