Objectives Internet instruction gradually plays an important role instudents’ learning environments, but students’ preferences about these environmentsstill have not been fully investigated. This study proposes that the students’ preferences toward Internet-based learning environments may influence their actual learning behaviors and outcomes in such environments explore students’ possible preferences toward the Internetbased learning environments. This study would alsoinvestigate how students’ gender and their Internet usage experiences may be related to their preferences toward Internet-based learning environments.