Online Learning Experience of Students During Covid-19 Pandemic in Karachi, Pakistan

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10.2991/assehr.k.210930.028How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Covid-19 Pandemic, WHO, Educational Institutes, Online learning, Students’ perspective

Abstract

Background, The Covid-19 disease was first reported in China in the end of the year 2019 and within a span of few months it spread drastically in different countries of the world. As a consequence of that the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared it a “pandemic” and the educational institutes all over the world shifted from conventional classroom learning to virtual mode of learning. Aim, This study was conducted in Karachi, Pakistan for the assessment of the students’ perception about the general vision regarding online mode of learning and its advantages and draw backs. Method, This study was a quantitative analysis based on an online questionnaire provided to students by Google Form in December, 2020. The questionnaire was circulated through social media platforms to the students of different educational institutes including school, colleges and universities. The students of age group 15-31 including post graduate students studying in any institute of Karachi, Pakistan were included in this survey. The results were assessed in the form of percentages. Results, This study indicated that students found online learning method difficult as compared to face-to-face learning. Internet facility was accessible to more than half of students participated in this survey. Furthermore, majority of the students found that online learning has made them lazy. Students felt less enthusiastic about online learning and they described that different measures like frequents tests, assignments and presentations should be taken to increase their enthusiasm towards online learning. The students were also not satisfied with the online examination system. Most of the students preferred face-to-face learning as compared to online learning. Conclusion, Though online mode of learning was found effective to continue the process of learning in the absence of conventional learning due to covid-19 pandemic but it cannot replace the significance of face-to-face learning. It is recommended that blended learning could make our educational process better in any emergency situations.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Erum Shah
AU  - Tehseen Quds
AU  - Faheema Siddiqui
AU  - Syeda Kiran Mansoor
AU  - Syed Asad Ahmed
AU  - Ammarah
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/01
TI  - Online Learning Experience of Students During Covid-19 Pandemic in Karachi, Pakistan
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Education (ICME 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 144
EP  - 151
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210930.028
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210930.028
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