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The key negative trends
noted are:
1. Increased student anxiety
2. Lower student participation,
engagement, and understanding
3. A lack of practical materials at home to
express ideas
4. Teacher and student cognitive overload.
Some of the positive trends
noted are:
1. Time with students spread more evenly
2. Shyer students tend to contribute more
3. Greater student independence
4. Less time pressures have led some to
produce deeper and more creative
learning experiences.
" There are simply so many new
things to learn and do that it leads
some to regress into the survival or
safety needs quartile of Maslow's
hierarchy" 20
" Effective online learning relies on
setting high expectations, quality timely
feedback, access to diversified materials,
and a holistic learning environment that
captures interest with real world problems
and engages at the needed level" 21
20Chickering & Ehrmann, (1996) "Implementing the seven principles: Technology as lever"
21Schwiebert, (2012) "Using the 7 Principles of Online Learning - Are They Still Valid?"