Academic Crisis During COVID 19: Online Classes, a Panacea for Imminent Doctors
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Academic Crisis During COVID 19: Online Classes, a Panacea for Imminent Doctors Sandeep Shetty1
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C. Shilpa1 • Debayan Dey1
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S. Kavya1
Received: 8 September 2020 / Accepted: 12 October 2020 Ó Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2020
Abstract Introduction COVID 19 made a serious impact on many aspects of everyday life. The world saw a paradigm shift in the education system favouring online learning during the constrains of pandemic. Methodology To assess the attitude of the students towards online learning in subject of ENT, we conducted an observational study among 170 third year MBBS undergraduate students of our institute attending online classes through the student portal of our university website. Results Our survey revealed students favoured online learning to sustain their academic interest and development during this pandemic. Yet, they perceived many challenges during online learning like lack of face-to-face interactions, lack of socialization, distraction by social media, technology related issues etc. Students also opted for a combined approach of learning in the post pandemic period. Conclusion This article reflects the challenges faced during online learning and added the innovative methods that can be included to overcome the obstacles of online learning. During this period of COVID, one must embrace the alternative to classroom learning to keep up with one’s academic development and can consider an integrated approach of learning after the pandemic.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-020-02224-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Keywords Covid-19 Online learning Classroom learning Academic crisis
Introduction COVID 19 made a serious impact on many aspects of everyday life. World Health Organisation (WHO) announced COVID19 as a global public health emergency of international concern on 30th January 2020 [1] and declared it a pandemic on 11th March 2020 [2]. The education system is one of the most impacted aspects of routine learning and daily life. The world saw a paradigm shift in the education system favouring online learning during the constrains of pandemic. Yet, the effects and efficacy of online education and the capacity to successfully teach digitally is questionable. This sudden and rapid transformation from an environment of conventional learning to virtual learning has made a great impact on the attitude of the students towards learning [3]. In our institute, regular undergraduate online classes are being conducted through student portal of our university website. This enables students to access the digital contents and the recorded lectures even after the class. To assess the attitude of the students towards online learning in subject of ENT, we conducted a short survey among third year MBBS undergraduate students of our institute attending ENT classes. This will also help us to assess the feasibility and mould our approach towards online classes
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