Assessing Instructors' Usage of Emojis in Distance Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor/inn/en	Al-Zou'bi, Reem; Shamma, Fathi
Titel	Assessing Instructors' Usage of Emojis in Distance Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quelle	In: Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 16 (2021) 1, S.201-220 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Al-Zou'bi, Reem) ORCID (Shamma, Fathi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-905X
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Visual Aids; Arabs; Distance Education; Computer Mediated Communication; Student Attitudes; College Students; Cross Cultural Studies; Teacher Student Relationship; College Faculty; Gender Differences; Virtual Classrooms; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Communication Strategies; Pandemics; COVID-19; Jordan; Israel (Haifa) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Anschauungsmaterial; Arab; Araber; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Computerkonferenz; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Fakultät; Geschlechterkonflikt; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Kommunikationsstrategie
Abstract	This research assessed instructors' usage of emojis in distance education for high diploma students. A quantitative approach was employed comprising an e-survey consisting of 11-items, one closed-ended question, and two open-ended questions. The participants were a randomly selected sample of 343 high diploma students, 243 attending Al al-Bayt University (AABU) in Jordan and 100 students attending the Arab Academic College in Haifa (AAC). The results indicated that instructors' usage of emojis in distance education was moderate in both universities. All students strongly preferred instructors to use emojis to express what is on their minds as an alternative to facial expressions, and female instructors were more active in using emojis in virtual lectures. The emoji used most frequently by distance education instructors for the sample was the thumbs-up emoji [emoji image omitted]. Based on the results, several recommendations are put forth that will be of value to researchers and workers in this field. [Note: The page range (201-219) shown on the first page of the PDF is incorrect. The correct page range is 201-220.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi. Sht. Ilmiye Sakir Sokak, No: 9, Ortakoy, Lefkosa, 2681, Cyprus. e-mail: editor.cjes@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.cjes.eu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01