Individual Differences and Web-Based Learning

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Author(s): Michael Grimley (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)and Richard Riding (University of Birmingham, UK)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 24
Source title: Cognitive and Emotional Processes in Web-Based Education: Integrating Human Factors and Personalization
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Constantinos Mourlas (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), Nikos Tsianos (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)and Panagiotis Germanakos (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-392-0.ch001

Keywords: Cognitive Learning / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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This chapter considers a range of individual difference variables that have potential relevance to specifically designed Web-based learning packages. These include: cognitive style, working memory efficiency, anxiety, gender, and current knowledge. It discusses, in general terms, the conditions under which the variables are important, and the potential interaction between them in affecting learning performance. The roles of the variables within the context of Web-based learning are then examined. It is argued that technical developments in computer technology that allow materials that can accommodate learning preferences by responding to the student’s choices and learning performance combined with a better psychological understanding of individual differences in learning should result in improved educational effectiveness.

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