Title: Activity 1.3 - Learning Styles
Course: Learning Design and Development > Section: Topic 1: Models, frameworks and processes

Activity 1.3:Learning Styles

Aim: Identify your learning style, and deepen your understanding of this factor.

Motivation: Understand the existing learning styles of your potential learners.

Task: Explore the concept of learning styles.

Duration: 45 minutes

Tool: Discussion forum

Resources:

- What is your learning style? (Education planner, 2011)
- Learning Styles Survey (Institute for Learning Styles Research, n.d.)

What to do:

a)      Take one or more of the online Learning Styles surveys, and take note of your results.

b)      Then reflect on learning styles, guided by answering the following questions:

- How might an understanding of the different learning styles be helpful in your course?
- To what extent do the learning resources in your course reflect the range of learning styles?
- Where are the gaps?

How:

- This is an individual activity.
- Make a note of your reflections and share a paragraph on what you have discovered about learning styles in the discussion forum.

Feedback/Response: (peer review)

- Comment constructively on a peer’s post on their understanding of learning styles.
- Read and reflect on other participants’ responses to your own post.

Assessment:

Completing this activity will count towards your course portfolio.