A descriptive study on the behavior of students in online classes during COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The education industry is completely locked down for their traditional setup since April 2020. The growth of the online learning and E learning had been hiked up nowadays as this supports students with no geographical borders. The ICT enabled tools are the most technology mediated techniques for the students and teachers of all segments from schools to Higher education institutions. As the world battles COVID-19 pandemic, everyone are continuously facing new challenges. The paradigm shift from traditional teaching classroom to online teaching has put a majority of the teachers in dismay due to the changes in the behavior of the students during the online classes. The movement from classroom instructing to online classes amid the Covid-19 pandemic has turn out to be a nightmare for teachers. The reason behind pushing many teachers into depression are Internet tormenting, scurrilous visits, provocation, and individual assaults on tutors by students have multiplied during online classes. The study aims to assess the impact of the teachers‟ performance and the behavioral change of the students attending the online classes and also to identify the various challenges faced by the teachers during online classes. The survey was carried out with responses from 234 teachers varying from schools to colleges in Chennai city of Tamilnadu. The questionnaire consisted of various dependant and independent variables supporting the understanding of the behavioral change among the students during online classes and the data collected was analyzed and tested statistically with tools like Pearson Correlation through the SPSS software. The major results of the studies were discussed and recommendations were given.