Implementation of Virtual Teaching During The COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Recommendation

Abstract

Virtual learning is implemented in various countries as solution to make education functional during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, there a lot of challenges that faced by the teachers. Suddenly change of teaching method make the task a lot difficult for teachers to adapt. The purpose of this study is to learn teachers' challenges in implementing virtual teaching they faced and the technology they used during the COVID-19 pandemic era. This study used a qualitative library research design, and all the data were collected using the World Wide Web. The first and the most important findings about teachers' challenges in implementing virtual teaching using technology are lack of skills, time management, and the negative attitude of teachers. The findings reveal that, most of the teachers are not prepared for virtual teaching as they are not being well trained to do the job. It can be certainly suggested that teachers are not comfortable with the abrupt changes from traditional teaching methods to technology-based teaching methods.