Remote learning experience and personality types : During COVID-19
Senchikhina, Anna (2021)
Senchikhina, Anna
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104195077
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104195077
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A large number of educational institutions have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic started in December 2019 in China spreading throughout the world. The virus outbreak constrained universities to close the premises and transfer to distance learning. This influenced students’ performance and perception of studies in different ways.
The aim of the thesis is to explore the potential connection between the personality types of students and their remote learning experience, where the personality types are measured with the Myers Briggs Type Indicator tool.
In the introduction of the thesis, the background of the research the research questions and the structure will be presented. The theoretical chapters are built to provide with the necessary theoretical background of the terms utilized in the thesis, which includes the COVID-19 pandemic, distance learning and the MBTI tool, at the end, the existing research on the topic is examined. The empirical study is aimed at answering the research questions defined in the introductory part by collecting data from students of Vaasa University of Applied Sciences with the help of questionnaires, then analyzing it and finally, concluding the results in the last chapter.
As for the results, the research has not confirmed the connection between the personality types of students and their remote learning experience, however, subtle differences between the types have been taken into account and analyzed. Additionally, the sources of these dissimilarities have been suggested.
The aim of the thesis is to explore the potential connection between the personality types of students and their remote learning experience, where the personality types are measured with the Myers Briggs Type Indicator tool.
In the introduction of the thesis, the background of the research the research questions and the structure will be presented. The theoretical chapters are built to provide with the necessary theoretical background of the terms utilized in the thesis, which includes the COVID-19 pandemic, distance learning and the MBTI tool, at the end, the existing research on the topic is examined. The empirical study is aimed at answering the research questions defined in the introductory part by collecting data from students of Vaasa University of Applied Sciences with the help of questionnaires, then analyzing it and finally, concluding the results in the last chapter.
As for the results, the research has not confirmed the connection between the personality types of students and their remote learning experience, however, subtle differences between the types have been taken into account and analyzed. Additionally, the sources of these dissimilarities have been suggested.