Student Webcam Behaviors and Beliefs: Emergent Norms, Student Performance, and Cultural Differences
This study presents findings from a survey of 2298 university students from three countries (South Korea, Turkey, United States) focused on their use of and beliefs about webcams to support synchronous learning, including behaviors such as turning cameras on and multitasking. Additionally, it explo...
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This study presents findings from a survey of 2298 university students from three countries (South Korea, Turkey, United States) focused on their use of and beliefs about webcams to support synchronous learning, including behaviors such as turning cameras on and multitasking. Additionally, it explores differences due to national culture, school achievement, and classroom seating preferences. As expected, findings show synchronous learning use increased during the pandemic. Student preferences for passive viewing behaviors are strong, along with preferences for keeping cameras off. Differences based on classroom seating preferences suggest that students who sit at the front are more likely than their peers to make decisions about webcam use based on involvement, attention, and preparedness. Cultural differences suggest different pedagogical expectations. Multitasking proved to be a complex behavior and is not always linked to poor achievement outcomes. This study has implications both for future research directions on synchronous learning, student webcam practices, and achievement and for how instructors design synchronous classes.
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b085012e1584d46a57881825e9c511f2024-02-03T09:42:49ZengOnline Learning ConsortiumOnline Learning2472-57492472-57302022-12-0126410.24059/olj.v26i4.3472Student Webcam Behaviors and Beliefs: Emergent Norms, Student Performance, and Cultural DifferencesVanessa P. Dennen0Yasin YalcinJaesung HurBruce Screws1Florida State University, FloridaFlorida State University This study presents findings from a survey of 2298 university students from three countries (South Korea, Turkey, United States) focused on their use of and beliefs about webcams to support synchronous learning, including behaviors such as turning cameras on and multitasking. Additionally, it explores differences due to national culture, school achievement, and classroom seating preferences. As expected, findings show synchronous learning use increased during the pandemic. Student preferences for passive viewing behaviors are strong, along with preferences for keeping cameras off. Differences based on classroom seating preferences suggest that students who sit at the front are more likely than their peers to make decisions about webcam use based on involvement, attention, and preparedness. Cultural differences suggest different pedagogical expectations. Multitasking proved to be a complex behavior and is not always linked to poor achievement outcomes. This study has implications both for future research directions on synchronous learning, student webcam practices, and achievement and for how instructors design synchronous classes. https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/3472Synchronous learningwebcamsnormshigher education |
| spellingShingle | Vanessa P. Dennen Yasin Yalcin Jaesung Hur Bruce Screws Student Webcam Behaviors and Beliefs: Emergent Norms, Student Performance, and Cultural Differences Online Learning Synchronous learning webcams norms higher education |
| title | Student Webcam Behaviors and Beliefs: Emergent Norms, Student Performance, and Cultural Differences |
| title_full | Student Webcam Behaviors and Beliefs: Emergent Norms, Student Performance, and Cultural Differences |
| title_fullStr | Student Webcam Behaviors and Beliefs: Emergent Norms, Student Performance, and Cultural Differences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Student Webcam Behaviors and Beliefs: Emergent Norms, Student Performance, and Cultural Differences |
| title_short | Student Webcam Behaviors and Beliefs: Emergent Norms, Student Performance, and Cultural Differences |
| title_sort | student webcam behaviors and beliefs emergent norms student performance and cultural differences |
| topic | Synchronous learning webcams norms higher education |
| url | https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/3472 |
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