TY - CHAP
T1 - What Sunshine Is to Flowers
T2 - A Literature Review on the Use of Emoticons to Support Online Learning
AU - Dunlap, Joanna C.
AU - Bose, Devshikha
AU - Lowenthal, Patrick R.
AU - York, Cindy S.
AU - Atkinson, Michael
AU - Murtagh, Jim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - The effective use of electronically mediated communication (EMC) is fundamental to digital literacy and, therefore, a high-demand competency in professional communities of practice, business, society, and online education. However, the use of EMC can be challenging in educational contexts; given that EMC tends to rely heavily on text-based formats, meaning and intent may be lost in translation from thought to posted message. Thus, online educators value techniques that have the potential to improve the quality and effectiveness of text-based communication. One such technique is the use of emoticons to represent emotional and personality nuances present in face-to-face communication. In this chapter, we present a review of the literature on emoticons used in support of online learning—with the goal of improving future practice and research of online teaching and learning—and then provide some specific instructional recommendations for online educators.
AB - The effective use of electronically mediated communication (EMC) is fundamental to digital literacy and, therefore, a high-demand competency in professional communities of practice, business, society, and online education. However, the use of EMC can be challenging in educational contexts; given that EMC tends to rely heavily on text-based formats, meaning and intent may be lost in translation from thought to posted message. Thus, online educators value techniques that have the potential to improve the quality and effectiveness of text-based communication. One such technique is the use of emoticons to represent emotional and personality nuances present in face-to-face communication. In this chapter, we present a review of the literature on emoticons used in support of online learning—with the goal of improving future practice and research of online teaching and learning—and then provide some specific instructional recommendations for online educators.
KW - Asynchronous discussion
KW - Computer-mediated communication
KW - Electronically mediated communication
KW - Emoticon
KW - Emotion
KW - Online education
KW - Online learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85152832985&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-801856-9.00008-6
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-801856-9.00008-6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85152832985
SN - 9780128018811
SP - 163
EP - 182
BT - Emotions, Technology, Design, and Learning
ER -