Effects of Online Learning with Matching Learning Styles and Preferred Digital Media Types on University Students' Perceptions

Adaptive online learning system occurs when the systems create efforts to design individual experiences that fit individual students needs, and his/her interest. Most existing studies concerning adaptive online learning system have mainly developed basing on prior knowledge and learning achievement level of each student, while the matching learning styles and preferred digital media types was ignored. This study developed an adaptive online learning system basing on matching learning styles and preferred digital media types. The main purpose of this pilot study is to investigate the university students perceptions toward the developed system and relationships between their perceptions regarding the developed system. The results from thirty-nine university students showed that matching learning styles of students with their preferred digital media types can promote positive perceptions in an adaptive online learning system. This suggests that the university students intend to use the development system to further support their learning performance.