A Study on Students Perception on Online Learning during COVID-19 crisis

Abstract

COVID -19 crisis has disturbed the life of people from corner to corner in the country. With escalation in the number of the cases in India, universities were forced to close down the campuses. However, this did not stop the teaching learning and the world moved to online platforms to deliver education. As a result, to meet the needs of all stages of education from school to university level, online education has come out as an option to the face to face classes. The universities were not prepared this switch or to move online for classes and as a result their online teaching?learning process evolved slowly. During this time many online platforms offered free access to conduct online classes like Zoom, Google meet etc. A survey will be conduct with UG (Under Graduate) and PG (Post graduate) students in university of Haryana about their opinion on different aspects of online education during the ongoing pandemic. As we are dealing with Digital natives, using digital platforms becomes a natural choice. From this paper researcher wants to examine the benefits or side effects of online learning from the student’s perspective. This hypothesized that varieties in ways of online teaching like, interactive power point presentations, Blended classes, after class MCQ’s session, feedback system etc. will make students more aware, comfortable and this will also improve student’s attendance during class. Blogs, discussion boards, Wikipedia and 3Dimentional virtual worlds could be used to engage students in their learning.