Visual Communication in Online Education: Social Analysis of Camera Usage in Virtual Classroom Experience

Year 2022, , 344 - 357, 30.12.2022

Ayşegül Akdemir , Balca Arda

https://doi.org/10.52835/19maysbd.1013179

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Online distance education, which had been a rising trend globally and in Turkey as a result of the developments in information and communication technologies,
has become a necessity with the pandemic. It was crucial to support this education model with visuality and participation with cameras to gain maximum benefit
from online education and to create a public space close to a ‘real’ classroom experience, nevertheless the majority of students were hesitant towards this practice.
This study which explores the attitudes and behavior regarding the use of cameras during online classes is based on an online survey conducted with 325
university students and the data have been analysed by using quantitative descriptive analysis. This research, which uses general screening model, aims to grasp
how university students perceive online education which is a new phenomenon. The study demonstrates that the student participants juxtapose personal comfort
with using a camera during virtual classes. Students also underestimate their own contribution to the classes and argue that their interest in a course cannot be
measured by their behavior of turning on their cameras. It has been shown that the blurring of public and private spheres affects the possibilities and practices
of visual communication.

Keywords

Visual communication, higher education, online education, gender, pandemic

Çevrimiçi Eğitimde Görsel İletişim: Sanal Sınıf Deneyiminde Kamera Kullanımının Toplumsal Analizi

Abstract

Bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerinin yükselişe geçmesi ile yaygınlaşan çevrimiçi uzaktan eğitim, pandemiyle birlikte bir zorunluluğa dönüştü. Bu süreçte öğrencilerin çevrimiçi eğitimden azami yararlanması ve ‘gerçek’ sınıf deneyimine yakın bir kamusal alan oluşturulması için bu eğitim modelinin görsellikle desteklenmesi ve kamera ile görüntülü derse katılım önem arz etmiştir. Ancak öğrencilerin pek çoğu bu uygulamaya sıcak bakmamıştır. Çevrimiçi derslerde kamera kullanımına dair tutum ve davranışları inceleyen bu çalışma 325 üniversite öğrencisi ile yapılan çevrimiçi bir ankete dayanmaktadır. Katılımcılar kişisel rahatlık olgusu ve kamera açma davranışını bir karşıtlık içinde tanımlamaktadır. Araştırmanın bulgularına göre öğrenciler derse kendi katkılarını azımsamakta ve derse ilginin kamera açma davranışı ile ölçülemeyeceğini savunmaktadır. Ayrıca toplumsal cinsiyete dair kalıp yargılar görsel iletişimi etkilemekte olup kadın katılımcıların derse görüntülü katılım öncesi kendi görünüşlerini ve çevrelerini değiştirmek için erkek katılımcılara kıyasla daha fazla zaman ayırdıkları saptanmıştır.

Keywords

yüksek öğrenim, çevrimiçi eğitim, toplumsal cinsiyet, Covid-19, pandemi, görsel iletişim, Visual communication, higher education, online education, gender, pandemic

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