Volume 8

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Student Usage of Instructional Technologies: Differences in Online Learning Styles Robert M. Ballenger Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia 24450 Dennis M. Garvis Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia 24450

Abstract: We contribute to the MIS education literature by empirically examining Web log server data generated by undergraduate students enrolled in multiple sections of a MIS course where an online Learning Management System (LMS) was used to complement a traditional classroom environment. We identify online learning styles by investigating differences in LMS usage patterns, finding four distinct usage patterns as well as differences in the level and variation of LMS usage by male and female students. We suggest that online learning styles are important considerations for instructors using instructional technologies as well as for researchers.

Keywords: online learning styles, instructional technologies, empirical investigation log file data

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Recommended Citation: Ballenger and Garvis (2010). Student Usage of Instructional Technologies: Differences in Online Learning Styles. Information Systems Education Journal, 8 (51). http://isedj.org/8/51/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2009: §3322. ISSN: 1542-7382.)