The document discusses how digital technologies are transforming learning and how knowledge is acquired. It questions whether traditional concepts of learning, skills, and basic knowledge still apply in a digital context where information can be easily stored and shared. Specifically, it raises questions about whether:
1) Students in an example who used Diigo to collaborate learned "metalevel" knowledge in Biology,
2) Traditional basic knowledge needs to be directly taught in school or if it is now embedded in technology artifacts, and
3) Artifacts that mediate thinking may replace skills previously associated with deep learning, metacognition, and knowledge reconceptualization.