Learning Styles and Cultural Differences in Online Learning Environments in the Twenty-First Century

2021 ◽  
pp. 1630-1642
Author(s):  
Blessing F. Adeoye
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
First Century ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Nigerian University

The nature of learning is changing, especially learning in the twenty-first century. It's increasingly becoming more to do with student-centered learning. It emphasizes digital literacy, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills. This chapter revisited online learning environments in terms of differences in the learning styles of Nigerian university students according to their cultural backgrounds. The author also reviewed past research that focused on culturally different learning styles in online learning environments. Of specific interest are the studies that examined the same issue in the twenty-first century. This chapter concluded based on the review of literature that a person's learning style could affect how they react to any learning situation, including learning online; therefore, knowledge of learning styles could help in the selection of appropriate instructional designs and teaching strategies for courses. In the case of the students at the University of Lagos, it was found that students with different learning styles have different responses to online learning within their culture.

Learning Styles and Cultural Differences in Online Learning Environments in the Twenty-First Century

2019 ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
Blessing F. Adeoye
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
First Century ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Nigerian University

The nature of learning is changing, especially learning in the twenty-first century. It's increasingly becoming more to do with student-centered learning. It emphasizes digital literacy, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills. This chapter revisited online learning environments in terms of differences in the learning styles of Nigerian university students according to their cultural backgrounds. The author also reviewed past research that focused on culturally different learning styles in online learning environments. Of specific interest are the studies that examined the same issue in the twenty-first century. This chapter concluded based on the review of literature that a person's learning style could affect how they react to any learning situation, including learning online; therefore, knowledge of learning styles could help in the selection of appropriate instructional designs and teaching strategies for courses. In the case of the students at the University of Lagos, it was found that students with different learning styles have different responses to online learning within their culture.

Culturally Different Learning Styles in Online Learning Environments

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blessing Foluso Adeoye
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Online Systems ◽  
Individual Culture ◽  
Online Methods

The importance of individual culture depends on the characteristics of national culture and the individual’s background; within individual culture, different learning styles also exist. This paper addresses the topic of how learning style interacts with receptivity to online methods in different cultures, in this case in Nigeria. It examines and analyzes online learning environments in terms of differences in the learning styles of Nigeria university students according to their cultural backgrounds, specifically tribes, gender, and program of studies and how that can affect their online learning. The differences in tribes and learning styles affect the way the students respond to online learning. Despite the need for improvement, the future of online learning environments seems bright. The online instructor should try to offer learning activities that will appeal to the widest variety of learning styles possible. The ethnicity and cultural diversity of students needs to be considered in online systems design.

Influence of learning styles on social structures in online learning environments

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 1065-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Cela ◽  
Miguel-Ángel Sicilia ◽  
Salvador Sánchez-Alonso
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Online Learning Environments

Cognitive Styles, Metacognition and the Design of E-Learning Environments

2003 ◽  
pp. 225-240
Author(s):  
Ray Webster
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Metacognitive Awareness ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Individual

This chapter considers the use of cognitive styles and metacognitive skills in the design and development of e-learning environments. Participants involved in a unit in Human Computer Interaction used the results of a Riding’s Cognitive Styles Analysis to assist in the design and development of Web-based Individual Learning Environments (ILEs). Student reflections and cognitive styles results are considered in terms of their impact on the design process. They are also used to consider participants’ metacognitive awareness of their own cognitive and learning styles. It is suggested that the use of cognitive styles in this manner will produce interfaces and environments more suited to the learning requirements of each individual. In addition, the process of reflecting on and using the style results will help develop more metacognitively aware learners. The individual environment and metacognitive awareness are both desirable elements for a student-centered learning system for successfully participating in virtual education.

scholarly journals A STUDY OF STUDENTS’ SENSE OF LEARNING COMMUNITY IN ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Shea
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Pedagogical Models

This paper looks first at some of the often unspoken epistemological, philosophical, and theoretical assumptions that are foundational to student-centered, interactive online pedagogical models. It is argued that these foundational assumptions point to the importance of learning community in the effectiveness of online learning environments. Next, a recent study of 2314 online students across thirty-two college campuses is presented. This study reports on learners’ sense of community and it is concluded through factor and regression analysis that elements of the Community of Inquiry model —specifically learners’ recognition of effective “directed facilitation” and effective instructional design and organization on the part of their instructor contributes to their sense of shared purpose, trust, connectedness, and learning—core elements of a community of learners. Gender also appears to play a small role in students’ sense of learning community with female students reporting higher levels than their male classmates. Implications for online learning environments design are discussed.

Learning Styles in Online Environments

2011 ◽  
pp. 525-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Cox
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Production Equipment ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Spatial Dimensions ◽  
Context Of Learning

Research into the learning styles and preferences of students is well established but is currently the subject of renewed interest driven by a number of factors. First, following policies to encourage and facilitate widening participation, the student population is being drawn from more varied backgrounds, and greater emphasis is being placed on helping students to learn (Smith, 2002). Second, models of learning theory have largely been developed in isolation from the subsequent advances in the use of information communication technology (ICT) and its changing role in education (Sadler-Smith & Smith, 2004). The flexibility offered by online learning environments changes both the temporal and spatial dimensions of the learning context. Technology increases the physical distance between student and lecturer and imposes a technical aspect, which may be seen as a physical barrier to learning or may be perceived as a way of removing cultural and social barriers and therefore opening and creating new opportunities for dialogue. The impact of ICT on the learning context offers new opportunities and challenges to learners and instructors that need to be considered within the context of learning preferences. Third, the renewed interest in learning styles is perhaps also fuelled by the ease with which multiple modes of learning can be accommodated and combined using ICT. Within online learning environments learning objects can be developed and reused more easily, for example, short videos can be created without the use of extensive production equipment. This provides the opportunity for lecturers to reconsider their pedagogic strategies to effectively integrate the use of technology into teaching (Fisher & Baird, 2005).

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