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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Individual Differences in Perceptions of Social Presence: Exploring the Role of Personality in Online Distance Learning
Contributor:
Weidlich, Joshua;
Kreijns, Karel;
Bastiaens, Theo J.
imprint:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021
Published in:Open Education Studies
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/edu-2020-0153
ISSN:
2544-7831
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
<jats:p>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.</jats:p>