Hi,
First, when having ordinal DV with 8 values you probably will get reasonable results also with the linear regression. (the recommended is still the
ordinal logistic regression) (
https://www.statisticalanalysisconsulting.com/how-to-analyze-likert-type-dependent-variables/)
I assume the
ordered logit model is - the
ordinal logistic regression uses the logit function (the logit is the Ln of the odds, the odds is the ratio: p/(1-p).
Anyway, I think that in both models you mentioned the DV is ordinal and both models get similar results. So both are Okay.
The IVs are preferable to be continuous like in a linear regression or using a dummy for categorical.
When the DV is categorical but not ordinal you should use multinomial logistic regression.