I do think that it's important to provide material in different formats so that students can learn to pick up information in formats that are not their preferred type. If all info is given in a student's preferred format, he or she will never learn to be an adaptive learner. However, I sometimes think that educators feel the need to tailor their delivery formats to their students. And sometimes I think they only expect students to learn in the students' preferred format. Since I work at a "career college" that trains students to enter a specific field (and actually get a job with their degree--unlike the liberal arts education I received :) ), I wonder if we do our students a disservice by tailoring delivery formats towards one specific "optimized" format--perhaps tactile in many instances. When our students get a job, they won't be able to tell their employer "That's not my preferred learning method. Could you present that in a visual format?" They'll be asked (commanded) to learn in whatever format their employer deems the most cost effective. Therefore, teaching them to learn in any format (versus tailoring the format to them) is incredibly important. Thoughts?