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<p>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 (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.272, F (4, 95) = 8.873, p &lt; 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.</p>
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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.

Instructors’ emotional intelligence and learning engagement of online students

European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning

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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...

Scale	Max possible	Mean	SD	Cronbach alpha
OVERALL EI	32	20.80	4.40	0.75
Relationship management	8	5.37	1.67	0.54
Social awareness	8	5.30	1.61	0.51
Self-awareness	8	5.98	1.41	0.50
Self-management	8	4.15	1.06	-0.27
OVERALL LEARNING ENGAGEMENT	74	47.77	9.41	0.86
Higher-order learning	16	11.02	2.96	0.86
Reflective & integrative	28	19.48	4.11	0.78
Participation engagement	30	17.27	4.93	0.80

Instructors’ emotional intelligence and learning engagement of online students

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jul 12, 2023

Page range: 129 - 135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eurodl-2023-0010

Keywords
Emotional intelligence, Online learning, Learning engagement, Student engagement

© 2023 Akash Patel et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Figure 1:

Descriptive statistics for EI and Learning Engagement Scales & Subscales

Instructors’ emotional intelligence and learning engagement of online students

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jul 12, 2023

Page range: 129 - 135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eurodl-2023-0010

KeywordsEmotional intelligence, Online learning, Learning engagement, Student engagement

© 2023 Akash Patel et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Figure 1:

Descriptive statistics for EI and Learning Engagement Scales & Subscales

Keywords
Emotional intelligence, Online learning, Learning engagement, Student engagement