Learning Styles

 
After completing Felder & Solomon's Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire I found that my learning style is predominantly visual. Visual learners remember best what they see whether that be in the form of diagrams, flow charts, demonstrations, etc.

Visual learners are at disadvantage in classes which present minimal visual aids, an example of this environment could be a university lecture where majority of information is delivered in a verbal manner.

I find Felder & Solomon's questionnaire to be fairly accurate as I do tend to process information best when I can find a diagram or a visual aid to compliment written text. I also have developed a habit to color-code my notes with highlighters so that all relevant information is in the same color.
 
The implications for visual learners on online learning design is that there is a wealth of visual aids to accompany text online, whether these visual aids be found from online search engines such as Google or in video formant from places such as YouTube.

For anyone that would like to take Felder & Solomon's Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire it can be found at: http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html