Benefits and Challenges of Online Learning during and After COVID-۱۹

The virus COVID-۱۹ has influentially changed the mode of teaching and learning from only face to face to online and virtual in the entire world which is new experiences for many of the teachers and learners. The wide nature of the Internet and the availability of technology have produced a flow in the demand for web based teaching and learning. Online learning is quickly infiltrating into school regions and colleges across the world. This article discovers whether students could benefit from online courses and studies the possible challenges and disadvantages of online coursework. Technology based teaching especially online education has become the most proper alternative to keep educational activities useful in many parts of the world during the pandemic period. Online teaching and learning has become an effective means to run educational activities useful and avoid the possible loss of academic session produced due to lock down in the most parts of world. However, the research on online education shows that learners displayed a wide range of reactions, with most stating anxiety toward online learning, dissatisfaction concerning graduation ceremony, and online learning being different than standard in-class learning(Marpa, ۲۰۲۱; Unger & Meiran, ۲۰۲۰).

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Teaching , learning , education , technology , online education , COVID-۱۹