Monday, September 8, 2008

What are the drawbacks for online video learning?

Research shows that conversations depend on eye clues and because of parallax; video conferencing produces false eye clues. Technologies are addressing this issue and in the classroom it has less of an impact because the structure is such that eye clues are not as dependent for facilitation of conversations.

The appearance consciousness reported by researchers is indicated to possibly fade with time on camera and the actual video sessions I participated in technology transparency practically eliminates appearance consciousness.

No smell or touch is available but touch and smell are not generally required unless the topic is specifically addressing those senses. In that case two samples can be available at the different sites and can be evaluated for compatibility by the facilitators.

The behavior is more structured so less whispered private interactions are possible because of the sensitivity of the microphones.

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