Abstract
The objective of this study is to analyze the learning styles’ variation of Physical Education and Sports’(PES) trainee teachers in relation with demo-graphic factors, type of hybrid or distance training, and technopedagogical design envisaged for designing an Open Distance Learning based on Small Private Online Courses (ODL-SPOCs) device. We used the Learning Styles Question-naire (LSQ-Fa), an adapted and shortened version, as an instrument for measur-ing learning styles distributed to 65 trainee teachers in PES. We examined the ef-fect of these independent variables: sex, age, license’s type, work’s experience in PES or sport, training’s type, the content’s form of our ODL-SPOCs and in-structional tutoring needs and their interaction on variations in learning styles’ scores of PES trainee teachers at a threshold of p <0.05. The data is analyzed by ANOVA test by comparing the variables’ frequencies. The results revealed that trainee teachers aged 30 and over scored higher than those aged 20 to 24 and those aged 25 to 29 in these learning styles: reflectors, theorists and pragmatists. Thus, based on ANOVA test, we found that trainee teachers’ hybrid or distance training and their technical problem-solving needs have the most influence on learning style scores’ variation. Based on our results, we recommend to teachers who are SPOCs’ designer-tutors to identify and verify the learners’ learning styles variation in order to improve performance in open distance learning.
Highlights
We are witnessing an expansion of opportunities offered by ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in the field of education and training
Among the variables that may explain the low user satisfaction with e-learning is the mismatch between the expectations of learners and the solutions offered by this learning [6].In this perspective, several general studies on the acceptance of technology in relation to the use of Elearning have underlined the alignment that must be between the offers of online learning and learners’ individual needs [7,8]
The data are analyzed by MANOVA test by comparing variables’ means, we examined the effect of the following independent variables: sex, age, training’s type, majors, professional experience in Physical Education and Sports (PES) or sport, the content’s form of our ODLSPOCs and instructional tutoring’s needs and their interaction on the trainee teachers’ learning styles scores variation at a threshold p
Summary
We are witnessing an expansion of opportunities offered by ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in the field of education and training. Previous researches emphasized the importance of taking into account the expectations and preferences of learners so that online learning can be attractive for learner, and not just a simple support From this perspective, preferred learning styles turn out to be an educational tool allowing individualization of learning routes. They represent each individual's preferred approach or learning’s mode compared to others and should be taken into consideration for better learning outcomes. It is important for trainers and educators to understand different learning styles in order to be able to engage effectively in the transfer of knowledge and skills [9]
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