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Educational Technology: A Last Resort to Academia Amid Pandemic

In: Future of Work and Business in Covid-19 Era

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  • Arun Dash

    (KIIT University)

  • Khushboo Kuddus

    (KIIT University)

Abstract

That a pandemic like COVID-19 would occur and wreak such havoc on humanity, almost incapacitating their life and lifestyle, was inconceivable. However, in the yet uncertain post-COVID-19 world, among all things that must have changed for better, would certainly be the way academia shall exploit educational technologies to impart quality online education to the students locked at home. The inordinate delay in starting life as normal has forced teachers and parents alike to explore efficient ways to facilitate online teaching using various technological channels. It is observed that while students from urban areas across India have coped up with the situation quite well, using the resources at hand, students from rural areas, with ill-equipped infrastructure, are finding it tough to continue their studies. Lack of facilities like smartphones, Internet connection, and a robust mobile network are some of the major challenges that hamper the academic progress of the rural students. The present study aims to assess the preparedness of students, teachers and educational institutions to adopt digital education during the pandemic. It looks into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education. It further analyses opportunities and challenges for online education during this pandemic and offers key suggestions for the future days in academics in post-COVID-19 era. The findings of this study shall assist the concerned authorities in evaluating the preparedness of parents and teachers to continue education of the students, residing in urban as well as rural areas, in such unforeseen home-bound situations and suggest measures in that direction.

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  • Arun Dash & Khushboo Kuddus, 2022. "Educational Technology: A Last Resort to Academia Amid Pandemic," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Rabi Narayan Subudhi & Sumita Mishra & Abu Saleh & Dariush Khezrimotlagh (ed.), Future of Work and Business in Covid-19 Era, pages 251-264, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-981-19-0357-1_22
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-0357-1_22
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