Abstract
Background: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all courses taught in Malaysian schools and universities were conducted entirely virtually, after a movement control order was imposed in Malaysian on 18th March 2020. According to the research by Offir et al., (2007), extroversion-introversion (E-I) personalities have been shown to influence students’ involvement in class, their learning style and their understanding of the course materials. The purpose of this research was to explore how extrovert and introvert personality traits influence the acceptance of virtual learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A case study was conducted, focusing on a group of students taught by one of the researchers in our research team, HR. A total of 31 Diploma students (13 first year students and 18 second year students) taking Grooming and Professional Etiquette at Multimedia University, Malaysia (MMU) participated in the study. Open-ended questions were used to learn about the personality of each participant, as well as to provide a better understanding on how the opposing personas differs in their experiences with virtual learning. Results: Our results showed that 54.83% (17) of the students were introverts, 29.03 % (9) were extroverts, and 16.1% (5) were private-public-introvert-extroverts (PPIEs). The results for the acceptance level of virtual learning varied based on the different personality types. Results showed the extroverts expressed that the virtual learning experience was unpleasant, while the introverts and the PPIEs found virtual learning a useful and pleasant experience. Conclusion: This study was mainly descriptive, with open-ended questions used to gain insight on how different personality types differ in their acceptance of fully virtual learning. In future studies, inferential analysis could be carried out to test the hypotheses and assumptions. Future studies could also compare and contrast both students and lecturers’ acceptance of, and engagement in, online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights
One of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is that many universities in Malaysia were forced to deliver classes entirely online, due to the movement control order (MCO) imposed in Malaysian on 18th March 2020.1 Online classes mean students are not able to have personal or face-to-face contact with their teachers and other students and are not able to participate in discussions in the same way
Due to a lower than the projected number of responses from students, the resilience questions are excluded in the analysis, and instead, a qualitative analysis on various personality types and students' acceptance of virtual classrooms was done
The findings obtained from this study revealed interesting differences between extrovert and introvert students in relation to their acceptance of virtual learning
Summary
One of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is that many universities in Malaysia were forced to deliver classes entirely online, due to the movement control order (MCO) imposed in Malaysian on 18th March 2020.1 Online classes mean students are not able to have personal or face-to-face contact with their teachers and other students and are not able to participate in discussions in the same way. Based on students respective personalities, these learning conditions may affect students’ experience of virtual classes differently. The study’s research question evolved into trying to understand whether personality types influence students’ acceptance of virtual classes. The objective of this paper is to explore how various personality types influence students’ acceptance of virtual learning classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all courses taught in Malaysian schools and universities were conducted entirely virtually, after a movement control order was imposed in Malaysian on 18th March 2020. The purpose of this research was to explore how extrovert and introvert personality traits influence the acceptance of virtual learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Open-ended questions were used to learn about the personality of each participant, as well as to provide a better understanding on how the opposing personas differs in their experiences with virtual learning. Conclusion: This study was mainly descriptive, with open-ended questions used to gain insight on how different personality types version 1
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