Learners

Before creating instructional materials, at least three categories of learner differences should be analyzed or accounted for:

• cognitive characteristics (aptitude, language levels, reading levels, preferred learning styles, prerequisite knowledge, technological knowledge)

• psychosocial characteristics (motivations, interests, attitudes toward course, epistemic beliefs, socioeconomics)

• physiological characteristics (age, racial/ethnic background, health, general abilities or disabilities)

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For further information, see: http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/portal/learners.html