eLearning is especially challenging when the subject you’re trying to teach is Social and Emotional Learning. After all, the reason we focus so hard to build social and emotional skills in today’s students is often because of the negative effects of technology. Kids who interact mostly on a screen often struggle when it comes time for face-to-face interaction.
Research from current models of online learning support this theory and have found that students underperform in the virtual classroom. One research initiative found that “students taking [a] course in-person earned roughly a B- grade (2.8) on average while if they had taken it online, they would have earned a C (2.4).” The same report also found that after taking an online course, students are about 9 percentage points less likely to remain enrolled in the semester.

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