Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on The Higher Education Institutions in India: Perspectives of Faculty on Remote Teaching & Learning

ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced educators to trans-form their teaching into online versions in a very short span of time. The study aims to throw light on the perspectives of the faculty of higher educational institutions in India in the process of transitioning to remote teaching due to COVID 19. Data were collected with the help of an online questionnaire from the faculty respondents (n=535) representing different types of educational institutions imparting higher education – NITs, IITs, Central Universities, State Universities, and Private Universities in India. The remote teaching experiences as perceived by the faculty are a blend of both satisfying and dissatisfying elements and overall, faculty perceived remote teaching & learning as a moderately favorable experience indicating many glitches that need to be addressed in or-der to make online teaching a more favourable and effective experience. Furthermore, it was observed that the faculty remote teaching experiences significantly varied based on their designation, experience and academic discipline. The faculty suggested blended learning to be the best in the days to come. Blended learning will probably enable the students and the teachers to revamp both the styles of learning Online and Face-to-Face. © 2022, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. All rights reserved.