A Study on the Attitude towards E-Learning and its Implication on School Children during Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

E-learning is a network-enabled, computer-mediated learning of skills and transfer of services. E-learning functionally rests on computer-based virtual learning and education where the content is delivered by audio-video tape, CD-ROM, satellite TV and Internet, which had revolutionized the field of education since the beginning of the 21st century, but its impact was not felt as strongly in the traditional system of education until the COVID-19 catastrophe. This study explores the effect of sudden changes in the form of online education and e-learning that happened to the education system during the covid-19 pandemic in India. Certainly, the pandemic made us move towards a new normal but does it apply equally to the education system as well? The primary concern of this study was to explore the implication of online learning on school children through exploring their own lived experiences, therefore, it entails the researcher to adopt a mix-method research technique in order to collect and analyse the data. This paper especially focuses on the personal experiences of school-going children who had been the most vulnerable during the pandemic and hence it also brings into focus the problems faced by them during online classes.