8COVID-19: Preference for Online Teaching and Its Impact on Academic Performance
Shalini Wadhwa* and Mahendra Parihar
Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering, SVKM’s NMIMS University, Mumbai, India
Abstract
Teaching shifted to online platforms in India during lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. This study has been undertaken to know if students liked online lectures in comparison to classroom lectures and how online learning affected their academic performance. Study discusses about the major factors that made students prefer online sessions. Online teaching has its own challenges especially in a developing country like India where there is infrastructure inequality. Interviews with students revealed the challenges they faced during online teaching. Faculty adapted to online teaching quickly and experimented with the pedagogy to make online sessions more interesting. Discussions with students helped in knowing the effectiveness of various teaching methods adopted by faculty.
Keywords: Online, classroom, eLearning, COVID-19, lockdown, academic performance, higher education
8.1 Introduction
First human cases of COVID-19 disease subsequently named SARS-CoV-2 were first reported by officials in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019 according to WHO Report 2020. This contagious disease led to major disruptions in affected countries. Several measures were adopted by the government of these countries to fight against this disease. These ranged from sealing borders, ...
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