Baba Farid University Nursing Journal
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 2

Attitude of nursing students and teachers regarding online classes amidst lockdown period

  • Author:
  • Prerna Sharma1,, Smriti Arora2
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 5 to 12

1Nursing officer, GTB Hospital, New Delhi

2Professor, Amity College of Nursing, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana

*Address for Correspondance Ms. Prerna Sharma, Nursing officer, GTB Hospital, New Delhi, Email: sharma.prernasharma.prerna@gmail.com, M. No. 9810840372

Online published on 8 June, 2021.

Abstract

E-learning has grown tremendously over the past several years as technology has been integrated into education and training. ‘E-Learning’ may be defined as instruction delivered electronically via the Internet, Intranets, or multimedia platforms.

The aim of the study was to assess the attitude of students and teachers toward online classes.

A web-based descriptive sursurvey study containing objective questions was prepared separately for students (16 survey instrument) and teachers (19 survey instrument).The study sample constituted of 82 students and 19 teachers undergoing online studies. The survey instrument was distributed among all the students and teachers using social media platform (WhatsApp and messages). It required 5 to 6 minutes to complete the survey. Chi square and Fisher test was used to investigate the level of association among variables at the significance level of p<0.05.

It was: foutnd that majority of students and teachershad favourable attitude towards online classes.

Online classes are useful as it is an upgradation of education system but it entails limitation related to tecnological efficiency and skills of users.

Keywords

Online classes, Attitude, Teachers and students