Tip: Cameras On?
Framing the conversation around a question of who benefits from a cameras-on policy is helpful in thinking about what is best for students.
The Camera-On/Camera-Off Dilemma
A new study offers some guidance for striking a balance between class cohesion and privacy. Plus, strategies from teachers to encourage camera use in context.
Cameras On: Surveillance in the Time of COVID-19
Requiring students to let you inside their homes and private spaces can be culturally insensitive and ultimately racist, sexist, gendered and classist, write Margaret Finders and Joaquin Muñoz.
5 reasons to let students keep their cameras off during Zoom classes
As a researcher who studies behavior and the brain, I have found the evidence suggests that online instruction can pose a range of challenges for students if they are required to keep their cameras on during class.