Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Success in Online Learning

As students increasingly opt for online classes, it becomes more important for administrators to predict levels of potential academic success. This study examined several factors to characterize successful online college students, including emotional intelligence (EI), persistence, personality, age,...

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Autores principales: Robin Berenson, Gary Boyles, Ann Weaver
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Publicado: Athabasca University Press 2008
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2fe5dd94535047c68b75b2bd5f9e7b812021-12-02T19:20:31ZEmotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Success in Online Learning10.19173/irrodl.v9i2.3851492-3831https://doaj.org/article/2fe5dd94535047c68b75b2bd5f9e7b812008-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/385https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831As students increasingly opt for online classes, it becomes more important for administrators to predict levels of potential academic success. This study examined several factors to characterize successful online college students, including emotional intelligence (EI), persistence, personality, age, gender and previous online experience among students attending community college. Factor analysis revealed two profiles labeled ‘EI’ and ‘Persuasive’. EI was positively correlated with GPA and resilience. Males had significantly higher EI than females. EI was unrelated to age, personality, number of semesters completed, program of study and previous online experience. Conclusions were that there may be a profile of the successful online student that could be used in marketing, advisement, quality assessment and retention efforts.Robin BerensonGary BoylesAnn WeaverAthabasca University PressarticleOnline student successonline learningemotional intelligencepersonalitypersistencecharacteristics of online learningSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2008)
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topic Online student success
online learning
emotional intelligence
personality
persistence
characteristics of online learning
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
spellingShingle Online student success
online learning
emotional intelligence
personality
persistence
characteristics of online learning
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Robin Berenson
Gary Boyles
Ann Weaver
Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Success in Online Learning
description As students increasingly opt for online classes, it becomes more important for administrators to predict levels of potential academic success. This study examined several factors to characterize successful online college students, including emotional intelligence (EI), persistence, personality, age, gender and previous online experience among students attending community college. Factor analysis revealed two profiles labeled ‘EI’ and ‘Persuasive’. EI was positively correlated with GPA and resilience. Males had significantly higher EI than females. EI was unrelated to age, personality, number of semesters completed, program of study and previous online experience. Conclusions were that there may be a profile of the successful online student that could be used in marketing, advisement, quality assessment and retention efforts.
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