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Scalability and Sociability in Online Learning Environments

This is an interesting approach to learning theory, mapping different learning theories to different levels of Bloom's Taxonomy (a fancy approach to categorising different types of learning, i.e. knowledge, comprehension, application, synthesis, etc.). So behaviourist approaches might work really well at certain levels, for instance, but social approaches are a must at the higher levels.

"Behaviorism, cognitivism, and social constructivism present significantly differing views of the educational universe. And though persuasive arguments are made that integrity of character requires an educator to adhere permanently to one view or another, I believe an individual's choice of a learning theoretic view of the world must always be as transient as it is pragmatic."

So, really, blended learning must also be about blending learning theories, as well.

More here:

http://www.reusability.org/blogs/david/archives/000527.html