An Analysis of the Paradigm Shift from Real Classroom to Reel Classroom During Covid-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT

Covid-19 pandemic brought turmoil to the entire world. It adversely affected diverse areas like economic, political, social, medical, education, etc. The outbreak of the peril stimulated the research fraternity in various areas chiefly in medical science, environment, and education. Primarily focusing on Education, the sudden lockdown brought a complete shut down to the long-standing physical mode of teaching/learning in the education system. To combat the menace of the Covid-19 pandemic, alternative teaching-learning mechanism through online mode was adopted. The only gateway for the teachers and students to remain connected was through a virtual platform. Though this counteractive phenomenon was an aid at this critical time, there were certain emerging anomalies like efficacy and acceptance of a virtual platform. Various apprehensions during this shift like psychological barriers, maintaining attendance, participation, etc. which seeped into the education system were to be studied and analyzed. In the present study, the concern of the researchers was to observe and examine the significant drift of teaching/learning platform from a real classroom to a reel classroom. It aims to study the girth of online teaching/learning in the present education system. The present study also focuses on the role of technology as an important tool in enhancing the Teaching/Learning mechanism during the Covid-19 pandemic. It was a big challenge as well as an opportunity for both the learners and teaching fraternity to cope with the stagnancy like carrying out interactive and team building activities, developing rapport and facilitating a learning process, etc. percolated during the outburst of the Covid-19 pandemic. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.