The Importance of Seeing Your Teacher

Cindie Jeter-Yanow Communication Topic: Public policy & affirmative action including equal employment opportunities, mass media & politics, diversity & media ethics, teacher-student learning

Examines the teaching a skills-related class online and the difference actually seeing and hearing your teacher can make on students’ understanding and performance. My hypothesis is that there will be a noticeable difference in online students’ grades when they are able to watch 10 minute vignettes of their teacher explaining the individual formats.