The Power of the Voice in Facilitating and Maintaining Online Presence in the Era of Zoom and Teams

Autor/in	Cribb, Michael
Titel	The Power of the Voice in Facilitating and Maintaining Online Presence in the Era of Zoom and Teams
Quelle	In: TESL-EJ, 27 (2023) 2, (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Virtual Classrooms; Videoconferencing; Blended Learning; Teacher Participation; COVID-19; Pandemics; Auditory Perception; Audio Equipment; Teacher Student Relationship; Language Teachers; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Online Courses; Rating Scales; Teaching Methods; Educational Change; Speech Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Audio-CD; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Rating-Skala; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsreform
Abstract	With the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing popularity of videoconferencing software such as Zoom, the move to online and /or hybrid teaching has never been more rapid. With this change, however, maintaining presence in the classroom has become a great challenge simply because of the nature of online teaching. Presence is a teaching quality that enables the teacher to "own the room" and create an atmosphere of focus and inspiration. With the loss of face-to-face contact and the diminution of body language that online teaching entails, the teacher has to rely more and more on their own voice to hold presence in the class. While voice has always been an important tool in the teacher's expressive armoury, it takes on a more central role in online teaching and can be the only element that connects teachers to students. Yet many teachers still front classes where voice audio quality is severely restricted due in part to poor choice of microphone and setups on their behalf. In this article I will discuss the notion of presence in online classrooms with regard to voice, and show how teachers can maintain and manipulate this feature in order to retain appeal for students. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	TESL-EJ. e-mail: editor@tesl-ej.org; Web site: http://tesl-ej.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01