Teaching Without Student Feedback: The Lack of Nonverbal Communication in Online Design Education

Conference: The European Conference on Arts, Design & Education (ECADE2022)
Title: Teaching Without Student Feedback: The Lack of Nonverbal Communication in Online Design Education
Stream: Teaching and Learning the Arts
Presentation Type: Virtual Presentation
Authors:
Zeynep Arda, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
Hacı Yakup Öztuna, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
Estela Bernad Monferrer, Universidad Jaume I, Spain
Cesar Fernandez, Universidad Jaume I, Spain

Abstract:

Teaching is not only a transfer of specific information from a more experienced generation to newcomers, but also a complete act of referential communication that takes place between the teacher/instructor and the students.

While current debates on metaverse and digital life seem to center on the ethical, economical and legal aspects of possible futures, earlier discussions relied strongly on the transition as we would detach ourselves from the cities. The COVID-19 pandemic gave us a glimpse of such detachment, when we all experienced a significant pike in our screen times. And yet, considering the services that keep the cities intact like education, health and culture, in design education, decentralization was tested through the online classes.

This research aims to evaluate in-depth data from undergraduate students and instructors focusing on the loss of nonverbal communication cues. The authors’ teaching experiences suggest that the paralingual/nonverbal feedback from the students change the way a class is taught in substantial ways and the lack of it creates a huge gap in the communication between the two parties. Having collected data from universities in Turkey and Spain, we aim to discuss the possible transformations in design education in the virtual worlds of the future.



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