Experience of Nursing Students & Teachers on “E-Learning” During COVID-Lockdown-Qualitative Descriptive Study

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 is a disease caused by the “novel corona virus”.In order to prevent transmission of this virus whole World was under Lockdown. This leads to teachers to go for online classes. This is unexpected change for students as well as to teachers. Objectives: • To explore the experience of the students & teachers regarding online class • To identify the Contributory factors and challenges faced by students and teachers • To identify teaching strategies that will enhance online learning Methodology: Design- Qualitative Descriptive design Sample and Sample Size- 87 Students and 46 teachers participated Analysis & Ethical Approval- Permission was obtained from the Institutional Ethical Committee. Data was collected byonline survey & interview during month of April 2020. The data were analyzed by qualitative content analysis. Three levels of coding were selected for coding the data. The quantitative part of the data was analyzed with the help of descriptive statistics like frequency and percentage and presented in the form of tables.The Qualitative analysis presented as per the themes and subthemes. Findings: The findings of the study identified four main themes1. Online class is very useful 2. Contributory Factors, 3. Challenges faced by students and teachers and 4. Quality of teaching–learning resources. Majority 83 (95.4%) students reported that they had used time productively, 75(86.21%) students reported that there was no face to face interaction, Internet Problem-connectivity 55(63.22), Financial problem to recharge mobile 25(28.74%),67(77.01%) students Suggested that they need Synchronous,requested to Include Viva questions 17(19.54%)etc.. Conclusion and Implication: It is concluded from the results that students and teachers are generally ready to adopt e-learning. However, the results show that the current online class system is inadequate and improvement is required in certain areas so as to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the e-learning as an educational tool.