Philosophical reflections about the virtual world
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Philosophical reflections about the virtual world S Swaminathan1 • S Balaji1 • G Sriram1 • K Venkatramanan1
Received: 27 October 2020 / Accepted: 4 November 2020 Ó CSI Publications 2020
Abstract Changes in the operating ambience is normally welcome. But the change world is facing is accompanied by an unacceptable reason called Covid virus spread. However, educational institutions, while observing the norms imposed by various administrations, have managed to do an excellent job of ‘teaching’ against the odds. Moreover, everyone was caught by surprise. Overnight the world changed. We decided to understand the reactions from our faculty to the challenge arising out of Covid, and also use of terminologies such as online, virtual, reality, perception, understanding, and so on. The result is this paper, which is a collection of ‘reactions’.
1 Background In Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya, we experienced differences in perception of the ‘‘virtual’’, where the whole world was pushed to in midmarch 2020. We were one of the early birds to adopt virtual classrooms for our outgoing students. While the experience itself was sudden and excruciating on a daily basis, the fact that we were able to tide over the situation successfully gave each one of us immense pleasure. During an informal chat, it was decided to record the perception of faculty about the turn of events and their view of ways and means of handling the ‘new normal’. The views are extremely interesting and insightful because, they are from SCSVMV
faculty who teach courses from across a broad spectrum of programs that SCSVMV has. Happy reading. On further analysis, we found that the views expressed were composed of the following understanding to various degrees: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Technology and its superiority Strong focus on ‘virtual’ as a prefix Continued Perception of Limitations of Technology in spite of Advancement Emphasis on the normal system of operation Necessity to embrace new technologies Role of Teachers and Students in Online Learning Online Learning as an opportunity to understand by repeated listening VR with Philosophical underpinning One’s commitment to ancient scriptures State of fact report of adaptive behaviour
Prof. Dr. S. Swaminathan, Head–Dept. of Samskrita Samhita Siddhant, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Ayurveda College and Hospital, Nazarethpet, Chennai -600123.
& K Venkatramanan [email protected] 1
Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya, Kanchipuram, India
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CSIT
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