MBTI personality type and other factors that relate to preference for online versus face-to-face instruction

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 89-95

  Harrington, Rick ^a   Loffredo, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Face to face Instruction; Introversion; MBTI; Online Instruction; Personality type

Indexed keywords

CLASS STRUCTURES; COLLEGE STUDENTS; COMFORT LEVEL; COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTIONAL REACTIONS; FACE CLASS; FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION; FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING STYLE; MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATORS; ONE-FACTOR; ONLINE CLASS; ONLINE CLASSROOM; ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS; PERSONALITY TYPES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INNOVATION; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 76349110294     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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