STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING ONLINE LEARNING AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, a public health crisis of worldwide importance, announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) in January 2020 as an outbreak, has made distance education through the E-learning system an urgent and irreplaceable requirement. The present study assessed factors affecting online learning among senior secondary students through questionnaires and interviews with 300 students who were subjects of the survey using the random sampling method. The study utilized the likert scale containing 44 items. Nine factors namely Technological Factor, Interaction with Teachers, Interaction with Peers, Understanding of Content/Content Knowledge, Family Environment, Social Factors, ICT Infrastructure, ICT Skills of Teachers, Nature of student were studied. Out of them Technological Factor, Interaction with Teachers, Interaction with Peers are significant and Understanding of Content/Content Knowledge, Family Environment, Social Factors, ICT Infrastructure, ICT Skills of Teachers, Nature of student were non significant.