Bridges specific learning concepts and skills to learners experiences. Provides learners with access to external sources and experts to validate learning. Provides opportunities for learners to apply learning to external world. Provides opportunities for learners to bring external learning into the curriculum. Instructor elicits student discovery and construction of knowledge.
Learners have some control over learning process.
Active, collaborative, and cooperative learning favored over passive learning. Instructors are primarily designers and coaches. Instructors and learners work in teams where appropriate. Learners are empowered to take over their own learning. Motivates learners by supporting their self-efficacy ability to succeed.