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Lessons from Cyberspace reading
http://drr.lib.uts.edu.au/file/17282/013966_palloffworking.pdf The articles expressed that E-learners must be kept interested and exposed to a variety of interactive learning strategies to obtain optimal gain in knowledge. The creation of a course will not necessarily result in a change in culture towards online learning, the article suggests that there must be an instigation for the use of technological mediums for education if the online courses are to be successful and utilized. They also suggest that there are many different learning styles, predominantly through the sensors and for an optimal result these needs can be filled through the use of visual and audio imagery. Learning Circuitshttp://www.learningcircuits.org/2005/sep2005/watkins.htmThis article suggests that E-learning platforms create a new learning environment for students as they are able to interact differently with peers and educators in addition to the formation of new motivations and goals. It also states that administrators or educators should initiate lessons with icebreakers and familiarization exercises to assist in the learning process. Technical and study skills are mentioned as two of the most important factors in the success of e-learners.

My Preferred Learning Style
- Through Discussion
- Visual
- Comparison
I believe that these learning stratgies affect my attitude towards particular e-learning courses in addition to my performance in an e-learning course. If the course failed to satisfy my stratgic needs then my learning would suffer detrimentally as a result of it and boredom would be largely present.
THE RESULTS FROM VARK
showed that my preferences were rated as follows:

• Visual: 12
• Aural: 6
• Read/Write: 12
• Kinesthetic: 12

This makes me a multimodal learner. This is similar to the method of learning,which I predicted myself as having.
Multimodal learning is practice by 60% of the population and is considered as a major way that people learn.
However, even multimodal learners need to be familiar with the learning strategies that combine to create their multimodal strategy. I believe that aspects of these stratgies are incoporated into daily work and will prove this through the analysis of my blog entries.
Visual learning is learning through diagrams and media in addition to colours and other stimuli. An example is the use of pictures in my blog entries that I have incorporated to assist in the conveying of ideas.

Read/Write study strategies refer to the use of literature to develop bonds between words and a preference for lists in learning. A small example of this are the headings which I have used to seperate the topics in my blog. This is an example of a read/write preference in learning stratgies.

The final stratgies is kinesthetic learning. This refers to observative learning or model learning. Kinesthetic learning is optimised through the use of action and is often learning through consequence.