Using video cameras in remote teaching and students’ perceptions of privacy

Abstract

This study inquired about the use of cameras in the remote teaching video conference and the students’ perceptions of privacy. Participants were students studying for a bachelor’s degree in the English Language at the Universidad Veracruzana who were exposed to remote teaching with the use of videoconferencing platforms. The research had a mixed-method approach. A semi-structured interview was conducted to collect qualitative data and the survey collected ordinal data using the non-parametric method. Tendency graphics showed the ranks for each topic and students’ perceptions, and participants' quotations derived from the interview. Results showed privacy was not the students’ concern, but the ISP, which affected the appropriate image transference. Findings described that improving social interaction is essential when cameras are turned on, but students preferred saving wideband for audioconference. No perception of abuse or invasion of privacy using cameras was shown, but most preferred cameras to be turned off.