The researchers set out to explore the impact of nonverbal immediacy (behaviors that reduce the psychological distance between instructors and learners) on learning engagement in a virtual environment ...

Instructor presence in video lectures represents a dynamic pedagogical design element that has garnered increasing scholarly attention. Research has shown that the visual inclusion of instructors not ...

Have you ever taken a class with a professor who seemed rooted to the lectern, read lecture notes in a monotone and never made eye contact with students while teaching? Whether intentional or not, ...

Imagine that you are meeting a stranger for the first time. There is a natural tendency to jump to a conclusion: "I like/don’t like that person.” This is known as making a “snap judgment.” ...

Ever since the pandemic stalled normal life six months ago—including the busy concourses of schools, colleges and universities—there has been a great deal of reflection about how education can be ...