How should webcams be used in online learning under COVID‐19: A co‐orientation analysis of teachers' and students' perceptions of student social presence on webcam

• Published in: Journal of computer assisted learning Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 399 - 416
• Main Authors: Yeung, Matthew W. L., Yau, Alice H. Y., Lee, Crystal Y. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2023; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Assessments; CAI; Cohesion; College Faculty; College Students; Communication; Computer assisted instruction; COVID-19; co‐orientation; Distance learning; Educational Environment; Electronic Learning; Foreign Countries; Higher education; Higher education institutions; Online Courses; Online instruction; Orientation; Pandemics; Perceptions; Questionnaires; Social Behavior; social presence; Student Attitudes; Students; Synchronous Communication; synchronous teaching; teacher and student perceptions; Teacher Attitudes; Teachers; Teaching Methods; Technology Uses in Education; Video Technology; Videoconferencing; Webcams; Hong Kong

Background The existing literature has predominantly focused on instructor social presence in videos in an asynchronous learning environment and little is known about student social presence on webcam in online learning in the context of COVID‐19. Objectives This paper therefore contrasts students&#...