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MIL Project Description

This project will explore the use of diverse learning preferences to customize student instruction in new learning environments. In particular, the research will focus on a group of 250 students taking a beginning self-paced Open Entry/Open Exit computer course delivered both on-campus and through the Internet.

The initial phase of the project will involve gathering information on the successful use of learning methodologies and technologies to create personal knowledge. This information will then be used to enhance the course, and primary research data will be gathered from students as they encounter new opportunities to customize their learning experience.

Could this approach help our students (help themselves) succeed, given their great diversity of backgrounds? What types of inventories, learning activities, and technologies are most appropriate? I hope this work will eventually serve as a model to help us create exciting new learning environments that more actively engage our students and increase retention.

f e l l o w s john gibson's project