personalization+-Formal+vs.+conversational

How does informal conversation influence learning?
 * Principles of Text and Graphics **
 * Personalization and Instructional Styles **
 * Formal vs. Conversational **
 * Formal and conversational styles are both instructional tools used in E-learning.
 * Formal instruction tends to use a more tradition approach never using slang or contractions.
 * Proponents of the formal approach say that a conversational approach takes away the importance of the message.
 * On the other hand Conversational style is an approach preferred by current research and seeks to engage the learner in a deeper cognitive learning process by personalizing the presentation. Making it more socially appropriate. Learners in turn work harder at understanding the material.
 * 1) By allowing the learner to feel more personally connected to the material or agent.


 * 1) When is formal conversational style appropriate?
 * 2) Men seem to learn more of the material than women with the formal style.
 * 3) What does the latest research conclude about formal and conversational style? Which benefit learning best?
 * 4) Research shows that learners will be more attentive to the lesson when they feel they are in a conversation with the narrator rather than just receiving information.