Title
Influence of learning styles on social structures in online learning environments
Abstract
In e-learning settings, the interactions of students with one another, with the course content and with the instructors generate a considerable amount of information that may be useful for understanding how people learn online. The objective of the present research was to use social network analysis to explore the social structure of an e-learning environment and analyse how the structure depends on user learning style. Applying Felder and Silverman's inventory of learning styles to an online course with 214 adult graduate-level participants, we found that some styles occupied more central positions than others. These findings may help designers improve learning activities by tailoring them to the learning styles of the participants.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1111/bjet.12267
BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Field
DocType
Volume
Experiential learning,Educational technology,Learning sciences,Learning styles,Active learning,Knowledge management,Psychology,Synchronous learning,Pedagogy,Social learning,Cooperative learning
Journal
47.0
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
6.0
0007-1013
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.50
25
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
karina cela150.90
Miguel-Angel Sicilia229830.58
Salvador Sanchez-Alonso3737.67