A study on students’ responses on digital teaching methodology under COVID-19 perspectives

Abstract

The whole world is facing unique Pandemic situation due to the outbreak of corona virus since last couple of months. There is a consistent situation of panic and fear everywhere. India too is facing same situation and amidst the prolonged phases of lockdown, everything seems to come to stand still. Economy is severely hit by this pandemic situation. Various Industrial sectors have either turned sick or closed down due to demand crunch and lacks of people are losing jobs, resulting unprecedented crisis in the society. In education sector too, there is paradigm shift in teaching and learning methodology. The students cannot attend traditional class room teaching due to close down of schools and colleges. In higher education too, online classes are going on and the college students have no options but to attend virtual mode of classes and face online examinations in many instances. The students’ community is altogether experiencing a new and non-familiar teaching and learning environment. This research paper was written based on the online survey of higher education students in few districts of West Bengal. The survey was undertaken to unearth the responses of the students’ community to this digital teaching methodology, which they are facing. The responses of students to this new and unfamiliar digital teaching and learning environment were shown in the “findings section” of this paper.