Instructors’ emotional intelligence and learning engagement of online students

Akash Patel; Colleen Addicott; Janet Buelow

doi:10.2478/eurodl-2023-0010

Instructors’ emotional intelligence and learning engagement of online students

Akash Patel, Colleen Addicott, Janet Buelow

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This study explored how online students perceived their instructors’ emotional intelligence (EI) and its impact on their learning engagement. Using eight EI behaviours of online instructors and a learning engagement instrument, 100 online university students were surveyed regarding their observation of those EI behaviours and their learning engagement. Regression analysis indicated that 27.2% of the variance in learning engagement could be attributed to four dimensions of EI behaviours (R2 = 0.272, F (4, 95) = 8.873, p < 0.001). Instructors providing individual support, demonstrating concern for the students’ situations, adapting their resources to online delivery, and being honest about their situation and challenges were associated with higher student learning engagement.

Original language	English
Article number	3923
Pages (from-to)	129-135
Number of pages	7
Journal	European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning (EURODL)
Volume	25
Issue number	1
Early online date	12 Jul 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2478/eurodl-2023-0010
Publication status	Published - 12 Jul 2023

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Online learning
Emotional intelligence
Learning engagement
Student engagement

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