The idea of developing educational hypermedia systems for the Web is
very challenging, and demands the synergy of computer science and
instructional science. The paper builds on theories from instructional
design and learning styles to develop a design rational and guidelines
for adaptive web-based learning systems that use individual differences
as a basis of system’s adaptation. Various examples are provided to
illustrate how instructional manipulations with regards to content
adaptation and presentation, and adaptive navigation support, as well as
the overall degree of system adaptation, are guided by educational
experiences geared towards individual differences