Access to expert performances and the modelling of processes
In real-life settings, learners often learn through interactions with those who are more
experienced and with experts. Such interactions provide learners with access to expert
thinking and modelling processes. Often learners learn through interactions with
other learners with different levels of expertise and the opportunity for the sharing of
narratives and stories. The design of situated learning environments benefits from the
development of instructional activities involving the observation of, and participation
in, what are ostensibly real-life episodes (Collins, 1988; Collins et al., 1989; Lave &
Wenger, 1991; Resnick, 1987).