ONLINE LEARNING DURING LOCKDOWN PERIOD OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE

Babhale P, Gaglani H*, Khare S, Singh K, Joshi A

Datta Meghe Institute of Management Studies Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic has impinged on the people irrespective of their nationality, age, income, or gender. It has hit almost all the sectors of the economy and education is no exception. In response to lockdown norms, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and universities had to close their premises. However, HEIs were quick to replace traditional classrooms with online learning. In response to this researcher has made an attempt to assess the perspective of MBA students towards Online Learning (OL) compared to the traditional classroom learning (CL) in the Nagpur region of Maharashtra. The sample includes fourth semester & second semester MBA students for the academic year 2019-2020. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire constructed in Google form. A total number of 601 students from five different MBA colleges in the Nagpur region participated in the study. Data were recorded in excel and analyzed. The result indicates that students are comfortable with online learning but still would like to prefer traditional face-to-face learning as it provides experiential learning.

Keywords:

Classroom learning, Online learning, Higher Education Institutions