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	Edited by Dr. Lynne Schrum, George Mason University
formerly Journal of Research on Computing in Education

Volume 40 Number 1 Fall 2007

In-Depth Analysis of the Felder-Silverman Learning Style Dimensions

Sabine Graf
Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Silvia Rita Viola and Tommaso Leo
Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Kinshuk
Athabasca University, Canada

Abstract

Learning styles are increasingly being incorporated into technology-enhanced learning. Appropriately, a great deal of recent research work is occurring in this area. As more information and details about learning styles becomes available, learning styles can be better accommodated and integrated into all aspects of educational technology. The aim of this paper is to analyse data about learning styles with respect to the Felder-Silverman learning style model (FSLSM) in order to provide a more detailed description of learning style dimensions. The analyses show the most representative characteristics of each learning style dimension as well as how representative these characteristics are. As a result, we provide additional information about the learning style dimensions of FSLSM. This information is especially important when learning styles are incorporated in technology-enhanced learning.

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Contributors

Sabine Graf is Graduate Researcher at Vienna University of Technology, Women’s Postgraduate College for Internet Technologies, in Austria. She is also researcher at Advanced Learning Technology Research Centre of Massey University, New Zealand. Her research interests include adaptivity in Webbased educational systems, student modelling, and artificial intelligence. (sabine.graf@ieee.org)

Silvia Rita Viola was born in 1976. In 2001 she graduated with a degree in philosophy at the University of Pisa. On February, 2006, she earned a PhD in e-learning at the Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. Her research interests are in mathematical models of World Wide Web data, learning process characterization by data driven approaches and mathematical bioengineering modelling. She is currently with the Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche as a research associate and with the University for Foreigners in Italy, as lecturer for the course titled Knowledge Engineering. (sr.viola@gmail.com)

Kinshuk joined Athabasca University in August 2006 as the professor and director of the School of Computing and Information Systems. Before moving to Canada, Kinshuk worked at the German National Research Centre for Information Technology as a postgraduate fellow, and at Massey University, New Zealand, as an associate professor of Information Systems and director of the Advanced Learning Technology Research Centre. He also holds the Honorary Senior E-Learning Consultant position with Online Learning Systems Ltd., New Zealand, and the Docent position with the University of Joensuu, Finland. He has been involved in large-scale research projects for exploration based adaptive educational environments and has published extensively in international refereed journals, conferences, and book chapters. He is chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology and International Forum of Educational Technology & Society. He is also editor of the SSCI indexed Journal of Educational Technology & Society (kinshuk@ieee.org)

Tommaso Leo, born in 1944, is full professor at the Chair of Automatic Control-Ancona University since 1981. He is author and co-author of more than 200 papers, editor of some books and special issues in journals. He is a member of several scientific societies. He has been involved in several national and international research funded programs. His research interests are in analysis and modelling of human motor behaviour, measurement systems and techniques, signal processing and optimal filtering, adaptive control and system identification, friendly interfaces in biomedicine, Web-based applications for learning and accreditation, and in assistive robotics. (tommaso.leo@univpm.it)

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