Article Notice – ONLINE LEARNING DURING COVID-19: A BOON OR BANE?

The second of two articles that scrolled across my electronic desk over the past few days.

ONLINE LEARNING DURING COVID-19: A BOON OR BANE?

• October 2022

• Sruthiya V N

Abstract – Education is one of the major areas struck by the pandemic, disrupting the physical presence of the students and faculties in a formal space. This study aims to study the challenges and opportunities in Online learning during the Covid 19 pandemic among fifty high school and higher secondary school students from the Malappuram District of Kerala State. The current research aims to investigate the challenges and strategies implemented to overcome those challenges and the available opportunities in online learning. The study revealed that there is no association between demographic variables and the challenges of online learning. The results indicate that various strategies adopted for online learning have no association with the level of satisfaction in learning among the students, but peer learning is one of the most satisfaction deriving strategies to overcome the challenges of online learning. Garret’s ranking technique identified that the major issue encountered during online learning is the delay in the delivery of information as a result of low internet signal strength. Successful students access the internet as an easy way to get learning input and not an easy way out.