Enhancing Learning Through Companionship in Distance Education

Abstract

While distance education offers individuals the flexibility to learn at their own pace and location, it can also lead to feelings of isolation during the learning process. In order to get over this sensation of isolation, it is essential to establish a sense of learning companionship in distance education. Through the use of learning companionship, individuals in the group are encouraged to share responsibilities, acquire knowledge from one another, and collaborate on finding answers. Developing interaction among learners is crucial to ensure a sense of learning companionship. This connection not only enhances the learning process by making it more comprehensive, engaging, and purposeful, but also fosters cooperation and collaboration among learners. Although learner-learner contact is crucial in distance education, it is often insufficiently implemented and lacks sufficient focus on its enhancement. Learning companionship and learner-to-learner interaction in distance education have been greatly affected and changed by what happened during the COVID-19 pandemic.