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Appearance, social norms keep students off Zoom cameras – Phys.org
When the semester shifted online amid the COVID-19 pandemic last spring, Cornell University instructor Mark Sarvary, and his teaching staff decided to encourage—but…
When the semester shifted online amid the COVID-19 pandemic last spring, Cornell University instructor Mark Sarvary, and his teaching staff decided to encouragebut not requirestudents to switch on their cameras.
It didn’t turn out as they’d hoped.
“Most of our students had their cameras off,” said Sarvary, director of the Investigative Biology Teaching Laboratories in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).
“Students enjoy seeing each other when they work in groups. And instructors…
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