Breaking the Traditional E-Learning Mould: Support for the Learning Preference Approach.

The mismatch between ‘traditional‘ educational model and the e-Learning has drawn the research attention on personalized instruction, one of the growing concerns in HCI. This paper presents a framework that can be used as a basis for the identification of an appropriate type of personalization. Our idea is that users who demonstrate particular learning styles, as identified in Felder-Silverman's learning style theory, require a specific e-learning environment that matches their learning preferences. In particular, the framework is formulated to investigate how the different modalities presenting e-Learning content will influence the students' learning quality and experience. The considered learning styles profile in this paper is typical for a science and technology domain student. Through this framework we expect that learning preferences of a certain type of learners could be better supported and consequently their improved learning performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]