Teaching & Learning Style in Distance Education

Hsiao, C.M., Yang, J.F., Huang, V. & Zhu, Y. (2008). Teaching & Learning Style in Distance Education. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 1102-1105). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
March 3, 2008
ISBN 1-880094-64-9
  Karen McFerrin, Roberta Weber, Roger Carlsen & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Authors

Ching-Mei Hsiao, Jack Fei Yang, Department of Cultural & Educational Administration, Hsing Kuo University, Taiwan; Vincent Huang, Department &Graduate School of Computer Science,National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan; Yunxiang Zhu, Maharishi University Management, United States

Abstract

This study reports a survey of students in the Open University of Kaohsiung (OUK) to examine their learning style types and to analyze whether student learning style differences will influence learning performance in distance learning. In this research, the writers adopted the Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Survey (GRSLSS). Based on student's feedback, six types of learning style were identified. There were independent, avoidant, collaborative, dependent, competitive, and participant types in the group. The kind of surveying can help distance educators to predict how different types of learning style might be known and how this may influence offering a variety of teaching approaches suited to the different learning styles.