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**Theories of Learning**

Traditional learning theories of behaviorism and cognitivism have come under serious attack in modern teaching and learning. Allessi & Trollip (2001) claim that just as cognitive learning psychology began replacing behavioral psychology in the 1970's, constructivism learning psychology is now challenging the current dominant cognitive learning approaches (Allessi & Trollip, 2001:31).

The students shall be writing a course work assignment in literature using an online intervention that helps peer review of each others work, feedback from the course convener and any other knowledgeable other at a remote location linked by the internet connection since they are far apart geographically and sometimes even at different time zones. This portfolio therefore leans heavily on a constructivist theory of learning. The writer presumes that university education is aimed at adding new knowledge to existing knowledge. In language teaching (Literature) where the process of writing poems, open ended assessment, reading texts and giving interpretations is purely a constructivist approach to learning which makes it the most appropriate learning theory for this Online Learning Activity (OLC)

Allessi, S & Trollip S,(2001) Chapter 1: Multimedia for Learning: Methods and Development. Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon,
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