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Title

E-learning vs conventional teaching among students during CoVid-19 pandemic in India

 

Authors

MC Chaitra*, J Akhil, Bhimagani Lathasri, YS Navya, SJ Lavanya & Kunchapu Meghana

 

Affiliation

Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Constituent of Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India; *Corresponding author

 

Email

MC Chaitra - chaitramc@sduaher.ac.in

J Akhil - akhilj@sduaher.ac.in

Bhimagani Lathasri - bhimaganilathasri999@gmail.com

YS Navya - ysnavya7@gmail.com

SJ Lavanya - lavanyagowdasj@mail.com

Kunchapu Meghana - meghanakunchapu999@gmail.com

 

Article Type

Research Article

 

Date

Received September 2, 2022; Revised October 3, 2022; Accepted October 6, 2022, Published October 31, 2022

 

Abstract

Internet technology is considered as an important medium for many aspects, including academic learning. E-learning (“e” for electronic) has received much attention in the recent years globally, E-learning pioneer explains “e” as exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, emotional, extended, and educational. Second year students of Allied Health Sciences of all courses studying in Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education & Research, Tamaka, Kolar, India were included in the study. A set of semi-structured questionnaire was distributed to the students based on the effectiveness of learning through e-classes and their understanding with the satisfaction level.A total of 124 students of mean age group was between 20 ± 1.45 years. 62% were females and 38% were male in this study. The mean score and percentage of all the parameters assessed suggest that online learning was less effective when compared to the conventional classroom teaching. It implies that e-learning is not as effective or superior teaching method for students in the learning context especially the practical aspect.

 

Keywords

E-learning, Allied Health Sciences, traditional, conventional teaching, students, satisfaction

 

Citation

Chaitra et al. Bioinformation 18(10): 1005-1008 (2022)

 

Edited by

P Kangueane

 

ISSN

0973-2063

 

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

 

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.