What is the relationship between metacognition and learning technologies?
Learners need to know how to monitor and regulate their own learning processes when solving problems within an interactive multimedia learning context. The author believes that metacognition helps learners exhibit cognitive processes that analyse and manage their own thinking in pursuit of knowledge acquisition in order to solve problems, gain insight and become critical thinkers. An example of a metacognitive tool is a genre template. Metacognitive tools in the form of genre templates for writing can provide further support for the process of learning. In an interactive multimedia student centred learning environment genre templates help remind students of planning, monitoring and regulating their own learning. If students know how to monitor their cognitive processes and regulate their learning to solve problems they will then be better able to select appropriate metacognitive strategies to facilitate their own problem solving skills. Problem based learning and interactive multimedia
