An analysis on the attitude of college students towards learning beyond classrooms during covid-19 pandemic with special reference to Coimbatore city

Abstract

The traditional model of college is changing, as demonstrated by the proliferation of colleges, hybrid class schedules with night and weekend meetings and most significantly, online learning. Now with the pandemic being on phase for the last 2 and a half years, the attitude of college students are very important for them to adapt online and offline classes changing like a sign wave and it is off-course need of an hour for the students to fix in with the same fashion even in their corporate roles. Meanwhile the colleges also have to fix on to the expectation of the next generation students by offering hybrid/blended type of learning. The study is mainly based on primary data; however, the secondary sources are also registered with theoretical overview. Here the researcher has used convenient sampling method to select the sample from Coimbatore city and the data was collected using a well-structured questionnaire. The respondents (110) for this study are the college students both from bachelor's and Master's graduation. The findings are the students have familiarised with the basic etiquettes towards online classes, expect many more interesting factors every day which keeps them engaged in the virtual classes, awaiting for an influential teacher who can shape them in both subjects with relevant IT skills and life skills.