Title :
Learning Styles and Behavioral Differences in Web-Based Learning Settings
Author_Institution :
Software Eng. Dept., Univ. of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
Abstract :
Analyzing the behavior of learners in an educational system is the first step towards an implicit method for learning style diagnosis. To this end we performed an experimental study (reported in this paper) involving 75 students, whose interaction with WELSA educational system was monitored and analyzed. The investigation emphasized statistically significant relations between learning preferences and 30 of the behavioral patterns exhibited by the students. Discussions and interpretations of the obtained results are also provided in the paper.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; WELSA educational system; Web-based learning setting; learning style diagnosis; Communication channels; Educational technology; Keyboards; Learning systems; Mice; Monitoring; Navigation; Performance analysis; Psychology; Software engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2009. ICALT 2009. Ninth IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Riga
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3711-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3711-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2009.156