Empirical Study of Awareness towards Blended e-learning Gateways during Covid-19 Lockdown

One of the most remarkable changes in the academic Diaspora is the international creation of virtual platforms, which has given rise to a new edge system of learning. Covid-19 presents a unique and severe problem on every front. The nationwide shutdown by the administration aims to control the diffusion of Covid-19 at education institutions across the country. Many (local, national, and worldwide) institutions have implemented a reliable and beneficial contactless atmosphere for students and faculties to maintain the continuity of learning. As a result, teachers and students are greatly influenced by the new-age virtual teaching method adopted and implemented. The survey respondents were picked by a combination of online surveys and personality tests, and then the questionnaire they were given included both closed- and open-ended items. The numbers of university and secondary school portals have recently seen an upward trend. So, to better investigate the abilities of teachers and learners to identify the efficiency of dominating content delivery methods, a hybrid approach of the exploratory study was employed. Students and faculty, 140 each who have taken web-based learning at 25 Indian institutions, are sampled using a snowball sampling methodology. The results of the t-test demonstrated a considerable divergence in teaching-learning impressions between faculty and students on three manifests ($\mathrm{p} < 0.005$). Learners' responses differed from faculty responses, and statistically significant differences were found, such as scientific material can be taught effectively online, improved technocratic pedagogy is the core part of e-learning, reliance on computers/connectivity. © 2021 IEEE.

Impact of Covid-19 on Teaching-Learning Perception of Faculties and Students of Higher Education in Indian Purview

The education system has been brought to a halt due to pandemics around the globe. This study outlines the effect of Covid-19 on the teaching-learning perception of faculties and students of higher education in India. The recent pandemic has provided an impetus for the improvements in teaching and implementation of virtual education. Given the lack of information about how long the pandemic will go on, the demand for the current crisis is a steady move to e-education. The authority has introduced several e-platforms with online shops, e-contents, and other online material. Combining conventional technology (radio, TV, landline phone) with mobile/web technologies would improve connectivity and versatility with all tools. The paper employed a quantitative method to examine the perceptions of teachers and students' perceptions of e-teaching and e-learning methods. It underlined the application practice of online teaching-learning modes by considering 500 respondents. This study aims to give a holistic view of the ongoing online teaching-learning activities during the pandemic lockdown. The study also found no considerable difference between teacher/learner satisfaction during this academic disruption. Soil recommendations, managerial implications, future scope and conclusion can also be helpful for policymakers, academics, and content analytics to draw a plan of action for e-learning. © 2022 River Publishers

Opportunities and challenges in transforming higher education through machine learning

Inthetwenty-firstcentury,technologyhasbecomethedrivingforceofed-ucation. COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the education system and has made educators to rephrase, rethink and re-strategize the model of the current education system. Recently, there has been a paradigm shift toward online teaching and learning right from the primary schools to the university. Embracing technology for a quality higher education is becoming a new norm. Several research works are ongoing to understand how the latest advancement in technology can change the future of education. Industries such as healthcare, financial services, retail and automobile are widely using the disrupting technologies like big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, virtual reality and augmented reality for marketing, sales, customer engagement and many more. Despite several research works and recommendations in the field of education, there has not been a significant improvement in the use of these technologies to improve the quality of higher education. In this chapter, a 360-degree approach to education model using machine learning is discussed and also a conceptual framework has been proposed on how machine learning can be adopted in the different stages of higher education to enhance the quality of education delivery and prepare job-ready graduates. © 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston. All rights reserved.