Abstract
Purpose: The academic year 2020-21 and the first part of 2021-22 have been recognized as the e-learning era. The forced shut down of educational institutions as a result of stringency measures undertaken by the government to contain the COVID-19 pandemic disease, technology-assisted education became an alternative to the existing method. There was a total paradigm shift from conventional methodology to online education. For both students and the teachers, it was a real challenge to get accustomed to this new mode of teaching learning. Different educational institutions used different technologies and methods with the sole objective of imparting quality education to their students. This paper focuses on how well the integration of different online education methods are effective among the students of higher education as the education sector observed unprecedented changes during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. A survey was conducted to investigate the views of students about online education. The responses of students about different methods used for e-learning are collected and the analysis of the will enable to give some recommendations to the stakeholders of education sector. Methodology: The data essential for analysis is collected using non-probabilistic sampling method. Based on the data collected, some hypotheses were developed to carry out analysis. The technique also addresses issues such as funding and budget limitations. The respondents are the students who are pursuing their higher education. Priority is given to the student of higher education because of their familiarity with the advanced technology, flexibility in adopting new learning platform. The required values were taken out from the original dataset and used to construct sub-datasets to be used for the analysis. Findings/Result: The findings of this study show that students in higher education are satisfied with how education is being delivered in the midst of the pandemic. Educators are using and integrating many types of online education tools as an alternative to traditional methods of instruction, especially in this time of crisis. Originality: This study is an effort to analyze the satisfaction of students about effectiveness of integration of different online education methods at higher educational institutions. The results of this analysis can be useful for the policy makers and other stakeholders of the higher educational level for operative decision-making about measures to be followed for making online education more effective. Paper Type: Exploratory research that uses primary data and summarizes it for further analysis. Furthermore, some statistical techniques are applied for the data analysis.
Highlights
Educational institutions ensure a good environment in which students can develop a variety of skills that will be useful in their future careers
This paper focuses on how well the integration of different online education methods are effective among the students of higher education as the education sector observed unprecedented changes during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic
With the closure of educational institutions, students consider that online education is a good idea as it allows them to earn without stepping out of their residence
Summary
Educational institutions ensure a good environment in which students can develop a variety of skills that will be useful in their future careers. With the aid of advanced technology, a variety of thoughtprovoking learning materials can be developed to make the concepts understandable and more interesting. It increased interactions between teachers and students. The devastating COVID-19 has a positive side in which the educational institutions experienced a paradigm shift from traditional methods to technology-enabled ones to facilitate the learning process without any disruption. It has accelerated the use of technology to conduct classes, meetings, assessments, etc. It has accelerated the use of technology to conduct classes, meetings, assessments, etc. otherwise, they were just definitions in some boos or they might have come into existence a decade later not shortly [8]
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