Analyses of the Impact of Learning Styles and Strategies of Learners in Distance Education: Educational Issues into Digital Opportunities

Author

Abazi, Alajdin ; Fetaji, Bekim ; Fetaji, Majlinda

Author_Institution

Contemporary Sci. & Technol. Fac., South East Eur. Univ., Tetovo, Macedonia

fYear

2009

fDate

28-30 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

66

Lastpage

70

Abstract

In order to assess and determine the general issues and barriers in online distance education this research focuses in assessing the impact of learners learning style and strategies and based on these results proposes solutions and recommendations. The data for this research was gathered from interviews with focus group and a web based survey of students, participants in online distance education courses. The main contribution of this study is the proposed DEVC methodology and recommendations in avoiding the assessed and evaluated barriers in distance education in regards with enhanced and lifelong learning.

Keywords

Internet; distance learning; educational technology; digital opportunities educational issue; learners learning strategy; learners learning style; online distance education; students Web based survey; Bandwidth; Codecs; Communication channels; Computer aided instruction; Computer science; Distance learning; Education; Educational technology; Electronic learning; Videoconference; distance education; learning strategies; learning style;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmental and Computer Science, 2009. ICECS '09. Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dubai

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3937-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5591-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2009.72

Filename

5383554