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The Use of Asynchronous Video Communication to Improve Instructor Immediacy and Social Presence in a Blended Learning Environment

The Use of Asynchronous Video Communication to Improve Instructor Immediacy and Social Presence in a Blended Learning Environment
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Author(s): Jered Borup (Brigham Young University, USA), Charles R. Graham (Brigham Young University, USA)and Andrea Velasquez (Brigham Young University, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 20
Source title: Blended Learning across Disciplines: Models for Implementation
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Andrew Kitchenham (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-479-0.ch003

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Abstract

Instructors in a blended learning format struggle to find an effective balance between face-to-face instruction that is high in fidelity and online instruction that is high in flexibility. This chapter presents three cases where asynchronous video communication was used to help offer students instruction high in fidelity and flexibility. Although the medium for sharing asynchronous video varied between the three cases, findings indicate that video was a useful tool to improve instructor immediacy and/or social presence with a minimum amount of face-to-face instruction. The instructors in all three cases saw asynchronous video communications as an effective way to communicate with students, and the majority of students responded positively to asynchronous video communications.

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