Higher education students' learning styles and access to virtual environment tools
Keywords:
learning styles, CHAEA, higher education, virtual learning environment, access to digital toolsAbstract
This study focuses on the issue involving higher education students’ learning styles and the use of digital tools. It was conducted with a sample of 79 undergraduates and its main aim was to determine the influence that learning styles may have on the access to the tools of the virtual environment of a higher education institution, a platform supported by the collaborative environment Sakai. In the light of the results obtained, it was found that the reflective style was the one which showed the highest mean of the scores obtained concerning the subjects’ learning styles, and that the tool which showed the highest number of accesses was the Resources tool.Downloads
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