Transition to Online Higher Education during COVID-19 Pandemic: Turmoil and Way Forward to Developing Country of South Asia-Nepal

Purpose: Every day thousands of academic institutes suspend their classes and students are staying in their home maintaining social distancing due to the fear of COVID-19 pandemic and Nepal is no exception. Realizing these facts, this study aims to explore the factors for the effectiveness of online...

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Published in:Journal of research in innovative teaching 2021-03, Vol.14 (1), p.93-111
Main Authors: Gautam, Dhruba Kumar, Gautam, Prakash Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
anxiety and behavior
Barriers
College Faculty
College Students
Colleges & universities
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
covid-19 pandemic
Distance learning
Educational Technology
Foreign Countries
higher education
Internet
Learning Activities
Learning Processes
on-class mode of teaching
online class
Online Courses
Pandemics
School Closing
Student Attitudes
Teacher Attitudes
Teaching Methods
teaching-learning process
Technology Integration
Universities
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Summary:Purpose: Every day thousands of academic institutes suspend their classes and students are staying in their home maintaining social distancing due to the fear of COVID-19 pandemic and Nepal is no exception. Realizing these facts, this study aims to explore the factors for the effectiveness of online mode of classes to on-class course-based students and analyzes the perception of faculties and students toward online mode during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: It is based on exploratory research design, following mixed methods of qualitative and quantitative procedure. To build a rich understanding of the phenomenon, three-stage data collection procedure: preliminary interview, structural survey and validation were used. Findings: This study revealed triplet factors: infrastructure, student and teacher as antecedents of effectiveness of online classes during a pandemic. Technological support, infrastructure availability, faculty and students' perception have a significant relationship for the effectiveness of the online mode of the teaching-learning process. Students faced anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, but a higher willingness to learn reduces the level of anxiety. Originality/value: This study significantly contributes to the future management of higher education and digs the future path of online and on-class teaching-learning practices.
ISSN:1947-1017
2397-7604
1947-1017
2397-7604
DOI:10.1108/JRIT-10-2020-0051