Students’ Perspectives of Attendance Taking and Student-Teacher Communication Via the ARS During the First Year of Emergency Remote Teaching

Abstract

The move to emergency remote teaching (ERT) in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic forced instructors to seek ways of providing their course content remotely. It also compelled them to consider how they might carry out their standard non-content-related classroom practices of taking attendance and creating and maintaining student-teacher communication channels while distanced from students. In response to these latter needs, the multifaceted Attendance Record Sheet (ARS) was created (Rubrecht, 2020). With this single document, student attendance could be taken and communication with students could be fostered both remotely and consistently. Previous analyses of ARS use revealed it to have fulfilled its intended aims effectively, often beyond expectations (Rubrecht, 2021b, 2022b), yet students’ perceptions of the weekly ARS and its various completion and submission requirements remained to be investigated. To this end, an online student questionnaire was administered at the end of the 2020 academic school year in order to gain information about students’ views of the ARS and how they interacted with it. Results revealed that although some students acknowledged the sheet’s shortcomings, they nevertheless regarded it highly, particularly because they understood its purpose and recognized the myriad benefits its use provided to all course participants. As a majority of students found the sheet to be clear and supportive to their learning, most expressed a desire to continue using it in future academic years should they be required to continue studying remotely, which ultimately was the case for many. Questionnaire results and pedagogical recommendations are presented and discussed.



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Brian G. Rubrecht, Meiji University, Japan

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Conference: IICE2023
Stream: Teaching Experiences

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To cite this article:
Rubrecht B. (2023) Students’ Perspectives of Attendance Taking and Student-Teacher Communication Via the ARS During the First Year of Emergency Remote Teaching ISSN: 2189-1036 – The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii 2023 Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2189-1036.2023.11
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2189-1036.2023.11


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