A computerized open learning environment to study intrapersonal variations in learning styles : DELIN

Several studies have been devoted to interpersonal differences in so-called "cognitive styles" (Kagan & Kogan), 1970; WItking & Goodenough, 1977; Pask, 1976, etc.). Pask himself has emphasised the notion of versatility, i.e. the individual's capacity to switch from a strategy to an other, according to changes in conditions, constrains, etc.In order to respect both the interpersonal and intrapersonal variations in learning strategies, we have developed a software of the hypermedia type called DELIN (from the French DELINEARISE, that means non linear.