Author: Dr. S. Rajeswari, Dr. A. Sheikabdulsalam & Dr. T. Thangadurai
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.70798/Bijmrd/04050008
Abstract: This research paper illustrates the multiple problems encountered by both the students and teachers during this time and also how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the learning methodology for the students. The researcher collected the data from 100 students and 100 teachers from various streams of education with the help of a structured interview schedule by employing a purposive sampling technique. 58.8% of students studying online and 83.2% of the teachers imparting the online lessons had been teaching/learning for the first time due to COVID-19 pandemic and they were readily learning new techniques/methods for the same. The researcher discovered that the various methods used for teaching/learning online are Zoom, Google Meet and Google Classroom. 81.6% of students and 97.3% of teachers encountered several issues during the learning process but contacting the remotest areas students and imparting teaching to numerical subjects were the difficult aspects. About 75.6% students and 92.5% teachers felt a lack of motivation towards online teaching/learning due to less touch/relationship between the students and teachers and more demand on computer, software, electricity supply and bandwidth supply was high. 91.6% of students and 95.6% of teachers encountered issues of connectivity with technical failures and they asked for help from their teacher to resolve these issues which resulted in breaking the continuity. 81.6% of teachers expressed that the physical classroom environment promotes students’ participation and students cannot sleep during online lessons because of their webcam and they feel it to be better when it comes to paying special attention to students, however, the usage of e-learning modules can also improve student participation.
Keywords: Online Teaching, Covid-19 Pandemic, Students, Teachers and Challenges.
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