Open AccessE-Learning: A Panacea during COVID- 19 Crisis
Author(s) -
Atiqa Khalid
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-7018
pISSN - 2225-0891
DOI - 10.32413/pjph.v10i2.613
Subject(s) - social distance , panacea (medicine) , pandemic , developing country , covid-19 , social learning , the internet , public relations , closure (psychology) , business , medicine , internet privacy , economic growth , political science , psychology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , pedagogy , alternative medicine , disease , pathology , world wide web , law
Institute closure strategies were imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide to mitigate the rapid infection and transmission rate. E-learning was adapted as an alternative to traditional physical learning to keep the students safe from this infectious virus. While most of the countries have adopted this system, many under-developed and developing countries including Pakistan are not practicing the online system of E-learning as the biggest challenge to e-learning providers and policymakers is the provision of equal access to electronic-based learning to students from underprivileged backgrounds who have limited access to internet facility outside the learning institutions. School closure strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic must be based on equivocal evidence while implementing social distancing measures. If restrictive social distancing policies are to be imposed for a considerable period, other, less disruptive social distancing modes should be considered. The online learning system was a crucial step to balance academic loss in medical education. But our medical institutes are ill-equipped in implementing e-learning effectively. Authorities should devise ways to make e-learning more user-friendly.