Students’ Perception regarding Online Learning in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of University of Jammu

Meghabat Singh, Akriti Sharma, Ravi Shukla

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This paper describes the students’ perceptions regarding online learning in the Covid-19 pandemic at the University of Jammu. An online survey was conducted from the Google form which remained open for submission for 10 days from 11th Aug 2020 to 20th Aug 2020 through WhatsApp and E-mail. A total of 338 students provided complete information regarding the survey. The majority of (65.98%) of the respondents were female and most were between the 20-22 years, of age group. After the analysis of the study, it has been found that zoom and Google Meet are most preferred by (32.80%) and (24.54%) of respondents to attend their online classes during the lockdown period. Most (39.41%) of students face the slow speed of the internet as the major barrier while attending their online classes during the lockdown period.


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