Table 4.

Predicting Interactivity, Collaboration, and Engagement from Profile, Preference, and Learning Experience

EstimateStd. error95% confidence interval
Intercept576.1***94.8[390.0, 762.2]
Student profile
Gender (male as reference)96.4**33.4[30.9, 161.9]
Age–2.756.0[–112.7, 107.3]
Year in school–38.2**13.2[–64.1, –12.4]
Major (LA as reference)–31.762.6[–154.7, 91.2]
Taken online course before (not taken as reference)–2.339.4[–79.6, 75.0]
Preference score for online learning38.0***3.0[32.1, 43.9]
Style and experience
Communication with peer109.5**38.7[33.4, 135.5]
Connection with peer (no connection as reference)185.4***51.6[84.2, 28.7]
Times viewing modules21.014.6[–7.8, 49.7]
Times stopping modules–1.017.3[–35.0, 32.9]
Taking notes (no notes as reference)119.4**42.6[35.7, 203.0]
Location taking class (home as reference)
Studio9.9114.7[–215.4, 235.2]
Library52.553.8[–53.1, 15.2]
Study hall–3.777.2[–155.4, 148.0]
Workplace14.6144.2[–268.6, 297.7]
Other–212.1154.9[–516.2, 92.0]
Tempting to cheat (not tempting as reference)–41.6**14.4[–69.9, –13.3]
Others cheat (not believed others cheat as reference)–43.7**14.8[–72.8, –14.7]
  • **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. Perceived effectiveness was square transformed for normality.