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into 16 personality types based on four dichotomies which are extraversion/introversion, sensing/intuition,
thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving. Evry combination of these caracteristics results in a distinct
personality type, such as INFP (Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving) or ESTJ (Extraverted, Sensing,
Thinking, Judging).
• The Big Five (BF) Personality Traits (Caprara et al., 1993; Eysenck, 1994): Also known as the
Five Factor Model (FFM). According to this Model, there are ve different dimensions of personality:
Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Openness, and Neuroticism (Utami, Maharani and
Atastina, 2021). It is frequently employed in organizational and behavioral studies as well as psychology
research, offers a thorough framework for evaluating and characterizing personality traits. It is considered
that these characteristics sum up the fundamental elements of human behavior and personality.
• Freudian Personality Structure (Bronfenbrenner, 1951; Zhang, 2020): The famous Austrian
psychotherapist Sigmund Freud developed a theory of personality structure known as the Freudian
Personality Structure. According to Freud, there are three primary parts of the human mind (Id, Ego and
SuperEgo).
• Hans Eysenck’s model (Eysenck, 1991, 1981): The prominent psychologist Hans Eysenck
developed a widely known three-dimensional model of personality: Neuroticism/Emotional Stability,
Extraversion/Introversion, and Psychoticism. The eld of personality psychology has been greatly
impacted by Eysenck’s work, and his model has been widely applied in studies and personality evaluation.
• DISC (Dominance, inuence, Steadiness and Conscientiousness) personality Model (Sugerman,
2009; Utami et al., 2022): Another psychological theory for understanding and classifying human behavior
in diverse contexts is the DISC Personality Model. It categorizes people into four main personality traits,
denoted by a different letter in the acronym DISC. This model is frequently applied in work environments
and interpersonal interactions in order to foster better understanding, cooperation, and communication
among people with diverse personality types.
This work considers the Big Five model as a method of analyzing the personality of students out of
all the models previously provided since it is the most widely used model and particularly because the AI
algorithm for personality detection from text is built on it.
Through the Automated Text-Based Personality Assessment (ATBPA) (Gjurković, Vukojević and
Šnajder, 2022), articial intelligence (AI) may predict personality from text by using well-established
psychological models. These latter can determine a person’s personality traits from written content
through analyzing the writing styles, linguistic patterns, word choices, etc.… (Christian et al., 2021). The
AI models are trained using machine learning algorithms including text classication and natural language
processing. The training of the model uses mainly the annotated data from a dataset. Therefore, the
model acquires the ability to identify patterns and connections between linguistic features and personality
traits (Gjurković, Vukojević and Šnajder, 2022).
The main goal of this paper is to use one of these ATBPA tools to identify students’ personalities
based on their writing in the Moroccan dialect in social media learning environments. For this study,
we have chosen Symanto APIs as a tool. To achieve our goal, we have gathered data from students in
various social learning environments (Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp and Google chat). This data has been
preprocessed by removing irrelevant information and then translating it into English. Subsequently, it has
been processed by the AI-based personality algorithm to predict students’ personality traits. Finally, the
students’ personality predictions obtained by the algorithm were compared to the Big Five Questionnaire
results that were gathered from the same students.
The following section presents a summary of the literature on the use of social media learning
environment. In section 3, we explain the methodology and the applied data processing approach.
Subsequently, the experiment’s ndings are presented in Part 4 followed by an analysis of the results
and a discussion in Section 5. Finally, the paper ends with a conclusion that summarizes the work and
presents the implications for further research.
Social media and education
The term “social media” refers to a modern phenomenon that includes both mobile interaction and
web-based communication with internet users via web applications (Wickramanayake and Muhammad
Jika, 2018). Thanks to how convenient it is to access these applications, the majority of people utilize
social media for a variety of purposes, including recounting experiences, communicating, and sharing
stories from their everyday lives. In the case of students, the development of Web 2.0 and the emergence
of Web 3.0 have enabled students to produce content, exchange ideas, and share knowledge. This
development is denitely igniting a revolution in the world of education (Namaziandost and Nasri, 2019).
There are now numerous social media learning environments which are frequently utilized by our