Webinars: An assistive tool used by higher education educators during Covid19 case study

ABSTRACT

The education ecosystem in India is primarily dependent on face to face interaction of teachers with students. Technology assistive tools available to educators act as an aid for imparting quality education. However, the complete transition from face-to-face interaction to virtual interaction was challenging for educators over the world during the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. This paradigm shift in teaching and the use of webinars as the primary resource for teaching has shown a significant impact on the learning patterns of both educators and students. This paper presents a case study conducted on educators of Chitkara University, Rajpura Punjab, India. The goal is to Figure out their experience of using webinars as a teaching tool during the Covid-19 period for engineering undergraduates. It also discusses the challenges and issues faced by faculty members while conducting webinars. The usability score for webinars as a tool for teaching comes as 68.22%, which infers that a significant number of faculty members find it a useful tool for teaching their course. Further, several webinars platform explored by educators, out of which Go-To-Webinar platform is most favorable for the majority of faculty members. © 2020 IEEE.