Personality, learning, and satisfaction in fully online academic courses

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Highlights:

• Some correlations were found between Big Five personality traits and satisfaction with the online course.

• Openness to experience and conscientiousness were found as predictors of students' satisfaction.

• A correlation between students' satisfaction and agreeableness was not found.

• Groups of students with similar levels of traits showed different satisfaction levels.

• Students with similar traits had a similar preference for synchronized learning.

摘要

•Some correlations were found between Big Five personality traits and satisfaction with the online course.•Openness to experience and conscientiousness were found as predictors of students' satisfaction.•A correlation between students' satisfaction and agreeableness was not found.•Groups of students with similar levels of traits showed different satisfaction levels.•Students with similar traits had a similar preference for synchronized learning.

论文关键词:Fully online course,Big five model,Personality traits,Self-regulated learning,Satisfaction

论文评审过程:Received 24 November 2016, Revised 5 February 2017, Accepted 9 February 2017, Available online 10 February 2017, Version of Record 16 February 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.02.030