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“The Shift from Traditional Classrooms to Digital Screens during the Lockdown” the Impact and Learning Preference: An Analysis

Author : Dr. G Sujana Florence

Abstract :

In India, traditionally learning in the classrooms is commonly accepted as the main part of teaching learning in educational institutions. But the closure of educational institutions during lockdown forced them to adopt online education in. This study aims to study the influence and the changes brought in learning preferences due to online classes during lockdown. Questionnaire was prepared using Google form. Sample collected from 50 students, in that, 21 students from B.Ed. College, 14 are from Engineering College, 6 are from medical college and 9 are from different streams. Percentage analysis was done to interpret the data. The study shows that Engineering students (87.81%) are more influenced than medical (79.22%), B.Ed. (74.57%), and others (67.48%) in using online reference, study material and impacted in their learning preference and became more depended on online resources after lockdown. The study also interprets that among the 50 students, 62 % students prefer to watch you tube videos, 30% students prefer to learn using pdf. Study material and only 08% students prefer to study from hard copies/ text books.

Keywords :

Classrooms, online, education, screen, learning, students etc.