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Students and professors of higher education institutions who had not yet experienced distance learning before COVID-19 pandemic period participated in the study. The participants belong to the universities located in Mediterranean basin, e.g., Albania, Italy, Morocco, Algeria and few African countries.  \nResults suggest that distance learning will shift many of the responsibilities formerly on the professors to those of the students. The data suggests the need for emotional support during this transition, specifically to maintain interaction among students and professor as well as among students themselves in distance learning platforms as in traditional classrooms. The study shows that the effectiveness and the interactivity of this new paradigm are very important and any further developments of distance learning should provide strong support for these components. The position of the professor is indispensable as the guide to the entire process, suggesting that at least at the time of this writing (2020) distance learning approach is perceived only to be an intermittent complementary path to in-person interactions.  \nKeywords: distance learning, Mind Genomics, survey, user’s perceptions  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe Distance Learning (DL), also referred to as distance education, e-learning, and online learning, represents an education approach which occurs when the professors and students are separated by space and time. DLis based upon the sophisticated technology of today which allows the participants to ‘see’ and ‘hear’ eachother as if they were in the same room. The ‘room’ is the screen. Today’s sophisticated technologies allow for these ‘room’s, and have become well know during the current (Spring 2020) COVID-19 crisis, which has forced the use of distance learning on the world of high education.  \nWith the advent of DL phenomenon, technology is entering yet in another aspect of our life; the one of education. Already social media is part of our everyday life and accompanying us anytime and everywhere we go through smartphones, tablets, etc. Although at the very beginning social media had only a social purpose, nowadays it is used for pleasure, business and sometimes even for education purposes as well. The world of the classroom is now the world of Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, to name ajust a few (Online Learning Statistics, 2019) . DL as a model for education remains deeply influenced by the technology, especially digital developments.  \nDL appeared in the education market nearly two decades ago and it has had an important effect in the way we learn and think since. This industry has grown 900% since year 2000 and it is expected to triple its size from 2020 till 2025. The most serious efforts for implementing such a teaching platform were undertaken in Europe and USA that have 70% of the global market share (Online Learning Statistics, 2019) .  \nDuring these pandemic times of COVID-19, institutions of higher education had to close their doors, to stop in-person teacher. In to keep educating, these institutions chose to use DL, and to continue educating. Most higher education institutions had not previously mastered the intricacies of DL, even though the COVID-19 crisis forces the paradigm shift with unexpected spe","cbCaidHw8Oeo23yN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidHw8Oeo23yN","pdf",413508,13,"English","# Introduction\n## Distance Learning definitions and technological basis\n## COVID-19 impact and paradigm shift\n## Study goal and topic pillars\n## Literature background and study differentiation\n## Mind Genomics design and theoretical framework","[{\"question\":\"Who participated in the distance learning perceptions study?\",\"answer\":\"The study involved students and professors from higher education institutions who had not yet experienced distance learning before the COVID-19 pandemic period.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the results suggest about responsibilities during distance learning?\",\"answer\":\"The results suggest that responsibilities previously held by professors shift toward students, increasing the need to support learners in maintaining interaction.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is emotional support considered important in this transition?\",\"answer\":\"Emotional support is needed to maintain interaction among students and between students and professors on distance learning platforms, similar to traditional classrooms.\"}]","Perceptions regarding Distance Learning in Higher Education - Smoothing the Transition | PDF",1792089868,33]