Education: Then and Now - "A Comparative Study of Teaching Tools and Methodology"

Abstract

This paper focuses on the paradigm shift of teaching-learning process and overall teaching methodology after Covid19 has hit the world. This paper shows the traditional and digital teaching-learning procedure and the challenges that are faced in Indian context. The education world for ages has been seasoned in a particular way of teaching-learning. The conventional teaching procedure followed certain rules which formed the doctrine of education system. The change though started long time back in 1960s, yet this was not totally acceptable as an effective method of teaching-learning. Conventional method still ruled the world and non-conventional (online) was considered as a distant substitute mode of learning. The entire world saw a paradigm shift in the education due to the pandemic that cornered every individual across the world. Blackboard changed to smart board and jam board or even PowerPoint presentation. Class rooms changed to Zoom Calls, Webex meeting, Google meet, Teams etc. Face to face discussion changed to online forums, Books changed to internet and YouTube. The shift is prominent. Though this was needed, yet it leads to noticeable changes in our society where many perceive online education as an obstacle to teaching-learning process. The digital divide in all the third-world nations has made this process one-sided. This has created a sociological divide.