AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME
This article explores how immediate communication of synchronous education via virtual classrooms poses questions on implementing visual communication technologies of social surveillance. The striking global transformation of education to synchronous and asynchronous forms of online and hybrid educa...
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BİLGİTOY BİLGİ, BİLİM, EĞİTİM,ARAŞTIRMA, GELİŞTİRME VE STRATEJİ DERNEĞİ
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| description | This article explores how immediate communication of synchronous education via virtual classrooms poses questions on implementing visual communication technologies of social surveillance. The striking global transformation of education to synchronous and asynchronous forms of online and hybrid education during the COVID-19 pandemic has reformed the usual teaching and learning methods. Hence, the immediate experience of virtuality also affected the public sphere notion of classrooms, where students socialize and encounter political culture. Building on the content analysis of qualitative research on student experiences of remote education in Turkey, we conducted an online survey with 325 university students with the purpose of understanding their experiences and attitudes toward online education. We theoretically explore how virtual classroom participants construct their social world of education through the aesthetic affordances of digital platforms. Grounded in critical theories of aesthetics that have previously been elaborated on an abstract level, we investigate how time and space compression, enabled by immediate communication technologies, translates into students’ experiences of participation, use of visual communication, and their everyday resistance to surveillance. The research revealed that online education design as implemented today is far from encouraging a public space, and the university students generally underestimate their role in creating a public space through their active participation in discussions. This loss of social spaces should be elaborated and problematized in the future for a better transition to hybrid and online education modules. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5ff9eeced8e84e3583f6da9df22e69742025-08-20T03:00:58ZengBİLGİTOY BİLGİ, BİLİM, EĞİTİM,ARAŞTIRMA, GELİŞTİRME VE STRATEJİ DERNEĞİİmgelem2602-44462023-12-0171371173410.53791/imgelem.13280592429AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIMEAyşegül Akdemir0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3148-2271Balca Arda1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3793-2472BAHÇEŞEHİR ÜNİVERSİTESİKADİR HAS ÜNİVERSİTESİThis article explores how immediate communication of synchronous education via virtual classrooms poses questions on implementing visual communication technologies of social surveillance. The striking global transformation of education to synchronous and asynchronous forms of online and hybrid education during the COVID-19 pandemic has reformed the usual teaching and learning methods. Hence, the immediate experience of virtuality also affected the public sphere notion of classrooms, where students socialize and encounter political culture. Building on the content analysis of qualitative research on student experiences of remote education in Turkey, we conducted an online survey with 325 university students with the purpose of understanding their experiences and attitudes toward online education. We theoretically explore how virtual classroom participants construct their social world of education through the aesthetic affordances of digital platforms. Grounded in critical theories of aesthetics that have previously been elaborated on an abstract level, we investigate how time and space compression, enabled by immediate communication technologies, translates into students’ experiences of participation, use of visual communication, and their everyday resistance to surveillance. The research revealed that online education design as implemented today is far from encouraging a public space, and the university students generally underestimate their role in creating a public space through their active participation in discussions. This loss of social spaces should be elaborated and problematized in the future for a better transition to hybrid and online education modules.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3266893visual communication technologysurveillancedigital socializationhigher educationvirtualtemporalityeducationimmediacyvisual communication technologysurveillanceparticipationpublic spheredigital socializationuniversityonline sociality |
| spellingShingle | Ayşegül Akdemir Balca Arda AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME İmgelem visual communication technology surveillance digital socialization higher education virtual temporality education immediacy visual communication technology surveillance participation public sphere digital socialization university online sociality |
| title | AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME |
| title_full | AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME |
| title_fullStr | AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME |
| title_full_unstemmed | AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME |
| title_short | AESTHETICS OF THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PARTICIPATION & HETEROCHRONOUS COMMUNAL TIME |
| title_sort | aesthetics of the virtual classroom visual communication technology participation heterochronous communal time |
| topic | visual communication technology surveillance digital socialization higher education virtual temporality education immediacy visual communication technology surveillance participation public sphere digital socialization university online sociality |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3266893 |
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