scholarly journals E-Learning amid the COVID-19 Lockdown: Standpoint of Medical and Dental Undergraduates

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiza Anwar ◽  
Hajra Mansoor ◽  
Danyal Faisal ◽  
Huma Saeed Khan
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Online Lectures ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Medical And Dental Students

Background and Objective: The corona-virus (COVID-19) pandemic has had devastating impacts on not only the health and socio-economic conditions but also on the education sector in various countries. Consequently, the world of education entered a new era of E-learning. This descriptive study, thus, aims to evaluate the standpoint of medical and dental undergraduates regarding E-learning amid the Covid-19 lockdown. Methods: A descriptive online questionnaire was used to gather responses via Google forms. The questionnaire consisted of questions categorized as technology access, online skills and relationships, students’ views, and student’s perception of possible advantages of E-learning. Two hundred and eighty three medical and dental students of CMH Lahore Medical College participated in the study. Results: One hundred and seventy nine female and 104 male students responded to the questionnaire. The results of the study showed students encouraging the accommodation of E-learning into current teaching practices. Students agreed online study material not only provides flexibility in the learning process (p=0.003) but also saves time (p = 0.012). Female participants showed a more positive readiness response towards e learning than males (p =0.001). Results also showed students have easier access to online teaching resources. Regarding online lectures, the students believe that online lectures were more organized (p= 0.001) and stimulated student interest (p=0.026). Students believe that frequent participation in the learning process is important for success in online education (p=0.002). Conclusion: Undergraduate medical and dental students from the said private medical college are well equipped and ready to shift towards online education. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.1.3124 How to cite this:Anwar A, Mansoor H, Faisal D, Khan HS. E-Learning amid the COVID-19 Lockdown: Standpoint of Medical and Dental Undergraduates. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(1):217-222. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.1.3124 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

scholarly journals Adaptation and Perception of Online Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic by Albanian University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
Paola Xhelili ◽  
Eliana Ibrahimi ◽  
Erinda Rruci ◽  
Kristina Sheme
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Classroom Learning Environment ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
E Learning

The aim of this study is to evaluate the perceptions and challenges of Albanian students during online learning carried out due to COVID-19 pandemic. The students were invited via email to give their perception of ongoing online learning. Responses were obtained from 627 college students from various study fields, such as natural, medical, and life sciences. The results showed that students had a more positive attitude towards the classroom learning environment. The main challenges that students faced were the unavailability of internet connection and the lack of technology devices. Students enrolled in technology-based programs and also those with high academic performance were more comfortable and satisfied with online classes (p0.001). The % of students who preferred the learning process be continued in the classroom was higher than those who preferred online education or a combination of both on-campus and online learning environments (p0.001). Students firmly state that online learning cannot replace the classroom. The findings suggested that Albanian students are not familiar enough with technology-based education. Online teaching must be integrated gradually into Albanian education depending also on students’ characteristics. The learning process must be effectively organized by professors, taking into account students’ dissatisfactions and difficulties with e-learning and considering the overall limitations of this method.

scholarly journals Comparison between online and traditional teaching-learning among non-clinical medical students

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Masood Mohammed Abdul Aziz ◽  
Masud Imtiaz ◽  
Choudhury Habibur Rasul
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Laptop Computer ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Overall Effectiveness

Background: Medical institutes remained on complete shut down during the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic while Information Technology (IT) bridged the teaching learning between the students and teachers. The study objectives were to determine the opportunities and obstacles of teaching learning process and overall effectiveness of online classes over traditional classes. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2020 to December 2020 between students and teachers of Khulna city Medical College, Khulna, Bangladesh. An online questionnaire was developed using google form containing four sections about different aspects of IT and teaching learning process. Results: Around 87% (160 vs 48) students and teachers responded to the questionnaire. The most preferred online teaching learning platform for students and teachers was zoom (84.4% vs 83.4%) and the favored devices were smart phone (96.2% vs 87.5%) followed by laptop computer (90.6% vs 83.3%). The majority felt connected to each other (82.5% vs 62.5%) and could work faster and effectively (75% vs 66.7%). Conversely, students (65.6%) felt online learning was more enjoyable than teachers (29.2%), where significant difference was found; (p= 0.006). Poor network (98.1% vs 79.1%) and affordability of mobile data (81.2% vs 66.7%) were the two main barriers among them. On-line teaching-learning neither increased student- teacher interaction (51.9% vs 66.7%), nor had better scope of asking question (52.5% vs 70.8%) and there was less scope of explaining details (52.5% vs 66.7%). Oral assessment was the most preferable (89.4% vs 83.3%), but the practical assessment (78.1% vs 83.3%) was the least preferable method for assessing students’ knowledge and skill online. Overall effectiveness of online classes over traditional classes was scored around 50% (±10%) by students and teachers (58.1% vs 62.5%). Conclusion: Despite having barriers like poor network, data affordability and limited computer and net usability, online classes played a pivotal role to continue the academic activities in a medical college during Corona pandemic. BIRDEM Med J 2022; 12(1): 45-50

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Online Learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case of One University in Zimbabwe

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (Issue 3) ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
Diocleciano Nhatuve
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
E Learning

This study sought to investigate on effectiveness of online teaching and learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case of one university in Zimbabwe. The study adopted quantitative approach in which 202 students were given an online questionnaire to fill. Data was analyzed through graphs to indicate the perception of students on effectiveness and challenges involved in the online teaching and learning. The study concludes that the e-teaching and e-learning adopted to minimize negative impact of Covid-19 Pandemic were not effective. High number of students (63% and 14%) reported that the whole process was frustrating as they could not learn effectively. Furthermore, students revealed that their failure was due to various challenges including inefficient strategies used by lecturers and difficulties to stablish and maintain relevant and fruitful interaction between lecturers and students. The learning process was monotonous. Lecturers could not convey adequate feedback and tests and assignments were not clear. To overcome challenges indicated by students, the study recommends that institutions of higher learning provide relevant equipment and educators be trained to develop competencies and skills for e-learning.

scholarly journals Perception of Online Lectures among Students of a Medical College in Kathmandu: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (235) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhagabat Bhattarai ◽  
Sujaya Gupta ◽  
Sirjana Dahal ◽  
Aarzu Thapa ◽  
Pooja Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Online Lectures

Introduction: The COVID-19 global pandemic has affected all aspects of human life, with education no exception. Online lectures have been practiced in different academic institutions around the world. The objective was to know the perception towards online lectures by the undergraduate students of a medical college. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the undergraduate students of dentistry, medicine, and nursing at Kathmandu Medical College via self-administered online questionnaire. Data were collected from November to December 2020 after ethical clearance from institutional review committee (Ref. no. 0311202002). Students who had not attended even one hour of online learning per week were excluded. Responses were collected using Google Forms which were analysed in Microsoft Excel. Results: Out of 318 valid questionnaires, 143 (44.97%) students agreed that online lectures were effective but 138 (43.4%) disagreed that online lectures were more useful than traditional lectures. One hundred and forty five (45.60%) found online classes difficult to concentrate and 175 (55.03%) agreed that they preferred a combination of traditional teaching and online tutorials. Only two (0.63%) students strongly agreed on excellent internet during classes and 104 (32.70%) agreed it caused economic burden. Mean age of participants was 20.75±1.538 years; 202 (63.52%) were females; online learning per week was 18.75±9.157 hours; and duration of online learning was 20.28±9.997 weeks. Conclusions: Most of the students had a positive attitude towards e-learning when compared tosimilar studies. Further multicentric studies with larger sample size would better demonstratewhether online education partly or fully can be effective adjunct to traditional face to face interaction.

scholarly journals Knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical and dental students in Lalitpur, Nepal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nisha Jha ◽  
Neeti Singh ◽  
Omi Bajracharya ◽  
Tejendra Manandhar ◽  
Tejendra Manandhar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rapid Evolution ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Medical And Dental Students

Background. Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has become a major global problem. There is an urgent need to measure the knowledge of the disease among health science students who can play an active role in pandemic control. The research was conducted to examine COVID-19 knowledge among medical and dental students in a Nepalese medical college, compare the knowledge to other studies in the literature and identify educational needs of students who may be involved in treating COVID-19 patients.  Methods. The cross-sectional study was performed during the third week of June among first to final year medical and dental students. As the country was in lockdown, a structured online questionnaire was used. The responses obtained were entered into IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows and the normality of the data checked using one-sample Kolmogorov Smirnov test. The demographic parameters were tabulated, and total score compared among different subgroups of participants. The frequency of different measures mentioned by respondents were also noted. Results. More than half of the participants were males (59.6%). Nearly half 282 (49.8%) belonged to age group 21-23 years. The majority 415 (73.5%) were undergraduate medical and 150 (26.5%) were undergraduate dental students. The largest number of respondents, 140 (24.9%), were from the second year of study and 344 (60.9%) were from urban areas. The median total score was 20 and the interquartile range 4. The maximum possible score was 29. The scores among students belonging to different years of study were significantly different (p=0.006). Total scores were not significantly different among other subgroups. Conclusions. The knowledge of the participants was good. Deficiencies in knowledge were noted in certain areas and these should be addressed through an educational intervention. One of the challenges is the rapid evolution of our knowledge about this condition, which may require regular refresher sessions. Similar studies can be undertaken in other medical colleges in the country and in nursing and pharmacy colleges.

scholarly journals Study on the effectiveness of online classes for undergraduate medical and dental students of Gandaki Medical College during COVID 19 pandemic period in Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Sapna Laxmi Tuladhar ◽  
Dilesh Pradhan ◽  
Umesh Parajuli ◽  
Pratik Manandhar ◽  
Nuwadatta Subedi
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Medical And Dental Students

Introduction: Pandemic situation of COVID 19 had an impact on medical education globally leading to cancellation of lectures, laboratory exercises, clinical postings and exams. To continue with the academic program, the online classes are started in different academic streams in large scale. This came with challenges and new learning opportunities for medical students and potential to adopt some changes. The objective of this study is to find out the effectiveness of online classes for medical and dental students of Gandaki Medical College (GMC) during COVID 19 pandemic period in Nepal with questionnaire based survey distributed to the students attending the online classes. Materials and Method: This is a descriptive cross sectional questionnaire based online survey. The questionnaires were distributed to the undergraduate medical and dental students of GMC, Pokhara, Nepal. Result: Amongst the students who responded, majority 205 (98.1%) were attending online classes. The device used by most of the student to attend the classes was smart phone 156 (74.6%). The strength of internet of the students was good in 41 (19.6%) and satisfactory in 99 (47.40%). The internet was disturbed by electricity cut down as responded by 66(31.6%) students. Almost 140 (67%) of the respondents rated the online classes were interactive and 124(59.33%) rated the classes were not disturbing. Despite the classes being interactive and non-disturbing, 162(77.51%) of respondents rated that the online classes were not effective. The online classes with one to 51 number of students showed good interactions as compared to classes with 51 to 100 number of students (p<0.01). There was no differences seen in the effectiveness in online classes between these medical and dental students (p=0.414). Conclusion: Good numbers of students had participated in online classes in medical and dental streams at GMC. The students faced problems in internet connectivity due to electricity cut down. The online classes were not that effective as class room classes. In country like Nepal, various factors affecting the online education should be looked upon to make the online learning effective.

scholarly journals Creative and Innovative Online Teaching Strategies: Facilitation for Active Participation

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leighsa Sharoff
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Course Content ◽  
E Learning

Facilitating an online course in today’s student population requires an educator to be innovative and creative and to have an impactful online presence. In the current online learning environment (also known as e-learning), keeping students’ thoughtfully engaged and motivated while dispensing the required course content necessitates faculty enabling a safe, nonjudgmental environment whereby views, perspectives, and personal and professional experiences are encouraged. The educator must exhibit an educator-facilitated active, student-centered learning process, whereby students are held accountable for their active participation and self-directed learning while balancing a facilitator role to further enhance the learning process. This article explores one educator’s reflective practice process that has been developed over numerous years as a very early adopter of online education. It will explore the organizational aspect of teaching-facilitating a dynamic robust online course.

scholarly journals Students’ Satisfaction with E-learning during COVID-19 at a Private Medical College.

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (06) ◽  
pp. 914-920
Author(s):  
Sundus Iftikhar ◽  
Iqra Aziz ◽  
Syed Hasan Shoaib ◽  
Ahmad Shafique
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Online Lectures ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Private Teaching ◽  
Students Satisfaction

Objective: To evaluate students’ satisfaction of E-learning at a private teaching medical college during COVID-19 lockdown. Study Design: Cross Sectional Descriptive study. Setting: Shalamar Medical and Dental College. Period: April 2020 to July 2020. Material & Methods: A standardized and validated questionnaire (SEEQ) was disseminated among MBBS students of SMDC. The questionnaire contained open ended and closed ended questions; the latter were based on likert scale. Results: A total of 365 students responded to the questionnaire with 57% and 43% of the respondents being females and males respectively. Overall, the 3rd, 4th and 5th year MBBS students seemed more satisfied with online lectures (52-54%) compared with 1st and 2nd year MBBS students (26%). The students showed dissatisfaction on assignments and assessments being taken on Moodle. The connectivity problem was seen as a major concern for the students. However the students appreciated that the sessions were recorded regularly and available on YouTube channels. Conclusion: The findings of our study showed that 1st and 2nd year students were not mentally prepared for the sudden paradigm shift from traditional to online teaching. However the students realized that gradual shift was not possible in the current scenario and were generally satisfied with E-learning. It is advisable to adopt a blended approach initially before converting the entire learning experience on online media

scholarly journals Online Teaching in an Un-prepared Country during COVID-19: An Interview Study on Final Year Medical and Dental Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
Adeel Abbas Dhahri ◽  
Ayesha Majeed Memon ◽  
Fazila Hashmi ◽  
Maria Dhahri ◽  
Samar Ghufran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Medical And Dental Students

Aims: To assess medical students’ perception of online teaching to suggest transforming the future curriculum in low-economic countries. Study Design:  Cross-sectional online interview study. Place and Duration of Study: A team of collaborators interviewed final year medical and dental students of Pakistan from 07/08/2020 till 17/09/2020. Methodology: A questionnaire was developed based on open and close-ended questions in Google forms; focusing on institutional preparedness, views on online education, the institute’s closure and COVID-19, and long-term effects of closure of the institute. Independent fellow researchers systematically analyzed the unaltered transcripts of the responses, and themes were then identified and coded to conclude the results. SPSS version 23 used for analysis. As this study was based on final year students. Results: In response to an invitation email, 2442/2661 (91.77%) students voluntarily participate in this qualitative study. Most participants were females (1614, 66.10%). Closing down institutes was directly linked to a lack of motivation and feel of helplessness. As most showed dissatisfaction with online teaching compounded by psychological effects, students feared losing clinical skills and life during the pandemic. Conclusion: The psychological impact of the crisis led to resistance to accepting the change for a better outcome. Incorporating telemedicine, different interactive learning style to online teaching, and resilience training would result in fruitful outcomes. Developed countries may also guide build infrastructure in developing countries to develop a more robust online teaching methodology in the long-run.

scholarly journals e-Learning: An Uphill to Reshaping Learning in Dentistry in India in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teena Sheethal Dsouza ◽  
Mithra N. Hegde ◽  
Kelvin Peter Pais
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Review Article ◽  
The Future ◽  
Academic Courses ◽  
E Learning

AbstractThe sudden outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has compelled universities worldwide to implement strategies for resuming academic courses by transferring some courses to a virtual modality. e-Learning has provided an excellent platform for education during this crisis. This review article discusses the various aspects of e-learning process that have to be considered before implementation, and the strengths and flaws of online education during this pandemic. It also sheds light on the necessary actions required to enhance the efficiency of e-learning in the future.

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