Breaking the traditional e-learning mould: support for the learning preference approach

  • Authors:
  • Fang Liu;Jasna Kuljis;Lorna Lines

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, Brunel University, West London, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom;School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, Brunel University, West London, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom;School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, Brunel University, West London, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • HCI'07 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: applications and services
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The mismatch between 'traditional' educational model and the e-Learning has drawn the research attention on personalized instruction, one of the growing concerns in HCI. This paper presents a framework that can be used as a basis for the identification of an appropriate type of personalization. Our idea is that users who demonstrate particular learning styles, as identified in Felder-Silverman's learning style theory, require a specific e-learning environment that matches their learning preferences. In particular, the framework is formulated to investigate how the different modalities presenting e-Learning content will influence the students' learning quality and experience. The considered learning styles profile in this paper is typical for a science and technology domain student. Through this framework we expect that learning preferences of a certain type of learners could be better supported and consequently their improved learning performance.