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Speaker nonverbal unintentionality: An OpenPose intervention for engineering students
LeFebvre, Luke JaRomczyk, Jerzy W. Allen, Mike LeFebvre, Leah Elina Tan, George Dao, Mai Tapia, Andrew
LeFebvre, Luke
JaRomczyk, Jerzy W.
Allen, Mike
LeFebvre, Leah Elina
Tan, George
Dao, Mai
Tapia, Andrew
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2024-03
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Presentation skills,Nonverbal communication skills,Public speaking,Human pose estimation
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LeFebvre, L., & JaRomczyk, J. W., & Allen, M., & LeFebvre, L. E., & Tan, G., & Dao, M., & Tapia, A. (2024, March), Speaker Nonverbal Unintentionality: An OpenPose Intervention for Engineering Students. Paper presented at 2024 South East Section Meeting, Marietta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--45559
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Engineering programs require students to demonstrate communicative competency with a broad range of audiences across different rhetorical situations (see Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). For example, engineering entrepreneurs commonly seek funding for ideations and innovations using a presentation to potential investors. The presentation intends to convince investors to financially commit to the investment opportunity. Therefore, communication skills can positively or negatively impact the evaluation of the product or technology. Of particular importance is how a speaker manages physical delivery (i.e., nonverbal behaviors: gestures and movement, facial behavior, eye behavior, etc.) during presentations. This study shows how OpenPose was repurposed with a Python program to track and code novice speakers' nonverbal behavior. Results demonstrate considerable practical value for engineering students learning to establish baseline positions for managing nonverbal behaviors.
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Presented at the 2024 American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Conference in Marietta, Georgia
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The American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Conference