Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Success in Online Learning

dc.creator	Gary Boyles
dc.creator	Robin Berenson
dc.creator	Ann Weaver
dc.date	2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:51:37Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:51:37Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a4ab3d449aa74213bc39e662b11a10bc
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23762
dc.description	As students increasingly opt for online classes, it becomes more important for administrators to predict levels of potential academic success. This study examined the intrinsic factors of emotional intelligence (EI) and personality to determine the extent to which they predict grade point average (GPA), a measure of academic success, among students attending community college. Stepwise multiple regression revealed that EI emerged as the most significant direct predictor of GPA. The addition of personality to EI significantly increased the amount of variance accounted for in GPA. Main conclusions are that soft skills are pertinent to academic success and may constitute a useful profile of the successful online student that could be applied to marketing, advisement, quality assessment, and retention efforts.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/385/1036
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2008)
dc.subject	Online student success
dc.subject	online learning
dc.subject	emotional intelligence
dc.subject	personality
dc.subject	persistence
dc.subject	characteristics of online learning
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Success in Online Learning
dc.type	article