Open AccessBarriers of online teaching during COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Shailendra Singh Chaturvedi,
Neetu Maurya,
Ramank Mathur,
Fiza Khan,
Minakshi Mukherjee,
Ankita Shrivastava
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences (ijhs) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-6978
pISSN - 2550-696X
DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns2.5616
Subject(s) - likert scale , covid-19 , pandemic , the internet , medical education , psychology , point (geometry) , scale (ratio) , online learning , online teaching , medicine , multimedia , computer science , world wide web , physics , developmental psychology , geometry , mathematics , disease , pathology , quantum mechanics , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Objective: To understand the various barriers faced by students of dentistry during online teaching programmed in COVID 19 pandemic. Material and Methods: A questionnaire comprising questions regarding various barriers for online learning was designed in google form which was later sent to the students of one to fourth year dentistry electronically. Respondents were asked to respond on a five-point Likert's scale of strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree and strongly disagree. Questions were basically focused on cost and access to the internet, lack of peer collaboration, difficulty contacting faculties, insufficient time etc. Results: Out of 1440 responses, agreed 51.38% of participants strongly agreed that technical problems or issue act as a major barrier in online learning, followed by timing issues (40.2%) and access to internet (25%). Conclusion: Students have faced technical and timing issues and accessibility as major barriers.