Evaluation Of The Perception Of Students About Synchronous And Asynchronous Online Courses

ABSTRACT

As the COVID-19 outbreak spread from early 2020 on, synchronous and asynchronous online learning became the predominant delivery method in the education system. This is the inaugural time that educational programs have indeed been totally given online across the state. So, this research aims to study the Indian student's perception of synchronous and asynchronous online courses amid COVID-19. This study involved 655 responses from UG students of various Indian educational institutions. In this study, we utilized basic random sampling to gather data, and SPSS was used to analyse the data. To narrow down the enormous dimensionality, the acquired data were subjected to a factor analysis utilizing a principal component analytical method. The results of the study demonstrate that synchronous can be challenging at times and puts more responsibility on the students. Asynchronous learning also gives the learners the chance to independently investigate and explore the subjects that have been given to them. Another reason why asynchronous exercises were perceived as burdensome by students was the large number of handwritten tasks that had to be turned in quickly. The COVID-19 outbreak has indeed been difficult for both students and teachers nationwide. Yet, teachers have supported students' use of digital learning tools. Therefore, asynchronous and synchronous online courses together have produced balanced learning. Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.