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Covido, ergo Zoom. Kommunikációs kihívások a valós idejű online oktatásban
Covido, Ergo Zoom: Communication Challenges in Synchronous Online Teaching

Author(s): Milán Constantinovits, Zsuzsa Vladár
Subject(s): Theory of Communication, Higher Education
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: meta-communication; non-verbal communication; online teaching

Summary/Abstract: Our paper analyses how the role of meta-communication and the efficiency of communication change in synchronous online teaching. Based on our attitude research conducted among students and teachers, we have come to the conclusion that, besides technical problems, the lack of gestures and the interferences of the suprasegmental elements are the most important hindering factors in online teaching. Moreover, we have found that the decreased intensity of interactions and the interferences of communication were frequently caused by the unbalanced use of cameras and microphones. According to the participant’s opinion, synchronous online teaching is currently very moderately successful.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 31-37
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Hungarian