Teaching on Zoom In the Eyes of the Lecturer: An Eye Tracking Study

The shift to “Zoom” online learning in higher education, has aroused questions regarding the professional vision of lecturers- which is the core of this study. Since teaching on “Zoom” is screen based, it was possible to use an eye-tracking device to study lecturers’ vision gazes during teaching. Th...

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Main Authors: Hayley Weigelt, Oren Ben-Aharon
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Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2023-10-01
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description The shift to “Zoom” online learning in higher education, has aroused questions regarding the professional vision of lecturers- which is the core of this study. Since teaching on “Zoom” is screen based, it was possible to use an eye-tracking device to study lecturers’ vision gazes during teaching. The study describes ten lecturers vision behaviours by fixations and lecturer’s personal perception of vision. Main results revealed that sidelong variability between lecturers’ eye gazes, lecturers mainly focused on their presentations. They felt high vision interaction with participated students yet, more than fixations revealed. These results and more discussed in the study, emphasis the importance of understanding lecturers’ professional vision on “Zoom”, for improving the quality of teaching on this rather new method of teaching.
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spelling doaj.art-375664b4805b4bf58f7739b9d5369abe2024-01-18T05:31:38ZengUbiquity PressUbiquity Proceedings2631-56022023-10-0110.5334/uproc.8383Teaching on Zoom In the Eyes of the Lecturer: An Eye Tracking StudyHayley Weigelt0Oren Ben-Aharon1Holon Institute of TechnologyHolon Institute of TechnologyThe shift to “Zoom” online learning in higher education, has aroused questions regarding the professional vision of lecturers- which is the core of this study. Since teaching on “Zoom” is screen based, it was possible to use an eye-tracking device to study lecturers’ vision gazes during teaching. The study describes ten lecturers vision behaviours by fixations and lecturer’s personal perception of vision. Main results revealed that sidelong variability between lecturers’ eye gazes, lecturers mainly focused on their presentations. They felt high vision interaction with participated students yet, more than fixations revealed. These results and more discussed in the study, emphasis the importance of understanding lecturers’ professional vision on “Zoom”, for improving the quality of teaching on this rather new method of teaching.https://account.ubiquityproceedings.com/index.php/up-j-up/article/view/83eye trackingprofessional visiononline learning
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professional vision
online learning
title Teaching on Zoom In the Eyes of the Lecturer: An Eye Tracking Study
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title_fullStr Teaching on Zoom In the Eyes of the Lecturer: An Eye Tracking Study
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title_short Teaching on Zoom In the Eyes of the Lecturer: An Eye Tracking Study
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professional vision
online learning
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