Individual preferences in e-learning / Howard Hills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hills, Howard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distance education--Computer-assisted instruction.

Distance education.

Internet in education.

Individual differences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Gower, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trainers and educators ask: 'What personality types do best at e-learning; who really likes e-learning?' Better that they should ask: 'How can we make e-learning more appealing to more people?' E-learning is here to stay in the same way that the Internet is here to stay. The classroom, as a mass education tool, was an invention of the industrial age and we have made good use of it. E-learning is an invention of the information age but we have yet to properly realise its potential. Some of the steam has gone out of e-learning. Organizations have experienced problems with technology, variable content, poor course take-up and even greater drop-out. The problem is that what appeals to the organization, a mass training and development medium that can be used to train everyone at once, is at odds with - or at least ignorant of - the learning needs of the individual. Individual Preferences in e-Learning focuses on the process of e-learning, with the emphasis on learning and individual differences. With a firm rooting in previous research, in particular the author's in-depth knowledge of the MBTIâ,,¢ functions, this book shows you how to make e-learning work for different personality types.

Contents:

1. Perspectives on learning

2. Internet growth and the impact on learning

3. The case against e-learning

4. Observing learners

5. Personality and learning

6. Using personality in e-learning choices

7. From theory to practice.

Notes:

"A Gower Book"--cover.

First published 2003 by Gower Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-317-11715-8

1-317-11716-6

1-315-58839-0

0-566-08974-2

9781315588391

OCLC:

54885995