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Moderating cultural effects in a higher e-education context? Supervisor's tone of voice in recorded audio feedback

Anneli HeimbürgerVille Isomöttönen

subject

e-Educationmedia_common.quotation_subjectApplied psychologyDistance educationfeedbackContext (language use)Electronic mailNonverbal communicationCultural diversityPerceptionculture e-neutrality0502 economics and businessta516verkko-opetuscultural dimensionsmedia_commonta113Supervisorkulttuuritkulttuurienvälinen vuorovaikutuspalaute05 social sciences050301 educationcultural effectsculturesAudio feedbackPsychology0503 education050203 business & management

description

Providing feedback to learners on their writing assignments is one of the most important and time-consuming tasks that a supervisor performs. In e-Education environments, especially in the case of distance learning, giving feedback becomes more challenging because there are often no opportunities for face-to-face interaction. Typically, a supervisor provides comments to learners in written form via email; however, the use of recorded audio feedback (RAF) in e-Education environments has become a viable alternative. This work in progress reports on learners’ perceptions of RAF in a multi-cultural higher eEducation context. Our observations indicate that learners tend to have positive feelings toward RAF and that RAF potentially moderates cultural effects. The observations are discussed in light of the relevant literature, and future research questions are proposed. peerReviewed

https://doi.org/10.1109/fie.2017.8190646