Learning Styles & Technology
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Why Is the Research on Learning Styles Still Being Dismissed by Some Learning Leaders and Practitioners?
I have been battling the notion of "designing instruction for learning styles" in my own quixotic fashion for a couple of decades now. In my attempt to be a good steward of my clients' shareholders' equity I wished to help them avoid faddish instructional design practices that have been disproven by empirical research. I first learned back in the 1980s at NSPI (now ISPI) conferences that while self-reported learning style preferences do exist, that designing instruction to accommodate them has no basis.
thank you! this is a short, but well focused, "tree" on the learning styles issue. by mindshare2000 Feb 27