Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Anderson, Myron R.
Author's Email Address	myron@vt.edu
URN	etd-12072001-101132
Title	An Examination of Nonverbal Cues Used By University Professors When Delivering Instruction in a Two-Way Video Classroom
Degree	PhD
Department	Instructional Technology
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title John Burton Committee Chair Barbara Lockee Committee Member Mike Moore Committee Member Roy S. Jones Committee Member Sue Magliaro Committee Member
Keywords	two-way video nonverbal communication technology instructional delivery distance education
Date of Defense	2001-10-10
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Abstract Title: An Examination of Nonverbal Cues Used By University Professors When Delivering Instruction in a Two-Way Video Classroom As the education field further embraces technology and the classroom develops a distance component, more and more colleges and universities are delivering classes via two-way video. Research has established that nonverbal cues exist and play a significant role in classroom instruction (Arnold & Roach, 1989; Cyrs, Conway, Shonk, & Jones, 1997; Rosenthal & Jacobson, 1968). The growing popularity of two-way video and the fundamental concepts of communication, establishes a parallel between traditional classroom and two-way video instruction delivery. This parallel and the established effect that nonverbal cues have on instructional delivery support the need to study nonverbal communication in a two-way video classroom. Descriptive observation of six instructors, each teaching five 50-minute lectures, produced the data for this preliminary study. The nonverbal cues were recorded using the Two-way Video Nonverbal Cue Observation Instrument (TV-NCOI). The TV-NCOI consisted of seven nonverbal communication categories and 22 variables used to identify and quantify professor’s nonverbal cue use in two-way video instructional delivery. Frequency response, common themes, and nonverbal cue delivery observations, collected by the TV-NCOI, were used to answer the research questions; what nonverbal cues are used by university professors when delivering instruction in a two-way video classroom? The results suggest that professors in engineering and chemistry, the two focused disciplines, heavily used nonverbal cues when delivering instruction in a two-way video classroom. However, the majority of these cues have a technical delivery base. The traditional classroom nonverbal cues of board pointing, material pointing, and accent gestures are delivered via computer cursor, two-way video camera, and software applications in the two-way video classroom. More specifically, 87% on the nonverbal cues used in instructional delivery had a technological connection and only 13% of the nonverbal cues used were without a technical delivery base.
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