Learning Styles -> Online Pedagogy

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Traditional Styles

student at desk

Self-aware
Reflective
Linear
Language
Auditory

Today's Styles

multi-armed multitasker

Social
Body
Tactile
Active
Nature
Discoverers
Non-linear
Visual
Musical

Text

abc

 - text lectures
- textbooks
- links to web pages
- traditional discussion boards		 - webquests or other guided searches for information
- intuitive discussion
- synchronous chat and IM
- shoutboxes

Images

Mona Lisa

 - images in lectures for illustration
 - large images to analyze
- image posting on blogs or other sites
- image annotation (Flickr)

Presentations

presentation computer

 - audio files, mp3 or podcasts
- video clips
- "talking head"		 - student-created podcasts and presentations (Bubbleshare)
- student blogs
- video sharing (YouTube)

Interactivity:
material

book

 - self-assessments
- branched lessons
- flash animations, simulations
- interactive PowerPoint
- choice of assignments to achieve learning objective
- branched lessons (Moodle)
- RSS feeds (FeedRaider)
- social bookmarking (del.icio.us)

Social interaction:
collaboration

friends

 - traditional discussion
 - activities dependent on interaction with others
- synchronous chat and IM
- multi-author blogs
- wikis (PB Wiki)
- voice chat (Skype)
- collaborative documents (Google Docs, Zoho)
- virtual worlds (Second Life)
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