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Partially correct, you're actually a client ...

 

In one of the ironic twists of life we are employer (through payment of taxes) and client (through receipt of services) of the police and perpetrator of various offenses. Talk about a Jekyll and Hyde complex...

 

I am reading this post with interest; I think that the DL paradigm is close to see the learning as product, rather than a process, and this for a variety of reasons. The "learners" are generally motived, usually are mature professionals who are seeking further education or a professional qualification with the goal of job advancement, career change, or just to improve their education level.

The learning as a process is a more traditional view, where in this case the "student" needs a collaborative support, he/she is less motivated, not as focused as the first example, obviously in my opinion. In the first instance I see the learner as a "customer" of a product, which is his or her learning and in the latter view the learner fits more into a traditional "student" role.