scholarly journals Perceptions of Pakistani Students on Online Classes During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (II) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ayesha Butt ◽  
Fareeha Javed ◽  
Sameera Ayub Bhatti
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction

The worth of online education has been increased to a great extent during Covid 19. The present study investigates the perceptions of Pakistani university students regarding online classes. The data was collected from 300 students of 4 universities in Lahore. The findings specified a sufficient level of satisfaction among the participants, but with an encounter of the hindrances caused by the technology. In contrast, the learners contended with the space they got from the online learning by taking classes from anywhere with all the precision of the materials and syllabus.

scholarly journals EDUCATION DURING A PANDEMIC: A feasibility study of online classes in Bangladesh to counteract potential study gaps caused by COVID-19 related lockdowns

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shafia Shama
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
National Level ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Data Services ◽  
The University

The universities of Bangladesh used to suffer greatly from the so-called 'session jams' but most public and private universities overcome those difficulties and have mostly eliminated the session jams. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting lockdown, students are at risk of losing months or in certain cases missing sessions in the next step in their education. The situation is so dire that UNESCO has called it a worldwide unprecedented education emergency. Universities in Bangladesh and the university students in Bangladesh are also facing the same emergency. Online learning can be a potential solution to this problem. Such online learning requires facilities and infrastructure at the universities, a robust data infrastructure at the national level, and adequate computing devices and sufficient and affordable data services for the students.However, very little concrete data exists to understand whether the universities and the students have the technical and financial means to make such online classes effective and successful. This study is one of the first in Bangladesh that attempts to gauge the need and readiness of various stakeholders to implement successful fully online education. This paper suggests a process for measuring the readiness. The results can give the policymakers ideas on areas of improvement and may assist universities to launch fully online classes that will be accessible and affordable by students during and beyond the COVID-19 lockdown phase.

scholarly journals Examining Saudi EFL University Students’ Readiness for Online Learning at the Onset of Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Abdullah Ghobain ◽  
Abdullah Ahmed Zughaibi
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
First Year ◽  
English Major ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
First Year University

Nowadays, especially after the COVID-19 crisis lockdown, the heavy reliance on technology and online platforms led to a greater expectation of more learning autonomy among English learners in EFL contexts such as Saudi Arabia. The sudden shift to online learning requires an investigation into students’ readiness and willingness for such a mode of learning. This can provide educators with many prospects about learning outcomes achievement and assessment, test performance, and interaction during classes. Therefore, the current study seeks to contribute to the well-known area of learner autonomy research, which is still lacking in the context of the study, by exploring the readiness of Saudi first-year undergraduate English learners towards online education. Participants’ level of readiness is identified according to their autonomous behaviors and activities. The study will also assess the investigated concept considering the influence of gender and field of study of the participants on their autonomy levels. A total of 802 students participated in this study. It was found that Saudi first-year university students are moderately autonomous, that both males and females have similar levels of aptitude and readiness for taking responsibility for their learning, and that English-major and non-English-major groups showed comparatively similar levels across different learning autonomy dimensions. Yet interestingly, English-major participants displayed a relatively lower autonomy level than students of other majors.

Fostering Successful Learning Communities to Meet the Diverse Needs of University Students by Creating Brain Based Online Learning Environments

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Silvia L. Braidic
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University

This paper introduces the reader on how to foster successful learning communities to meet the diverse needs of university students by creating a brain based online learning environment. Students come in all shapes and sizes. At the university level, students enrolled in online programs, have made a choice to do so. Today, online education is a unique and important venue for many students wishing to continue (or start) their education. It is part of a new culture with many distinct characteristics (Farrell, 2001). For instructors, online instruction creates its own set of challenges in terms of the course design and implementation. The author hopes that developing an understanding of how to create a brain based online learning environment will inform the reader of ways to foster successful learning communities to most effectively meet the diverse needs of the students it serves.

scholarly journals Introducing a Pre-Determined Feedback Pool for Evaluating Students’ Online Discussion Participation

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-107
Author(s):  
Dilani Perera-Diltz ◽  
R.J. Davis ◽  
Sedef Uzuner Smith ◽  
Carl Sheperis
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
Instructor Feedback

As self-regulation for successful online learning is a relatively new focus in online education, more attention is directed toward initiatives to help students become more cognizant of their learning efforts in online learning environments. Grounded in the idea that self-regulation is feedback dependent, we argue for the necessity of instructor feedback on student performance in online classes.  The specific focus is instructor feedback on students’ online discussion contributions.  To assist instructors in managing their feedback practices in large online classes with numerous discussion entries, we present a feedback pool that includes a range of predetermined comments instructors can choose from while assessing their students’ discussion participation. 

scholarly journals The COVID-19 Pandemic, University Students in Turkey, and Emergency Online Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-236
Author(s):  
Ana Patricia Aguilera Hermida ◽  
Dilek Avcı ◽  
Şenel Poyrazlı
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Family Time ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Positive Experiences

In this study, we determined how university students in Turkey, a developing country, were able to transition into emergency online learning during COVID-19, what challenges they faced, and the positive experiences that may have come out of this process. We also explored how their positive and negative emotional states may have changed as a result of COVID-19. The sample included 125 students studying in different universities across Turkey who answered an online questionnaire. Results indicated that students’ positive emotions decreased and negative emotions increased significantly. Results also showed that the students experienced the following challenges during emergency online learning: not benefiting from online classes, lack of motivation in following online classes, problems related to family life and finances, increased levels of homework, and problems related to Internet access. In terms of positive experiences, students indicated spending more quality time with family, time for hobbies and personal development, examining life and personal existence, increase in the level of academic development due to homework assignments, and increase in grade-point-average. Students’ answers also revealed that their instructors may have been going through some difficulties as well. Students highlighted complaints related to their instructors’ lack of interest in teaching, not holding lectures, or not uploading class notes or slides, and their difficulty in getting in touch with their instructors. Implications are discussed. 

Impact Of Online Classes During COVID-19 Pandemic Situation on Undergraduate University Students Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farwa Batool ◽  
Bareera Saeed ◽  
Atia Ur Rehman ◽  
Humaira Waseem
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
Class Room ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 detected in school, colleges and universities close the entire world. More than 1.2 billion kids were not in class-room worldwide. Consequently; education has altered considerably, among the characteristic increase of relearning, where by education is under-taken distantly as well as upon digital platform. Research recommended that online education has been revealed to raise maintenance of knowledge, moreover acquire not as much of time, denotation alter corona virus comprise cause might be now to reside. Objective: To find out the impact of online classes in COVID-19 pandemic situation among undergraduate university students of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore. Methods: A cross sectional study design was conducted for this research.Study was conducted from The University of Lahore, Lahore campus, department of Health Professional technologies. Sample size was 67. Data was analyzed and evaluated with the help of the statistical package for social sciences SPSS-V20 Results: Total 67 students participated in research. Participants' age range was 19 to 25 years.70% females and 29.9% males participated in this research.41.8% participants reported that they are facing difficulties in online classes while 3% participant were slightly disagree on it. 53.7% participants were disagreeing on learning satisfaction in online classes while 29.9% were strongly disagreeing. Conclusions: This study concluded that despite gaining immense popularity today, digital technology has still not been embraced by students for use in teaching. Students are still more inclined towards face to face teaching rather than e-teaching.

scholarly journals Challenges faced in online education of school going children – a parent’s perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
K.S Lakshmi ◽  
Vidhi Pathak ◽  
Himani Semwal ◽  
Anupama Pramod
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Entire World ◽  
Different Parts

The pandemic COVID 19 had resulted in the lockdown of the entire world. With different parts of the world indulging in different phases of lockdown, many sectors of the economy suffered a huge setback. One such sector was the education. The schools were the first to close, owing the danger of the spread of the disease. But the boon for the classes came in the form of use of video conferencing apps like Zoom, Google meetings, cisco WebEx etc. Some schools used to send the videos that they shoot to the parents. This way it was ensured that the pedagogy and learning was not affected in any way. But the entire problem of how effective was the online learning is seen from a parent’s perspective as it was their onus. This research article based on a qualitative thematic analysis takes the views of the parents of school going children in the form of semi structures interviews conducted amongst seven parents and the challenges that they are facing due the online classes. The scope for the further studies has also been dealt with.

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 Introducing a Pre-Determined Feedback Pool for Evaluating Students’ Online Discussion Participation

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-107
Author(s):  
Dilani Perera-Diltz ◽  
R.J. Davis ◽  
Sedef Uzuner Smith ◽  
Carl Sheperis
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
Instructor Feedback

As self-regulation for successful online learning is a relatively new focus in online education, more attention is directed toward initiatives to help students become more cognizant of their learning efforts in online learning environments. Grounded in the idea that self-regulation is feedback dependent, we argue for the necessity of instructor feedback on student performance in online classes.  The specific focus is instructor feedback on students’ online discussion contributions.  To assist instructors in managing their feedback practices in large online classes with numerous discussion entries, we present a feedback pool that includes a range of predetermined comments instructors can choose from while assessing their students’ discussion participation. 

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