learning styles, e-learning, individualisation of study, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Instructional System Design (ISD)

The individualized e-learning is an automatic method of education adapting various features of students, characterizing their learning styles. There exist many classifications of learning styles in literature based always on several typical characteristics of students. This article attempts to analyze already published classifications and to propose a set of such mutually independent characteristics of students which influence the process of their studies. It specifically selects only those characteristics which could be applied in e-learning.