Open AccessOnline Learning at University Level amid COVID-19 Outbreak: A Survey of UMT Students
Author(s) -
Tanveer Hussain,
Shanawer Rafique,
Abdul Basit
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
global educational studies review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-3608
pISSN - 2708-2113
DOI - 10.31703/gesr.2020(v-iii).01
Subject(s) - respondent , covid-19 , sample (material) , psychology , online learning , medical education , pandemic , simple random sample , data collection , sociology , computer science , political science , statistics , medicine , multimedia , mathematics , demography , population , chemistry , disease , pathology , chromatography , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
This research inquires impact of COVID-19 outbreak on education. It measured the effectiveness and productivity of online learning during pandemic. Online mode of education. Knowing the role of information and communication technologies in assisting and facilitating online learning was also one of the main objectives. Online Survey was conducted for data collection. Sample was selected from University of Management and Technology using simple random sampling. According to the results, respondents agreed that COVID-19 has affected education at university level badly. Respondent agreed that sudden switch to online learning due to COVID-19 has created unrest among students. Respondents also strongly agreed that online leaning is less effective and classroom leaning is more effective. In current research, it has been observed that respondents strongly disagreed and 19.50% disagreed that ICTs have facilitated them during their online leaning amid COVID-19.