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AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME
Abstract
This article explores how immediate communication of synchronous education via virtual classrooms poses questions on implementing visual communication technologies of social surveillance. The striking global transformation of education to synchronous and asynchronous forms of online and hybrid education during the COVID-19 pandemic has reformed the usual teaching and learning methods. Hence, the immediate experience of virtuality also affected the public sphere notion of classrooms, where students socialize and encounter political culture. Building on the content analysis of qualitative research on student experiences of remote education in Turkey, we conducted an online survey with 325 university students with the purpose of understanding their experiences and attitudes toward online education. We theoretically explore how virtual classroom participants construct their social world of education through the aesthetic affordances of digital platforms. Grounded in critical theories of aesthetics that have previously been elaborated on an abstract level, we investigate how time and space compression, enabled by immediate communication technologies, translates into students’ experiences of participation, use of visual communication, and their everyday resistance to surveillance. The research revealed that online education design as implemented today is far from encouraging a public space, and the university students generally underestimate their role in creating a public space through their active participation in discussions. This loss of social spaces should be elaborated and problematized in the future for a better transition to hybrid and online education modules.
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Supporting Institution
Kadir Has Üniversitesi
Project Number
Etik komite onay numara 5.02.2021-2384
Thanks
Part of the findings had been published previously in an article that the authors have cited in the bibliography: Akdemir, A, & Arda, B. (2022), Çevrimiçi Eğitimde Görsel İletişim: Sanal Sınıf Deneyiminde Kamera Kullanımının Toplumsal Analizi. 19 Mayıs Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 3(4), 344-357.
This article focuses on different aspects of the findings and uses research-based theoretical analysis through the critical theory approach to communication technologies.
References
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Sociology of Science and Information, Communication Sociology
Journal Section
Research Article
Early Pub Date
December 29, 2023
Publication Date
December 31, 2023
Submission Date
July 15, 2023
Acceptance Date
September 26, 2023
Published in Issue
Year 2023 Volume: 7 Number: 13
APA
Arda, B., & Akdemir, A. (2023). AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME. İmgelem, 7(13), 711-734. https://doi.org/10.53791/imgelem.1328059
AMA
1.Arda B, Akdemir A. AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME. İMGELEM. 2023;7(13):711-734. doi:10.53791/imgelem.1328059
Chicago
Arda, Balca, and Ayşegül Akdemir. 2023. “AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME”. İmgelem 7 (13): 711-34. https://doi.org/10.53791/imgelem.1328059.
EndNote
Arda B, Akdemir A (December 1, 2023) AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME. İmgelem 7 13 711–734.
IEEE
[1]B. Arda and A. Akdemir, “AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME”, İMGELEM, vol. 7, no. 13, pp. 711–734, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.53791/imgelem.1328059.
ISNAD
Arda, Balca - Akdemir, Ayşegül. “AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME”. İmgelem 7/13 (December 1, 2023): 711-734. https://doi.org/10.53791/imgelem.1328059.
JAMA
1.Arda B, Akdemir A. AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME. İMGELEM. 2023;7:711–734.
MLA
Arda, Balca, and Ayşegül Akdemir. “AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME”. İmgelem, vol. 7, no. 13, Dec. 2023, pp. 711-34, doi:10.53791/imgelem.1328059.
Vancouver
1.Balca Arda, Ayşegül Akdemir. AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME. İMGELEM. 2023 Dec. 1;7(13):711-34. doi:10.53791/imgelem.1328059
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