Genres, User Attitude and Prospects for Learning through Video on the WWW

Building upon the notion that TV and video programs will be accessible via the web, there is the question if and how it can bring added value for education. How will these two genres (working on internet versus relaxing on the sofa) go together. From a post-modern point of view, the mass media like TV, contribute to the supposed mechanism of ‘social constructionism’. However the program makers have a large control over the underlying message that is articulated, whereas Constructionism for learning is the more conscious process by which students ‘build’ new knowledge through experimentation and