scholarly journals Students’ Voice in Learning Style Assessment: The Innovative Learning Experiences Tool (ILE)

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
Nosisana Patricia Mkonto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Innovative Learning

<strong></strong><p>Students who enter higher education have diverse learning needs, andhigher education institutions need to provide for these needs. One way of dealing with this variety of learning needs is to empower students to play an active role in their own learning, by making them aware of their learning styles.  Identifying learning styles is an important facet within the learning process. Assessing learning styles could provide students with an opportunity to be reflective, and interrogate how they learn. Students’ learning styles can be assessed by using a learning styles assessment tool. The Innovative Learning Experiences (ILE) which was developed in this study, caters for the students` voice where students reflect on their past and present learning experiences. </p><br /><strong> </strong>

scholarly journals Learning Styles in Business Management students: An empirical study in Portuguese Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-384
Author(s):  
Luísa Margarida Cagica Carvalho ◽  
João Manuel do Freixo Pereira ◽  
Rui Manuel Teixeira Santos Dias ◽  
Adriana Backx Noronha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Portuguese Higher Education ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Teaching Learning

This research aims to identify the learning styles of Portuguese higher education students in business administration, and in return to enable the identification of effective ways to foster the teaching-learning process. The research is divided into two parts: a theoretical approach and the analysis and discussion of the results obtained in light of the learning style of these students as characterized by the Felder-Silvernman model. The data were collected from 3 Portuguese Higher Education Institutions and seek to contribute to the improvement of the learning process in business management courses and to provide for adequate planning of learning strategies aimed at educational success. The statistical analysis of the data was performed with SPSS version 25.0 for Windows and included both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study are consistent with the findings in the literature in similar contexts, suggesting that learning styles vary according to the individual. Regarding gender, a variable that has been studied relatively little to date, there is also evidence in the study that female students seem to use cognitive strategies significantly more than their male counterparts.

scholarly journals Adoption of Technology and Augmentation of Resources for Teaching-Learning in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
pp. 93-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Suresh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Lifelong Learners ◽  
Adoption Of Technology ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Learning Modalities ◽  
Innovative Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

Learner centred education through appropriate methodologies facilitates effective learning as teaching-learning modalities of higher education are considered to be relevant to the learner group. Curriculum delivery and pedagogy should incorporate multitude of learning experiences and innovative learning methodologies through adoption of technology. Plenty of resources external to the curriculum come into use, which offer valuable learning experiences. Augmentation of resources for teaching-learning process would enhance the quality of learning. The role of the institution is to identify and provide such experiences using these resources so as to improve their learning through the alround learning opportunities available to them. Institutional strategy to nurture critical thinking, creativity and scientific temper among the students is to transform them into lifelong learners and innovators. Teaching-learning process should be mutually complementary where both the teacher and the taught gain as a result of the diversity of learning experiences. This paper discusses how technology adoption practices and augmentation of resources contribute to learning in a higher education institution.

Instagram as a Learning Space to Introduce Virtual Technology Tools Into Post-COVID Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 188-215
Author(s):  
Daniel Belanche ◽  
Marta Flavián ◽  
Sergio Ibáñez-Sánchez ◽  
Alfredo Pérez-Rueda
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Virtual Technology ◽  
Technology Tools ◽  
Innovative Learning

This chapter examines an innovative learning project in which undergraduate marketing students manage and generate content on an official Instagram profile. The project is designed to provide students with a more active role in the learning process through the application of new virtual technology tools. During the pandemic (course 2020-21), students shared their knowledge about marketing and related topics through storytelling, transmedia, gamification, and virtual/augmented reality via Instagram. The students' perception of the learning outcomes, and their satisfaction, were compared with those of students from three previous courses (2017-20). The findings revealed that students assessed the Instagram activity more highly in the context of the pandemic than in previous years. Interestingly, the students also reported better learning outcomes and improvement in their soft skills and consequently were highly satisfied with the project, which suggests the activity should continue in the future.

scholarly journals Exploring the preferred learning style of preservice teachers and how this influences their philosophy of teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-109
Author(s):  
Heather Young ◽  
Bradley Coleman ◽  
Carla Jagger ◽  
Peyton Sweet Moore ◽  
J. C. Bunch
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Teaching Philosophy ◽  
Teaching Philosophies ◽  
Diverse Learning

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to address how preservice teachers’ preferred learning style influences their philosophy of teaching agricultural education. A convergent parallel mixed methods design was used in which quantitative and qualitative data were collected simultaneously, analyzed separately, and then merged for combined analysis. In this study, we identified 17 preservice teachers’ learning style and then assessed how their learning style influenced their philosophy statement. We found 59% of the teaching philosophy statements were similar to the preservice teachers’ learning style, 18% were different, and 23% were deemed inconclusive. It appears the preferred learning style of preservice teachers does carry through into their teaching philosophy. The percentage of inconclusive statements show that teachers will incorporate multiple learning styles to meet the diverse learning needs of their students. When the various learning styles of a class are met, it is suggested that the learning experience will be more effective and beneficial for the learners. Based on the findings of this study, we recommend implementing professional development sessions to help teachers blend their preferred learning style with the needs of their learners. Additionally, further research is needed to compare teachers’ actual practice with their teaching philosophies.  

scholarly journals Pemilihan Gaya Belajar untuk Meningkatkan Keaktifan Siswa dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
Asih Riyanti ◽  
Sungkono
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Visual Learning ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Psychomotor Development ◽  
Auditory Learning ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

Every success in the learning process will affect environmental factors, schools, attitudes, or students themselves. Each student enhances cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development. Student trading has the uniqueness and character of each in the learning process to respond to and understand teaching material or information obtained. Student learning independence can be seen from the achievements of students in responding, solving, and processing information by completing various tasks. Every student has a learning style that is prominent in him, and the teacher must be able to accommodate it. That is to achieve the learning objectives well and effectively. Learning style is the key to student success in learning. There are models (Type) of learning styles (Fleming, 2001), VARK (Visual, auditory, Reading, Kinesthetic) that can increase student activity in learning Indonesian. Students can learn through the senses that they have with a visual learning style that learns from what is seen, students with an auditory learning style that is learning through what is heard, and a kinesthetic learning style that is learning through motion and opening.

scholarly journals LANGUAGE TEACHING AT THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY AND INSTRUMENTS FOR ACHIEVING EFFECTIVENESS

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1633-1639
Author(s):  
Zlatina Zheleva ◽  
Slavka Hristozova ◽  
Rumyana Stoyanova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Medical University

Foreign language teaching to medical students depends on solving various institutional problems. In this sense, its effectiveness is a variable which influences the level of education at the university. Effectiveness of academic education depends on two groups of conditions- one is the purely material aspect- the place and conditions in which education takes place, the financial resources and the second one includes the psychoemotional aspect of training- the so-called didactic costs which include the physical and emotional efforts invested in the process of training both on the side of the lecturer and student. One of the ways to improve effectiveness is by restricting didactic costs- the less the psychoemotional tension and anxiety- the better results would a student achieve. Giving the student the opportunity to “manage his/her own manner of learning” and placing the student in the centre of the educational process would inevitably lead to increasing student motivation.Another mechanism to achieve effectiveness and quality of education is through activating the inner motivation of students to learn a foreign language. The latter is influenced by factors such as concentration, attention, a feeling of complete participation in the process of training, lack of fear of failure, assuming responsibility for the achieved results etc. A new aspect of contemporary learning success is differentiation in education, introduction of the individual, personal style of learning of each student. An appropriate instrument or tool in achieving motivation is for the learning process to follow and conform to the different learning styles of students. The individual learning style implies the individual preferences in perceiving and memorizing information. The aim of the present paper is to identify these styles in students from the Medical University – Plovdiv and thus to identify their satisfaction with foreign language learning. The survey was conducted in 2017 among 140 students from 16 countries. A written questionnaire and a psychological test were used to gather the data. Determinants for satisfaction were identifies as: the material setting and technological equipment, personal characteristics of the teacher and the microclimate in the student group. An adapted LSI (Learning Style Inventory) specifically adapted for Bulgaria which includes four types of approaches to the learning process- specific experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization and active experimentation was used. The results are distributed according to gender, specialty, year of studies and Kolb’s learning styles- divergent, assimilative, convergent and accommodative. The leading learning style according to our survey proves to be the convergent on with women having higher values (32,14%) than men (24,28%), next comes the assimilative learning style with men having higher value (17,14%) as opposed to women (14,28%). The accommodative is next – 5% of women and 3.57% men prefer this learning style and the least proffered one is the divergent one – 3,57% of women and 2,88% of men prefer it.

Using 3D Printing as a Strategy for Including Different Student Learning Styles in the Classroom

2019 ◽  
pp. 176-199
Author(s):  
Susana C. F. Fernandes ◽  
Ricardo Simoes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Printing Technology ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Academic Content

This chapter aims to explore the contribution of 3D printing technologies as a collaborative resource in higher education teaching. It was conducted in the course “Physics of Materials,” in which the contribution of practical experience in the learning process was analyzed and the degree of interest, motivation, and understanding by students on academic content was assessed. Practical demonstrations with resources prepared by 3D printing can be a very motivational learning facilitator. To this end, the learning styles of students were determined through the Honey-Alonso learning styles questionnaire (CHAEA). A second questionnaire was used to obtain information about the motivational importance of 3D printing technology in teaching activities in the classroom. The authors concluded that 3D printing can positively help teachers to improve students' engagement and proactive behavior, as well as teaching environment, by including different methodological styles in the learning process, particularly in courses with a significant theoretical content.

The Learning Style of Gamers

2018 ◽  
pp. 106-129
Author(s):  
Francisco Jurado ◽  
Pilar Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
User Profile ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Interesting Approach ◽  
Teaching Learning

The use of gamification has shown to be an interesting approach to engage users in MOOCs. In this context, different game strategies, elements, and mechanics are applied to help to improve the teaching/learning process. When designing teaching/learning methods, teachers must take into account both gamification techniques and learning styles in order to encourage students and to improve their learning performance, respectively. However, while applying gamification and at the same time keep taking into account the corresponding learning styles, we may find some kinds of incompatibilities. Thus, what this chapter covers is the conducted experimental analysis aimed at exploring the viability of merging gamer's profiles and learning styles in a single multidimensional user profile. The obtained results expose that, with this approach, we are able to identify groups of students so that, while designing teaching/learning methods, we can take into account both learning styles to improve the learning performance and gamification techniques to motivate and encourage the student.

Teachers Conceptions and Approaches to Blended Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 912-934
Author(s):  
Vicki Caravias
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Online Technologies

This paper presents a critical review and synthesis of research literature in higher education exploring teachers' conceptions of blended learning and their approaches to both design and teaching. Definitions of blended learning and conceptual frameworks are considered first. Attention is given to Picciano's Blending with Purpose Multimodal framework. This paper builds upon previous research on blended learning and conceptual framework by Picciano by exploring how objectives from Picciano's framework affect teachers' approaches to both design and teaching in face-to-face and online settings. Research results suggest that teachers use multiple approaches including face-to-face methods and online technologies that address the learning needs of a variety of students from different generations, personality types and learning styles.

Blended Learning

2016 ◽  
pp. 17-40
Author(s):  
Virendra Gawande
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Acceptance Model

Higher Education in developing countries like Oman offers several unique circumstances that suggest curriculum delivery using Blended Learning is a rational choice. Research has been conducted to identify the factors affecting blended learning adoption and to determine whether the teaching and learning process is amenable to its adoption at HEIs in Oman. Based on the findings a model, Blended Learning Acceptance Model (BLAM), has been developed. It was inferred from the findings that there is a positive relationship among the demographic factors and behavioral Intention i.e. blended-learning adoption. In addition, the teaching and learning styles also had significant influence on adoption of blended learning. BLAM was primarily intended to be used at HEIs in Oman, but may also be used in other developing countries as a reference for the adoption of blended learning.

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