Kolb’s learning style inventory: A platform for the design of an interactive multimedia learning environment
Abstract: This paper describes a conceptual framework for the design of an interactive multimedia learning environment (MMLE) that accommodates the individual attributes of learners (as defined by learning styles). Using Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (KLSI) as a theoretical point of departure, potential attributes of learners in terms of learning styles were identified and described as a platform for the design of a computer-based interactive multimedia environment. The research findings indicated that not all learners fall into a single learning style category, but displayed a dominant (or main) style together with a strong sub-dominant style. Furthermore, the findings showed that for maximum benefit to learners in a MMLE, individualised presentation and order of delivery, based on learning style, should be at the forefront of the criteria used by the designers of a computer-based interactive multimedia environment. Learners revealed that the design of the tutorial accommodated the way they preferred to study.
Presider: Elizabeth Anne Christo-Baker, Purdue University