Contextual learning is critical to equip learners to apply knowledge and skills and to solve problems in the real world. The purpose of this article is to describe the collaborative effort of a subject matter expert and instructional designer to implement a situated cognition model to contextualize a fully online cardiac rehabilitation course. The implementation of the model resulted in the creation of an online learning environment that resembles the complexity of cardiac rehabilitation centers, where learners were able to solve a problem by articulating a cardiac rehabilitation plan for a client.