A Pilot Study to Determine if Playing Music Before Class Enhanced the "Zoom" Online Learning Environment in a
1St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada.
Medical Science Educator
|August 3, 2022
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic forced students and educators to shift from the traditional physical classrooms (face to face) to online platforms such as the Zoom to host live synchronous sessions. Although this video teleconferencing software facilitated communication between students and faculty around the world, technically the blank, silenced log-in screens removed the "connectedness" of the classroom. A medical educator plays music during the pre-class Zoom synchronous session as an approach to encourage a positive learning environment in a preclinical science course.
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