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  • Educational Psychology
  • Human Physiology

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  • Transitioning face-to-face teaching to digital formats can decrease student physiological arousal, leading to passivity, reduced concentration, and engagement.
  • Understanding psychobiological stress responses in online learning is crucial for optimizing digital educational strategies.
  • Anatomical education requires high levels of student attention and engagement, which may be challenging to achieve in online settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if psychobiological stress responses can be enhanced in online anatomical learning environments.
  • To determine the correlation between increased physiological parameters and learning experience characteristics in digital education.
  • To compare the effects of face-to-face, passive online, and interaction-enhanced online learning on student psychobiological responses.

Main Methods:

  • A study involving 104 first-year medical students participating in a Microscopic Anatomy practical course.
  • Comparison of three learning conditions: traditional face-to-face, passive online learning, and interaction-enhanced online learning.
  • Measurement of physiological parameters including Heart Rate Variability, salivary cortisol, and salivary alpha-amylase activity.

Main Results:

  • Interaction-enhanced online learning significantly reduced Heart Rate Variability compared to passive online learning (P < 0.001).
  • Students in the interaction-enhanced online group showed significantly increased salivary cortisol (P < 0.001) and salivary alpha-amylase activity (P < 0.001).
  • Higher physiological responses in online learning correlated positively with key learning experience criteria like engagement and attention.

Conclusions:

  • Interactive teaching methods can effectively enhance physiological arousal in students during online learning.
  • Increased psychobiological stress responses in online learning are linked to improved student engagement and attention.
  • Digital learning environments can be optimized for better learning outcomes through interactive pedagogical approaches.