Abstract
The impact of Covid-19 has shaken the world to its core. Disruptions are experienced in all domains of human existence and educational institutions around the world are not spared. The National lockdown caused major interruption in students’ learning, both theory and practice, disruptions in internal assessments and the postponement of qualifying university examinations in health science educational institutions. In this study, a descriptive online survey was conducted from 24 to 28 May 2020, which targeted teachers from 123 Nursing Colleges afÀliated to Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS). A self-structured questionnaire (Online Google form) was used for the data collection procedure. A total of 948 valid responses were collected regarding nursing faculty members, perceptions of online teaching and impact of Covid-19 pandemic on academic activities. The responses were analysed using descriptive statistics. The results of the survey of 948 nursing faculty members indicate that the majority of these teachers support online teaching strategies in order to bridge the learning gap; 47.15 percent found that the online classes are helpful, 52.75 percent identiÀed time and location Áexibility as the beneÀt of online teaching and 56 percent responded positively to continue the online teaching programme. Most of the faculty used WhatsApp (76.1%) for online sharing of video and reading materials, 64.8 percent recorded attendance by noting reporting and feedback from the students and 52.4 percent used online assessment after several classes as assessment strategy. The problems and challenges faced by nursing faculty in switching to online learning serve as a reference for other countries as they implement online teaching programmes.
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