Yes. The huge thing that almost all discussions about online education miss or deny is how much of teaching is motivating students. This is true to varying extents across the socioeconomic spectrum. I believe we as humans are hard wired to feel more strongly about people we are physically near on a regular basis. And nothing online can replace that. I am willing to be proven wrong by this, but I would take most seriously those opinions of people who have a lot (a decade or more) of experience teaching both online and in person.