TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate”

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Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era.

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    • “TOP” Resources from UCF
      • TOPR: Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository
      • TOPkit: Teaching Online Preparation Toolkit
      • TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast
      • Cameras-On Resources
        • School Principal Blog Posting: “Is it Really Wrong to Make Students Turn On Their Video Camera During Virtual Class?”
        • Teacher Blog Posting: “Cameras On: A Response to the Outrage”
        • Summary of National Survey: “Most Educators Require Kids to Turn Cameras On in Virtual Class, Despite Equity Concerns”
        • From Oregon State University: “Zoom Camera Pros & Cons”
        • Cameras-Off Resources
          • Infographic from Appalachian State University: “Camera Use in Zoom: Making the Right Choice for Your Class”
          • OLC Accelerate 2021 Session by Rachel Stern-Lockerman: “Shifting towards a #CamerasOff Paradigm”
          • Research Studies Supporting Cameras-Off by Default
            • Shockley et al. (2021) in Journal of Applied Psychology: “The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings: A within-person field experiment”
            • Tomprou et al. (2021) in PLOS ONE. “Speaking out of turn: How video conferencing reduces vocal synchrony and collective intelligence”
            • In Inside Higher Ed: (Opinion by Finders & Munoz) “Cameras-On: Surveillance in the Time of COVID-19”
            • Book: “The Spectrum of Teaching Styles: From Command to Discovery” (Mosston & Ashworth, 1989)
            • Kelvin’s Visual: “A Range of Student Engagement”
            • Book: “Remediation: Understanding New Media” (Bolter & Grusin, 1998)
            • TOPcast Episode 88: “It Really Always Comes Back to Design”
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              • Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)
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