Perceptions Of Teachers’ And Learners’ Regarding Online Learning During Covid-19

Abstract

Millions of students and teachers have been forced to switch from in-person instruction to online learning in the shortest amount of time due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Consequently, relying on technology is unavoidable. While technology helped students learn during the COVID-19 pandemic, it also presented a number of challenges that both teachers and students found frustrating in this new, digitalized educational environment. The current study investigated the most prevalent issues with online instruction that instructors and students encountered during COVID-19. Teachers and students from BZU Multan's social science departments—history, economics, education, and psychology—comprised the study's population. They were chosen by simple random sampling. To analyse the data, financial and descriptive statistics were employed. The study's conclusions showed that both instructors and students in online courses encountered a wide range of issues, including low student motivation as a result of open-book exams, deficiencies in technological proficiency, a lack of teacher-student interaction, infrequent use of the internet, and obstacles related to health. Therefore, in order to address the issues with online education, policymakers, the government, and educational institutions should implement corrective measures to better manage online classrooms by implementing the most recent techniques and providing ongoing training for both teachers and students.