Share Paper: Learning Mechanism Aggregation - Towards Enhanced Student E-Learning

  1. Carl Christopher W. Beckford, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
  2. Ezra K. Mugisa, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Wednesday, June 27 11:15-11:45 AM De Dam 1

Abstract: Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) embrace the use of technology to enhance course delivery. As technology improves, teachers and administrators are asked to use new teaching strategies and assessments as they prepare students. Where learners do not access knowledge in the mode most suited to their form of knowledge acquisition, there may be non-optimal learning. Many theories of teaching and learning have been purported. Some of these are with respect to various learning mechanisms such as cognition, needs, intelligences and learning styles. A debate persists whether there is a need to examine learning mechanisms (styles) or whether there is any impact ...