Students’ preferences for online education during COVID-19 pandemic Kaur Sumanpreet1,*, Rani Seema2 1M.Sc. Student, Department of EECM, COHS, CCS HAU, Hisar-125004, Haryana 2Professor, Department of EECM, COHS, CCS HAU, Hisar-125004, Haryana *Corresponding author email id: senkhlaysuman@gmail.com
Online published on 17 January, 2025. Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has become a focus on reforming teaching, learning models and strategies. Most educational institutes have shifted to online learning platforms to keep the academic activities going. However, the questions about the preparedness, designing and effectiveness of e-learning is still not clearly understood, particularly for a developing country like India. The present study was conducted in CCS HAU Hisar, Haryana on a sample of 200 students selected purposively. The study explored the student’s preferences for various attributes of online classes. The results indicated that majority of the respondents opted for online classes through WhatsApp as a communication means to class updates. Most of the students preferred to use both smart phone and laptop for attending online classes. It was also noticed that students preferred live recorded classes (44.5%) with quiz (70.0%) at the end of each class to improve the effectiveness of learning. However, in agricultural education system where many courses are practical oriented, shifting completely to online mode may not be possible and need to devise a hybrid mode, the insights from this article can be helpful in designing the curriculum for the new normal. Top Keywords COVID-19, Online education, Pandemic, Preferences. Top |