Terms such as “providing education” or “providing knowledge” have all been used at one time or another in television commercials or Internet advertisements to refer to the education provided in the field of distance education . However, if we look at the official definition of the word delivered as presented in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, we find that the word comes from the term “consegnare” which means “to take or deliver”. In this article I will demonstrate that because constructivist online learning environments follow the learning paradigm of constructivism involving both cognitive and social interaction of knowledge, the term delivered should not be used to describe good online learning environments. Brief overview of the history of online distance education learning environments are not self-generated but represent the fifth generation of distance education. According to Moore and Kearsley, the development of distance education is divided into five generations. The first correspondence, the second broadcast, the third open universities, the fourth interactive teleconferencing, and the fifth online based on the Internet (Moore & Kearsley, 2005). Of all the generations of distance education, the one that most closely resembles the term “providing education” would be the first generation. This generation consisted of instructional tasks handed to the student. Once completed, the student returned the assignment to the instructor via the postal system and awaited the next assignment (Moore, 2005). This initial system of distance education can be seen as a “superficial or superficial approach to learning (e.g., emphasis on memorization, simple recall of facts” (Bullen & Janes, 2007, p. 106). However, as technology of distance education co. ..... middle of the document ...... teaching and technology Retrieved from http://projects.coe.uga.edu/eplttMerriam-Webster (11th ed. (2005) ). MA: Merriam-Webster Prouix, J. (2006). Rebalancing and clarifying concepts and some potential implications for teaching and radical pedagogy, 7(1), 5. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.Powell, KC. and Kalina. , C.J. (2009). Cognitive and Social Constructivism: Developing Tools for Effective Education, 130(2), 241-250 Retrieved from EBSCOhost.Pullen, M. & Snow, C. (2007) Synchronous Internet Integration. and asynchronous. distributed education for maximum effectiveness. Education and information technologies Doi: 10.1007/s10639-007-9035-7Vygostsky, LS (1978) Mind in society: the development of the higher mental process. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press