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A SHIFT IN TEACHING & LEARNING METHODS TO ONLINE IN HIGHER EDUCATION POST COVID: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES AHEAD

When we talk about change, we know it is stressful and not easily adoptable whether it is for individual or organizations. But there are times when it is not an option but a necessity to survive. Due to lockdown because of COVID, it is known that educational institutes cannot conduct their working physically in the premises. As a solution of the situation, online teaching and learning is one of the best solution through which objective can be achieved of teaching and learning. This time majority higher education institute started adoption of online way of teaching with due course of time. Some started at early stage and some started later after sensing situation and demand of time & regulators. UGC too has given guidelines to conduct 25% of the classes online throughout in upcoming academic session too. But how successfully this method of online teaching will work is still a big question in our country. As we all are aware that infrastructure is not prepared to support online mode of teaching in a very successful mode as still some problems like network problem, costly internet services, no secured apps and websites etc. are being faced by both teachers and students & their parents. It is the need of an hour to improve these facilities which will help India to get prepared for future too. The objective of this research paper is to find out the opportunities and challenges in online mode of teaching. Secondary data is used for the research purpose. Findings suggest that within a short span of time majority of we adopted online mode of teaching and also working hard to utilize this method to get adoptable, but further support is needed by the government and other agencies to develop a secured infrastructure so to achieve win-win situation in every aspect.

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Keywords: E-Learning, Higher Education, Post COVID, Win-Win Situation.


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