Personality and its effects on learning performance: Design guidelines for an adaptive e-learning system based on a user model

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 450-461

  Kim, Jieun ^a   Lee, Ahreum ^b   Ryu, Hokyoung ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Depth first and breadth first design; Design guideline; Forward learning; Learning performance; Learning styles; MBTI; Personality trait; Top down learning strategy; User model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DESIGN; E-LEARNING;

BREADTH-FIRST; FORWARD LEARNING; LEARNING PERFORMANCE; LEARNING STYLE; MBTI; PERSONALITY TRAITS; TOP-DOWN LEARNING; USER MODELING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE E-LEARNING SYSTEM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTROVERSION; LEARNING; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING;

EID: 84884978230     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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