Abstract
Social presence is a central concept relating to interpersonal aspects in online distance learning. However, the conditions and determinants of its emergence are not yet fully understood. As a construct rooted in social psychology, the potential of individual differences predicting perceptions of social presence
has been largely neglected, thus, constituting a gap in our understanding. In a sample of 201 online distance education students, the merits of a trait-level view of social presence were investigated. To this end, personality was assessed using the Big Five personality inventory, exploring both a dimensional and a typological approach. Results suggest that specific personality typologies may
be more prone to perceptions of social presence, thus calling for an extension of our theoretical modeling of the construct.
has been largely neglected, thus, constituting a gap in our understanding. In a sample of 201 online distance education students, the merits of a trait-level view of social presence were investigated. To this end, personality was assessed using the Big Five personality inventory, exploring both a dimensional and a typological approach. Results suggest that specific personality typologies may
be more prone to perceptions of social presence, thus calling for an extension of our theoretical modeling of the construct.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 188-201 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Open Education Studies |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2021 |
Keywords
- social presence, personality, big five, online distance learning, personality types
- social presence
- personality
- big five
- online distance learning
- personality types