Environmental Design, Personality, and Online Learning
Abstract
Students completed an online tutorial presented as a video or PowerPoint presentation in a room with or without a window with blue, green, red, or white draperies to determine the impact of the environment on online learning. Students' scores improved significantly from pretest to posttest; however, contrary to expectation, there were no main effects of windows, color, or the type of tutorial. There was a Room X Color interaction effect. Contrary to expectation, posttest scores were highest in the windowed room with red drapes and in the windowless room with green or white drapes. The lowest posttest scores occurred in a windowless room with red drapes and a windowed room with green drapes. Learners high in extraversion and agreeableness tended to have lower posttest scores, but high levels of conscientiousness were not related to performance. These results suggest that the presence of a window influences the impact of color in the learning environment, but the relation between personality and online performance is still unclear.
Recommended Citation
Stone, N. J. (2018). Environmental Design, Personality, and Online Learning. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2, pp. 1171-1175. SAGE Publications; Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621269
Department(s)
Psychological Science
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-151088953-8
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1071-1813
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
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Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
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Publication Date
01 Jan 2018