"This article uses instructor identity and presence as a proxy for exploring how visual elements are used to convey identity in online settings," write Vanessa P. Dennen and Ömer Arslan. What does that mean? We can think of the ways we project ourselves visually, not just by physical appearance, but also through visual elements as varied as typology, photographs, design and multimedia. "To communicate one's identity in an online course, whether through text or visuals, is to have social presence," they write, and students want this, "the psychological importance of sensing a 'real' instructor." The bulk of this paper surveys and discusses the many ways visual elements convey identity in online cousres.
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