A Case Study Approach on Challenges Faced in Digital Learning
Abstract
COVID-19 lockdown in India introduced us to many changes in way of living. Digital learning was something most of us had heard but never tried and we were forced to use it. Once the lockdown started extending, education institutions realized that making students sit idle at home can affect them and their parents, as students will be away from books until colleges are reopened. To avoid this disaster, online classes were introduced all over India to keep students in the track of education. There were both positive and negative effects because of the online classes especially in rural part of India. This paper deals with those cases where faculty and students had to face trouble because of online classes. Objective: To know the challenges faced by parents, teachers and students because of digital learning. Method: Primary data was collected in the form of case studies from the students, teachers and parents based on convenient sampling method. Secondary data was collected from newspapers and research articles on the topic.
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