I argue that although university lecturers delve into the “shallow waters” of e-learning, they do not do so in sufficient depth and resign themselves to the perpetuation of cognitivist, behaviorist, and objectivist forms of knowledge without discovering more about the medium that could possibly liberate their restricted epistemologies. In this article, I explore possible reasons for varying eng...

Virtual part-task trainers (VPTTs) are employed in the acquisition and retention of a range of procedural and psychomotor skills. Taking the position that all tasks involve a level of cognitive engagement, this paper discusses cognitive theories of skill acquisition, learning, and multimodal learning and their application to the design of VPTTs and similar learning technologies. The inclusion o...