LEARNING PREFERENCES DESCRIBE one way to organize thinking about digital experiences. Individuals often have a sensory preference for how they access new information, but in truth, we all learn through all our senses. The VARK (visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic) learning preferences model (vark-learn.com, 2013) has been in existence since the 1980s. Visual learners prefer to work with images, such as pictures, charts, maps, drawings, and graphs. Studies indicate that about two-thirds of adults show visual preferences for learning...

Integrating Technology in the Classroom, Second Edition Tools to Meet the Needs of Every Student Boni Hamilton AUDITORY/VERBAL LEARNERS prefer to learn through both sound and speech. Some people believe that auditory/verbal learners dislike writing; others believe that writing is a form of speech, and auditory learners mentally say the words they are writing. In the VARK learning preferences model, writing is considered part of the read/write learning preference. For the purposes of this book, auditory/verbal learning preferences will be treated as speech, sound, and writing...