Online learning constitutes the most popular distance-learning method, with flexibility, accessibility, visibility, manageability and availability as its core features. However, current research indicates that its efficacy is not consistent across all learners. This study aimed to modify and extend the factors of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to examine perceived satisfaction of an Arab...

Many researchers have investigated different aspects of learning styles. Nevertheless, few studies have considered interactions between the notions of learning styles and “good language learners’” achievement. The present study aimed at exploring dominant learning style preferences by senior high-school students and comparing their preferences with those by “good language learners”. To this goa...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED. BACKGROUND By knowing the different students' learning styles, teachers can plan their instruction carefully in ways that are capitalized on student preferences. The current research is done to determine specific learning styles of students. METHOD This cross sectional study was conducted in Al Ahsa College of Medicine from 2011 to 2012. A sample of 518 s...

introduction: t his study aimed to investigate the male and female students’ learning styles of classroom participation and these styles’ differences between humanities and science majors. methods: 1039 individuals were selected through the proportional stratified random sampling method among undergraduate and graduate students in humanities (n=421) and science (n=618) faculties of tehran unive...

This paper provides an overview and update on my PhD research project which focuses on integrating learning styles into adaptive e-learning system. The project, firstly, aims to develop a system to classify students’ learning styles through their online learning behaviour. This will be followed by a study on the complex relationship between learning styles, learning supports and learning outcom...

Technology mediated learning is very actively and widely researched, with numerous e-learning environments designed for different educational purposes developed during the past few decades. Still, their organization and texts are not structured according to any theory of educational comprehension. Modern education is even more flexible and, thus, demanding, requiring the combination of multiple...

This study explored the effects of personality traits (Big Five personalities) and Kolb’s learning styles on academic achievements in a blended learning environment. A total of 200 students who enrolled in a blended communication course were administered questionnaires that assessed the Big Five personality traits and Kolb’s learning styles. The learning outcomes (the course grades) were attrib...

Human resource development practitioners and others do not appear to share a common underlying framework for, and understanding of, “learning style”. Argues that learning style is but one construct which, along with learning preferences and cognitive styles, may be included under the umbrella term “personal style”. Reviews each aspect of the suggested personal style framework and considers its ...