Learning Styles: Into the Future.

This document is intended to help British further education (FE) practitioners, managers, and governors develop a strategic approach to integrating information and learning technology (ILT) within flexible and open learning environments based on an understanding of learning styles. The following topics are discussed in the document's three chapters: understanding learning styles (the need to put learning into context, eight critical questions that should be asked when attempting to achieve an integrated model of education and work-based training; and the theories of Honey and Mumford, and Kolb); unlocking the potential of ILT within the context of what learners already know (the nature of learning; individual learners; development of Kolb's "learning by doing" model, and effective communication); and matching learning styles with available learning resources (identifying different learning styles and strategies, matching resources and learning styles, identifying learning environments, developing resource-based learning, assessing an FE college's potential, and evaluating learning materials). Each chapter contains a series of staff development activities. The document contains 10 references and a 12-item bibliography. Handouts and overhead transparencies are appended along with a chart to help assess FE colleges' integration of ILT in libraries and development of flexible and open learning centers. (MN)