Abstract:

The purpose of this research paper is to study the perception of teaching faculty towards online teaching during the covid-19 pandemic. As we all know that the whole Indian education system has transformed from classroom teaching to online teaching. This research paper studies teachers’ perceptions about online teaching. The researcher has collected data from 130 teachers who are working in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state, India. These samples were selected by the Stratified Random Sampling technique and relevant data were collected from this sample. A self-prepared structured closed-ended questionnaire was prepared by the researcher by keeping in view the purpose of the study. The required data were collected through a questionnaire and also collects information through telephonic discussion/chat from the respondents. The researcher has applied a One-Sample ttest for statistical analysis of the data. Due to this Covid-19 pandemic, teachers were conducting online classes for the first time in the career of their teaching. The maximum number of respondents are conducting online classes for the first time in their career of teaching due to this Covid-19 pandemic. Respondents are ready to learn new technology and adopt new teaching methodology. For teaching during this pandemic time, they use various online platforms like Zoom, Google meet, Whatsapp, Google classroom etc. According to respondents of this paper, online teaching increases their overall efficiency but it is very difficult to motivate students in online teaching.

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