Increasing students engagement during virtual classroom teaching through effective use of online tools

Abstract

Nowadays, the entire world is facing the problem of pandemic i.e. COVID-19. Hence it is a challenging task for educators to engage students during virtual classroom activity. Many online tools are available to take instant feedback from students to measure their involvement levels like Quizzes, Polls, Surveys, etc. Hence, in this paper, the use of two online tools like InterviewBit and Slido is being addressed. These online tools are used to ask the questions during online lecture delivery that may help in measuring the overall involvement of the students. The mentioned tools are described in detail along with its incorporation in teaching Data Structure and Algorithms course for second year B. Tech in Computer Engineering students (around 120 Students). Also, the learning of students before and after the usage of the Tools have been compared and analysed. It has been observed that there is approximately 20% improvement in the overall learning outcomes after the usage of the Tools. Also, the cognitive and affective learning domains are considered to measure the overall impact.