Social-Emotional Skills in Classical University Teaching Versus Online and Long Distance Learning
Keywords:
online education, traditional education, emotional intelligence, social intelligence, socio-emotional skillsAbstract
This theoretical study analyzes the differences between traditional and online education, exploring the importance of developing socio-emotional skills in education. Online education, compared to traditional education, requires the development of new skills from both students and teachers. Due to the increase in the number of students who choose to study online, as well as the fact that there are studies that show that socio-emotional factors contribute to increasing academic performance, workplace performance and life satisfaction, the development of emotional intelligence and social intelligence in online students would help self-development, a process necessary for more efficient mobilization of resources, of time and more effective control of behavior. Online education has the advantage of self-paced learning and access to high quality courses. At the same time, it can present the disadvantage of lack of constant interaction, which can be replaced by the feedback from the course instructor, by building an online community where students can learn and offer each other feedback or even by a dedicated social-emotional course that runs in parralel.
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