Social Presence, Personality Types, and It-supported Teaching Methods

The purpose of the study is to examine how students manifest social presence in IT-supported teaching methods. Specifically, the research examined how students’ psychological type, as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, affects their perception of social presence in a specific IT-supported teaching method. Findings revealed that extraverts felt a higher perception of social presence than introverts. A similar difference was found on the personality dimension of thinking/feeling. These findings have implications for both educators and students as the world moves towards teaching and learning through increased use of IT-supported teaching methods.