Online Teaching amidst COVID-19 in India: An Outlook

Autor/inn/en	Joshi, Amit; Vinay, Muddu; Bhaskar, Preeti
Titel	Online Teaching amidst COVID-19 in India: An Outlook
Quelle	In: Asian Journal of Distance Education, 15 (2020) 2, S.105-111 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Joshi, Amit) ORCID (Vinay, Muddu) ORCID (Bhaskar, Preeti)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1347-9008
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; COVID-19; Pandemics; Online Courses; Distance Education; Electronic Learning; Higher Education; School Closing; Educational Practices; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Barriers; Access to Computers; Internet; Family Influence; Technological Literacy; College Faculty; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Online course; Online-Kurs; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Bildungspraxis; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten; Technisches Wissen; Fakultät; Indien
Abstract	The lockdown imposed in India on 25 March 2020 resulted in the indefinite closure of education institutes all across the country. The government and educational institutes were quick to respond, they shifted teaching from offline to online mode. This article aims to identify the approaches made by the higher education institutions for continues imparting of education amidst lockdown. The article also identifies the challenges faced by teachers in online teaching from their homes. The study is descriptive and analytical in nature and data has been collected from secondary sources like reports, news articles, blogs, interview videos, magazines, social media, and journals to achieve the objective of the paper. Based on the secondary sources' information, the article also advocates the learning curve for the future to deal with any such crisis impact on the education system of India. The findings revealed that higher education institutions (HEIs) have taken many initiatives in this pandemic situation for imparting education. But these initiatives have not been very successful from the teacher's perspective. Teachers faced may issue in online teaching such as lack of technical facilities, family interruption, lack of training, lack of clarity & direction, lack of technical knowledge. The learning curve of the article facilitates the HEIs to help them to execute the online educative in an effective manner. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Asian Society of Open and Distance Education. 80-4 Minou Yamamoto Machi, Kurume City, Fukuoka, 839-0826, Japan. e-mail: editor@asianjde.org; Web site: http://asianjde.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01