PANDEMICITY OF COVID AND CONSEQUENT ADOPTION OF ONLINE LEARNING IN INDIA

Abstract

Change with time is manner of nature, sometimes optimistic and sometimes pessimistic. In such ongoing process, global human habitation has been badly affected by pandemicity of Corona Virus Disease of 2019 or COVID-19 or simply ‘covid’. This pandemicity has severely affected educational system worldwide, leading to closure of schools, colleges and universities. Because, most of the governments decided to close educational institutions, with the closure of all other settings, in an attempt to reduce the spread of covid among their citizens. Teachers had to therefore accept new pedagogical concepts and novel modes in delivery of lessons, mostly through adoption of online learning. The aspects of online learning necessitate to know e-textbooks, e-journals, online resources, mobile learning and various educational apps. Online learning has various advantages, although some barriers exist. It is now believed that online education in India is the future of educational system and learning. Various channels have been established by the Indian government to decentralize and disperse the sources and means to provide education among the learners of different corners of the vast country. The modern-day education will have to ascend many more steps in order to welcome such a sea change in our learning society. However, online learning is adopted to enhance learning process, not to replace traditional methods in acquiring education.