The Surprising Impact of Hands: Using the LFS Popup Studio to Enhance Online Lectures
Channel: Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, University of British Columbia
Date: 13/06/2022

Online teaching might be here to stay, but pedagogy can be affected when the online instructor’s presence is not ideal. The narrow window of Zoom cameras can prevent the use of hand gestures that are common in in-person teaching. To eliminate this, Professor Carol Mc Ausland approached the Land and Food Systems (LFS) Learning Centre to try and teach in a weather forecaster setup, allowing her to annotate and point to her graphs and slides with her hands.