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McKnight, Maureen – 2000
In many classrooms, the issue of emotional legitimization is often forgotten, but in the distance education setting, two limitations highlight this issue even more. The distance education classroom lacks proximity and eye contact, which are pedagogically important as they prompt anxiety in students and draw them into learning. Rather than leading…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Communication Problems, Distance Education