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Matching Up Learning Styles with Learning Objects:  What's

Effective?

Fourteenth Off Campus Library Services Conference

April 29, 2010

What’s Your Learning Style?

• Visual? • Verbal/Auditory?• Read Write?• Kinesthetic?

From Recent Class of Students

Cultural Differences Can Influence Learning

• Different Dimensions of Learning

• Instructional Practices

• Information Processing

• Social Interaction Tendencies

• Influence of Personality

What’s your process for putting together a puzzle? Borders 1st?

Or more by concept, color….?

Overview of Presentation

Discussion of Learning Objects

What are Some Learning Objects You Use?

Discussion of Learning Objects

Podcasts

TutorialsImages

Videos

Games

PollsPolls

Study Overview

Summary of Results- Study 1

Features Used to Facilitate Instruction

What Training Have you Had Related to Pedagogy in Online Learning?

Options for Learning through Multiple Modalities

Do you plan your objects so that a user can pick and choose what

to do next?

Simulations or Interactive Features for Tactile Learners?

Learning Style Background

Student InvolvementTook Two Learning Style Inventories

Index of Learning Style Inventory▪ http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

(NC State) Vark Questionnaire (How do I Learn Best)

▪ http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire

▪ Went through two to three tutorials ▪ a web page static tutorial to learn how to get to and

use ERIC▪ a camtasia tutorial to learn how to get to and find a

database through Online Research Resources

Match up Learning Objects with Learning Style Preferences

Learning Styles Using Vark Assessment

Hispanic and Asian Americans

Preference for Under 18 Years

Preference 55+ Age

Summary from the Vark Database About Learning Styles.

Using NCSU Learning Style Assessment

Active Learner Reflective Learner

Instruction Class Participation Critical Thinking

Reflection Time

Assignments Model Building Problem Sets

Journaling

Assessment Projects

Reports

Problem Solving

Essays

Reference Field Trips

Virtual Field trips

Observations

ReadingsCommunication Meetings Webcasts

Sensing Learner Intuitive Learner

Instruction Images

Sounds

Demos

Case Studies

Hypothesis Setting

Assignments Creation of Demos

Images

Case Studies

Problem Solving

Resolution Building

Assessment Detail Tests

Audio Tests

Outcome Projections

Reference Field Trips

Virtual Field Trips

Compare & Contrast

Communication Conferencing Tools Group Work

Instruction Video Clips

Diagrams & Images

Maps

Lecture

Audio clips

Assignments Mind Mapping

PowerPoint With Images

Interviews

Seminars

Reports & Speeches

Assessment Id on Maps

Drawings and Sketches

Read & response

Sound Identification

Verbal tests

Reference Reference maps

Diagrams/Pictures

Articles

Video/Audio Clips

Communication Whiteboard

Chat

Phone

Audio Conferencing

Visual Learner Verbal Learner

Instruction Video Clips

Diagrams & Images

Maps

Lecture

Audio clips

Assignments Mind Mapping

PowerPoint With Images

Interviews

Seminars

Reports & Speeches

Assessment Id on Maps

Drawings and Sketches

Read & response

Sound Identification

Verbal tests

Reference Reference maps

Diagrams/Pictures

Articles

Video/Audio Clips

Communication Whiteboard

Chat

Phone

Audio Conferencing

Sequential Learner Global Learner

Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology

Usability Interviews by Students

Student Results- Ability to Recreate Steps

Tutorial with Text Based

Static Tutorial Results

– Scrolled up and down the page to see all the sections and what was required

– Viewed images (rarely read the text)– Opened a new window to practice while they

viewed the web page– Went back to web page for information– Most successful in finding information after

this.

Camtasia Version

UIUC Tutorials http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/tutorial/index.html

Camtasia Results• Watched without practicing• Couldn’t recreate process• Didn’t attempt to go back for

assistance• Only two students were successful in

the post test (graduate Asian students)

Recommended Features• Pop-ups to highlight important information• Sections (chapter markings)• Questions to engage the mind• Interactivity, have students do something• Prefer the static web page to a video

tutorial- more efficient– include other multimedia as options within the web page.

Results- Student Usability Study

Multiple Modalities

•All but one had high rankings for multiple modalities.•All but one preferred the step-by-step process.•Students wanted to skim the whole thing first then find the key items .

What Students Want

What Do Students Want?

Mismatch

Examples of Engaging Tutorials

Humor and Interactivity

You quote it, you note it:http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/

Choices and Paths

InteractivityTactile, Reading

Interactivity/Assessment

http://support.library.ewu.edu/reference/tutorial/flash/citation.html

Interactivity and Assessments

Review

Suggestions

Net Generation

Resources Used in PresentationIndex of Learning Style Inventory

http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html (NC State)http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/styles.htm

Vark Questionnaire (How do I Learn Best)http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaireHelpsheets for Study Practices based on Preferences:

http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=helpsheets Keys to Effective Learning http://blog.iqmatrix.com/mind-map/accelerated-learning-mind-map Felder Richard M. and Barbara A. Soloman. “Learning Styles and Strategies.” North Carolina State

University, 2009. June 1, 2009. <http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/styles.htm>.

Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology. Learning Styleshttp://learningcommons.acadiau.ca/resources/workshops/learningstyles.ppt

Tutorial Examples Used:You quote it, you note it: http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ Rutgers: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~estec/tutorials/scholarly.htm Eastern Washington University: APA Citation Style Tutorial

http://support.library.ewu.edu/reference/tutorial/flash/citation.html UIUC- Digital Literacy http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/

For lots of resources for creating or finding learning objects see: http://uiuc.libguides.com/learningobjects

Lori Mestrelmestre@illinois.edu

Made possible by a grant from the Research and Publications Committee of the University of Illinois