Article: Virtual learning styles based on learning style detection Journal: International Journal of Knowledge and Learning (IJKL) 2025 Vol.18 No.2 pp.115 - 133 Abstract: Online learning spaces are virtual learning environments that have evolved alongside breakthroughs in information technology and the continual growth of educational ideals. Physical classes are always difficult for any instructor, and online classes have added to the burden by requiring teachers to consider the ethics, values, and viewpoints of students towards online learning. While distance learning has been viewed as useful for learners who cannot afford physical learning owing to a variety of causes, it has progressed in such a way that student viewpoints have reached a point where ethics are not considered. This paper attempts to find out the learning styles of students in the context of online classrooms and the data are collected using a questionnaire. The study was done with 322 students who belong to first year engineering stream and their perspectives based on their answers are analysed. The central tenet of behaviourism is that all actions are acquired through interactions with the environment. According to this learning theory, environmental circumstances have a much greater impact on behaviour than innate or inherited traits. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Virtual learning styles based on learning style detection

Authors: G. Bhuvaneswari; B.R. Aravind; S. Suman Rajest; S. Arun Kumar

Addresses: School of Social Sciences and Languages (SSL), Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ' School of Liberal Arts and Special Education (SLASE), Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Tamil Nadu, India ' Department of Research and Development, Dhaanish Ahmed College of Engineering, Chennai-601301, Tamil Nadu, India ' Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract: Online learning spaces are virtual learning environments that have evolved alongside breakthroughs in information technology and the continual growth of educational ideals. Physical classes are always difficult for any instructor, and online classes have added to the burden by requiring teachers to consider the ethics, values, and viewpoints of students towards online learning. While distance learning has been viewed as useful for learners who cannot afford physical learning owing to a variety of causes, it has progressed in such a way that student viewpoints have reached a point where ethics are not considered. This paper attempts to find out the learning styles of students in the context of online classrooms and the data are collected using a questionnaire. The study was done with 322 students who belong to first year engineering stream and their perspectives based on their answers are analysed. The central tenet of behaviourism is that all actions are acquired through interactions with the environment. According to this learning theory, environmental circumstances have a much greater impact on behaviour than innate or inherited traits.

Keywords: virtual classroom; online learning; learning styles; learning models; kinesthetic learners; visual learners; auditory learners; learning preferences; virtual environment; learning space; online medium.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKL.2025.145083

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 2025 Vol.18 No.2, pp.115 - 133

Received: 15 Sep 2022
Accepted: 20 Apr 2023
Published online: 19 Mar 2025 *

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