Learning 3.0: A Phenomenological-Systemic Model of Learning
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper proposes Learning 3.0, a phenomenological-systemic model that reconceptualizes learning as the recursive evolution of awareness rather than mere knowledge acquisition. Building upon the historical trajectory from Learning 1.0 (transmission-based instruction) to Learning 2.0 (constructivist meaning-making), this framework advances a third paradigm wherein learning emerges as a self-organizing system. The M5 Learning Model integrates five interrelated layers—Immersive, Memory, Meta, Moving, and Open Awareness—through continuous feedback loops that fundamentally transform learners' perceptual and interpretive capacities. Drawing from phenomenology, systems theory, second-order cybernetics, and enactive cognition, the framework bridges human and artificial learning by positioning both as adaptive feedback systems while emphasizing awareness as the uniquely human dimension that confers meaning, value, and ethical orientation. The paper also addresses critical perspectives on power, ideology, and cultural context, establishing conceptual foundations for empirical investigation in an age of accelerating technological and social change.
Author: Matta, David
Institution: American University of Beirut
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7091376904
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