Revamping E-Learning among Professional Students: The Pandemic Effect

Abstract

The impact of pandemic COVID-19 is observed in every sector around the world. The educational sector of India, as well as the world, is badly affected. It enforced the worldwide lockdown creating a very bad effect on the students' life. Around 32 crore learners stopped moving schools/colleges, all educational activities halted in India. The outbreak of COVID-19 proved that change is inevitable. It worked as a catalyst for educational institutions to grow and opt for new platforms and techniques. The educational sector has been fighting to survive the crisis with a different approach by digitalizing the pedagogy through online platforms. The present study is designed to understand the student's perspective about factors influencing online classes conducted at the university level. And to find out general challenges faced by the students in E-learning. The data were collected from 98 professional students from different engineering colleges in the Malabar region. Career Development Programs and Social problems are the major problems faced by the students.