Online teaching-learning at university level education from psychological perspective and consequences: A post-COVID scenario

Abstract

Present study focused on exploring the impact and consequences of online teaching and learning at the university level from the psychological standpoint using an interpretive questionnaire and a barrage of qualitative literature. Of the 143 student enrolled from India, 72.7% preferred the offline/physical classroom learning mode against only 27.3% that preferred the online. 43.8% students think that online teaching is not as effective as the offline that has been in use since over the years. Obtaining the impact of online teaching, only 25.6% agreed that online teaching had made positive impact on their mind, while 33.6% stated no impact. These results suggest that student believe their diligence to education yields more outcomes with traditional learning environments than with online education.

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