My Literature Review & Technology

Electronic Instruction Considering Learning Styles

One study I am using in my literature review discusses electronic media and its use in instruction. Even with one method of presentation - electronically - learning styles can still be considered. Researchers used a theory with seven learning styles and examined their correlation with a teaching strategy and type of electronic media. Students in the Visual Learning Style category were taught with images, diagrams, and simulations, and their understanding of the material was to be presented in a similar fashion. Students that prefer Active Learning were taught with role play, and homework included practicing the information with electronic methods of discussion and group work. Whether with electronic media or in front of a classroom, it is important that the teacher “organize activities that take into account individual learning style, that assessments are designed taking into account the variety of learning styles of students …”.