"The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to you and you don't know how or why." ..............Albert Einstein

LEARNING STYLES & THEORIES
(many of the links and text on this page are taken from the T3 WebCT Trainer Certification online course)
 

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Questions to ask yourself before you leave this module:

• How do you recognize learning styles?
• What is YOUR personal learning style or preference? Take one now!
• How do you facilitate learning experiences that align with various learning styles? 
• Which WebCT tools/environments facilitate various learning theories? 
• How can you discuss learning theory with your students? 

Intelligence & Learning
 

History of Influences in the Development of Intelligence Theory and Testing examines the theorists from Plato to Gardner who have speculated on the nature of intelligence, way we measure intelligence, and therefore influence teaching and learning.  http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/index3.html

How do People Learn? This site examine 12 different theories on how people learn http://www.funderstanding.com/about_learning.cfm and this site examines ten different theories on how to design instruction http://www.funderstanding.com/instruction.cfm

Theoretical Sources of Learning is a rich list of sources for instructional design, learning theorists, learning environments, Internet culture and much more.  http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/theory.html

Personal Learning Styles & Preferences
 

Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/ilsweb.html Assesses preferences on 4 of the 5 dimensions of the Felder-Soloman Model: Active - Reflective  Sensing - Intuitive  Visual - Verbal  Sequential – Global

DVC Learning Style Survey for College http://silcon.com/~scmiller/lsweb/dvclearn.htm
Assesses your primary learning style from these four preferences: Visual - Verbal  Visual - Nonverbal Tactile - Kinesthetic Auditory – Verbal

Learning Style Inventory http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/lernsty2.htm
Honolulu Community College  An intranet faculty development site A non interactive learning inventory with scoring procedures and learning style suggestions

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter http://www.keirsey.com/scripts/newkts.cgi  Copyrighted © 1998 David Keirsey
On a 70 item questionnaire, participants are assessed on:  Attentive - Expressive  Introspective - Observant  Tender - Tough Probing – Schedule

Strategies to Address Learning Styles
 

Teaching and Learning Strategies http://www.unet.maine.edu/Faculty_Services/TeachLearn.html

Teaching and Learning Resources by the State University at Buffalo HTTP://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/tlr/teachstrat.html

Faculty Development Teaching Tips Index by Honolulu Community College (consider scrolling through the entire page) http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm#learn

Teaching Strategies  cooperative learning, structured controversy, active learning http://station05.qc.ca/css/cybersite/reach-out/strategies/TEACHING.htm
 

Learning & Teaching Standards
 

The Learnativity Alliance is an organization Marcia Conner and Wayne Hodgins created to convey these concepts beyond Learnativity.com and to help foster an alliance for the new learning economy.  http://www.learnativity.com