LEARNING STYLES AS A TOOL FOR PERSONALIZATION IN ONLINE LEARNING

Maria Zajac, Computer Science Department, Pedagogical University, Krakow, Poland

In the paper an idea of personalization in online education based on learning styles and Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory (1983) is presented. It gives the results of research carried out by the author aimed at recognizing individual profiles of online learners. The analysis of data collected by KS-TIW questionnaire built for that purpose shows important regularities and gives useful indications about how to build a model of personalized online learning that helps to prepare more individualized and more effective courses.