Learning Style Tendency Analysis for Vocational Students

Abstract

The use of e-Learning in education today is still conventional, which is still limited to the delivery of learning material and not yet fully managed as a learning management system (LMS) and assumes the characteristics of all students is homogeneous. In fact, every student has characteristics, especially different learning styles. Therefore, students who utilize e-Learning do not necessarily get the right material in learning, which results learning being less optimal. This research aimed to investigate the tendency of students' learning style which will be used as the base in designing an adaptive e-Learning system with Visual, Auditory, and Kinaesthetic (VAK) oriented, as one of solutions to increase learning quality. Survey method was used in this study on vocational students in Buleleng Regency. The sample of the study was determined by using stratified random sampling technique to determine 4 vocational schools (SMK) which have Computer Technique and Network department where the amount of students in each school was 30 students with 2 teachers who responsible to the subject related. The variable of this study was students' response to the questionnaire to identify the tendency of students' learning style with VAK oriented. The data were obtained from questionnaire, interview, and observation of students' learning process in classroom. The data was analysed descriptively. The result of the study showed that students' learning style tendency in adaptive e-Learning system design with VAK oriented on vocational students in Buleleng Regency was students tend to learn with Kinaesthetic style.