隨著電腦科技的進步、網際網路的問世及多媒體技術的發展，傳統的知識傳播模式與學習方式由已往的真實環境擴展到了網路化的虛擬環境；相較於教學者與學習者必須在同時間、同地點進行學習的傳統教學模式，已有愈來愈多的學習者，選擇透過網際網路來獲取知識。此外，網路環境可以呈現多媒體方式所構成的數位教材，提供了「視覺化」的學習環境，亦使得學習活動更加多元化，在資訊倍增的今日，線上學習(E-learning)的發展已是不容忽視的趨勢。關於線上學習之研究，學界頗多以教育學習理論進行探討之研究，至於視覺傳達設計領域中，則甚少著墨。因此，本研究將從視覺傳達設計的角度，以文獻探討與實例分析的方式，探討線上學習環境中，情境營造之應用如何引起學習動機、協助學習的進行；及探討目前線上學習環境中，情境營造與學習者、課程間之關聯性；並針對目前線上學習環境中，情境營造之設計要素加以分析探討。研究結果發現，於線上學習環境中，針對不同學習者及不同屬性的課程，其知識建構的方式會有所不同，進而對教學呈現形式、教學進行方式及情境的營造產生影響。因此，針對不同學習者、不同屬性的課程，該如何利用情境的營造來建構知識及協助學習的進行，同時又能保有該課程之特性，將是線上學習設計師必須重視的課題。

Because the development of computer science and technology, internet network, multimedia technology, ahs studied the way and grown form true environment in the past to the networked fictitious environment; The looks is relatively in the teaching way that teaching person must be carrying on with time, with the place with the learner, there are more and more learners, choose to study through the internet network. In addition network environment offer study environment of 'vision', is it study pluralism further to make, today when information doubles, the development of E-learning can't already be ignored. This research will transmit the angle designed from the vision, will probe into the way with the instance analysis documents, probe into E-learning environment, how the application that situation builds causes learning motivation, helps the going on of study; Probe into E-learning among the environment, situation build with learner, course getting related at present; And to E-learning environment environment at present, analyse the discussion in key element of the design that the situation builds. The result of study finds, in E-learning environment, direct against course of different learner and different attribute, knowledge its way constructed to build can to some extent different, appear to teaching form, teaching carry on track type and construction of situation exert an influence. So, to curse of different learner, different attribute, how to make use of construction of the situation to build the knowledge of constructing and help the going on of study, at the same time, can protect the characteristic with this course, it will be the subject that E-learning designer must pay attention to.