Different people align with different learning styles and modalities.  I consider myself a visual learner.  Other learning styles include auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic.  People can have more than one learning style.  I also believe learning styles can vary as people change and grow.  This is why eLearning scenarios are an effective system for clients who need to reach a wide audience of people.  eLearning scenarios present many opportunities because they allow the user to make decisions and take control of their own learning in a variety of ways.  Online courses provide reflection tools and features, like note taking and interactive checklists, which can help learners change from passive to active learners.

Just as athletes actively change various aspects of their workouts to enhance their overall performance, active learners are constantly changing aspects of their learning processes in order to enhance retention and recall of information.  Active learners have the ability to continuously reflect on their own learning processes, therefore taking themselves through the cyclical process of revisiting, revising, and retrying new learner specific strategies.