The instructor's gaze guidance in video lectures improves learning

H Wang, Z Pi, W Hu - Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Instructor behaviour is known to affect learning performance, but it is unclear which specific
instructor behaviours can optimize learning. We used eye‐tracking technology and …

Instructor presence in video lectures: Eye gaze matters, but not body orientation

Z Pi, K Xu, C Liu, J Yang - Computers & Education, 2020 - Elsevier
The instructor's on-screen presence, rather than just voice, has rapidly become a popular
feature in video lectures. Eye gaze and body orientation are core indicators of an instructor's …

Instructors' pointing gestures improve learning regardless of their use of directed gaze in video lectures

Z Pi, Y Zhang, F Zhu, K Xu, J Yang, W Hu - Computers & Education, 2019 - Elsevier
Empirical research to date has not distinguished the effects of the instructor's pointing
gestures from directed gaze in video lectures. This study tested the hypothesis that the …

An eye-tracking analysis of instructor presence in video lectures

AT Stull, L Fiorella, RE Mayer - Computers in Human Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Research is needed to understand how to best design video lectures that foster learning. We
tested whether instructor presence is better afforded through methods that increase students' …

Modulation of instructor's eye gaze by facial expression in video lectures

Z Pi, M Chen, F Zhu, J Yang, W Hu - Innovations in Education and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study tested the interaction effect of the instructor's eye gaze (direct gaze vs. averted
gaze) and facial expression (happy face vs. neutral face) on students' attention and learning …

The mutual influence of an instructor's eye gaze and facial expression in video lectures

Z Pi, Y Zhang, F Zhu, L Chen, X Guo… - Interactive Learning …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study tested the mutual effects of the instructor's eye gaze and facial expression on
students' eye movements (ie first fixation time to the slides, percentage dwell time on the …

Seeing the instructor's face and gaze in demonstration video examples affects attention allocation but not learning

M Van Wermeskerken, T Van Gog - Computers & Education, 2017 - Elsevier
Although the use of video examples in which an instructor demonstrates how to perform a
task has become widespread in online and blended education, specific guidelines for …

Are you with me? Measurement of learners' video-watching attention with eye tracking

N Srivastava, S Nawaz, J Newn, J Lodge… - … learning analytics and …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Video has become an essential medium for learning. However, there are challenges when
using traditional methods to measure how learners attend to lecture videos in video learning …

The case for embodied instruction: The instructor as a source of attentional and social cues in video lectures.

AT Stull, L Fiorella, RE Mayer - Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
This study explores the role of the instructor's face and eye gaze as social and attentional
cues in promoting learning from a video lecture on kidney physiology. In a 2× 2 between …

Instructor's position affects learning from video lectures in Chinese context: An eye-tracking study

Y Zhang, K Xu, Z Pi, J Yang - Behaviour & Information Technology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Although more and more online courses use video lectures that feature an instructor and
slides, there are few specific guidelines for designing these video lectures. This experiment …