In this paper, the authors show the significant benefits adopting the Adaptive Learning Management System (ALMS) to improve the teaching quality for online courses. The authors set up a problem to realize and orient students in the ALMS. To solve this problem, the authors first show the psychological fundamentals for classifying students. The authors then point out why the learning orientation model should be selected as a tool for identifying students who are taking online courses. Finally, the authors propose a means to applying this model to improve individualized learning in adaptive online courses.