Effects of Emoji Skin Tone and Gender in a Peer-to-Peer Online Learning Scenario (Poster 40)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Sunday 9:50 a.m.
  In Poster Session: Social Processes and Stereotypes

Abstract

This study aims to investigate whether the characteristics of individual learners (skin tone and gender) and messengers (skin tone and gender of emoji peer) interact to influence the learning processes and outcomes in conceptual change learning. The CRKM guided the framework for understanding how the messenger characteristics work within the CRKM's social context to affect the likelihood of conceptual change in the learner. Participants were presented with a hypothetical online learning scenario where they were shown an online refutation text with the emoji peer as the instructor. The findings highlight the significant role of peer perceptions in the learning process. Our findings suggest that peer perceptions may enhance the effectiveness of educational interventions by influencing learners' emotional and cognitive responses.

Authors

• Dulshi Nimasha Fernando, California State University - Chico

• Kanvarbir Gill, University of Oklahoma

• Marie Lippmann, California State University - Chico

• Benjamin C. Heddy, University of Oklahoma