Accomplishments
Students Perspective of Online Learning
- Abstract
The current ongoing pandemic has created havoc on every aspect of society globally. Covid-19, as a global pandemic, has called for social distancing. It has made people mandatory to sit indoor and work from home. It has caused profound disruption in almost all fields especially to the education system as governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions to contain the spread of the coronavirus due to which the whole educational system from elementary to tertiary level has been collapsed. E-learning has become the mandatory component of all educational institutions like schools, colleges, and universities. Face-to-face classes have been canceled and moved to online classes, bringing about the rise of online learning that has allowed learners to continue their education. The sudden transition from face-to-face to online learning has, however, posed abundant challenges for students, teachers, administrators, and education leaders. Institutions and teacher educators had to quickly respond to an unexpected and ‘forced’ transition from face-to-face to remote teaching. By considering the sudden shift to online teaching-learning due to COVID-19 pandemic the author aims to study the E-learning process among students. A survey was conducted on 241 students to uncover their perspectives on online teaching-learning. The data, collected by questionnaire, were analyzed, using percentage and frequency. Results indicated that students were enjoying online learning, they liked the Flexibility during online learning but sometimes poor network, unavailability of proper devices is the biggest challenge for them. Along with this the lack of interaction with their own friends, their teachers, interruptions from home environment during lectures and one-sided learning were mentioned as its disadvantages.