The Role Culture and Personality Play in an Authentic Online Group Learning Experience

Mittelmeier, J, Heliot, YingFei, Rienties, B and Whitelock, D (2015) The Role Culture and Personality Play in an Authentic Online Group Learning Experience In: EDiNEB 2015, 2015-06-03 - 2015-06-05, Brighton Business School.

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Abstract

Both educators and students face challenges in successful collaborative work, particularly when students come from a diverse set of backgrounds and cultures. This is especially the case at business schools, which have some of the most diverse student populations in the UK. One explanation for this could be that culture and personality influence behaviour in group work, creating mismatched expectations. This assumption has led to current research focusing upon student reflections and perceptions of these challenges, while few studies objectively explore what influences actual student behaviours in group work. Therefore, this paper describes a learning analytics study of an activity designed to replicate a group learning experience. In a lab environment, 58 students at a UK business school were placed in small groups to work with a Harvard Business School case study using an online chat to communicate with all members of their group. Student contributions were analysed and compared using Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions (Hofstede, Hofstede, & Minkov, 2010) and the Big Five Ten Item Personality Measure (Gosling, Rentfrom, & Swann, 2003). Our analysis suggests that cultural traits in particular influences and can predict student group work behaviours.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Conference Paper)
Divisions :	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Surrey Business School
Authors :	Name Email ORCID Mittelmeier, J Heliot, YingFei Y.Heliot@surrey.ac.uk Rienties, B Whitelock, D
Date :	5 June 2015
Contributors :	Contribution Name Email ORCID http://www.loc.gov/loc.terms/relators/EDT Gijselaers, W
Additional Information :	Paper presented at the 2015 EDiNEB Conference, Brighton, UK
Depositing User :	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited :	11 Aug 2015 14:00
Last Modified :	16 Jan 2019 16:57
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/808000

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