Abstract:
The purposes of the research study were 1) to synthesize learning styles and intelligences
of the undergraduate students in the Faculty of Technical Education (FTE), 2) to synthesize
learning activities patterns based on student groups, 3) to synthesize the model of adaptive online
learning activities based on the knowledge management (KM) process, 4) to develop an adaptive
online learning activities system based on the knowledge management process for FTE students,
and 5) to evaluate the efficiency of the developed adaptive online learning activities system.
The study consisted of 4 stages as follows: the first stage was analyzing learning styles and
intelligences of 719 FTE students. The results from this stage were the learning groups of the top
3 of learning styles and intelligences of FTE students. The second stage was designing online
learning activities table, based on analyzed learning groups. The third stage was synthesizing the
model of adaptive online learning activities using the activities table from the second stage and
the knowledge management process. Finally, the fourth stage was designing and developing the
adaptive online learning activities system that integrated into the Moodle, and the evaluation of
this system by 6 educational and technical experts.
The results of the study were as follows: 1) the top 3 learning styles of FTE students were
collaborative (C), participant (P) and dependent (D). The top 3 intelligences of FTE students were
bodily and kinesthetic, interpersonal and naturalist which were arranged into 2 group, of
interactive (I) group and analytic (A) group. Interactive group was bodily and kinesthetic, and
interpersonal. Analytic group was naturalist. The FTE students were arranged into 6 groups
according to their learning styles and intelligences group: C&I, C&A, P&I, P&A, D&I and D&A.
2) The synthesized learning activities were discussion, questioning, simulation, practice,
acquisition, and a case study. These six activities provided FTE students with different learning
groups. 3) The model of adaptive online learning activities based on the KM process consisted of
2 parts. The first part, adaptive online learning activities, included 6 modules: an interface
module, student module, learning activities module, expert module, domain module, and an
instructor module. The second part, KM process, included 7 steps: knowledge identification,
knowledge creation and acquisition, knowledge organization, knowledge codification and
refinement, knowledge access, knowledge sharing, and learning. 4) The developed adaptive
online learning activities system based on the KM process for FTE students consisted of main
functions to support teachers to create 6 learning activities suitable for 6 learning groups. To
identify each learning group, the system provided learning styles questionnaire and multiple
intelligence questionnaire that must be taken by each student before learning. While the
knowledge, occurring during learning process, could be stored according to the KM process.
5) The efficiency of system, evaluated by 6 experts, was at a high level (X = 4.23, SD = 0.46)