Personalized learning environment: new trend in online learning

Abstract

Online learning has changed the ways in which education has been conducted. Unfortunately, many educational websites do not employ principles of effective learning (Cook and Dupras, 2004). Since learners move online, how can we attend to the basic human attraction for individualized attention? Learners have heterogeneous backgrounds and differ in traits such as skills, aptitude, and preferences for processing information, constructing meaning from information and applying it to real situations. Hence, this paper discusses the concept of Personalized Learning Environment (PLE) and describes how individual differences cater the personalized issue in the website. Keyword : Personalized learning environment, individual differences, learner’s need