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Challenges of Virtual Learning -

A Insight on Management Education
Dr. Veena Santhosh Rai1, Shika Dechamma2
1
Professor, 2Student,
1,2
Department of MBA, Srinivas Institute of Technology, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

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Education is the method of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of Santhosh Rai | Shika Dechamma
knowledge and development of the abilities of the mind. Education "Challenges of Virtual Learning - A
implies to discipline and development by means of study and Insight on Management Education"
learning. One of the foremost crucial benefits of education is that it Published in
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improves personal lives and helps the society to run smoothly. Covid
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covid laid on Teaching learning process and the quality of facility
learning for growth to survival.
KEYWORDS: Laborious, E-Learning, Coping, Expectation,
Perception, Digital Transformation

1. INTRODUCTION
Education is the method of facilitating learning, or the months to bring the earth to a standstill, providing
acquisition of knowledge and development of the intimately connected we are as earthlings. It gave a
abilities of the mind. Education implies to discipline first-hand experience to provide quality distance
and development by means of study and learning. education while battling against pandemic.
One of the foremost crucial benefits of education is
The online could also be a serious technological
that it improves personal lives and helps the society to
advancement reshaping not only our society but also
run smoothly. Education should undergo a thorough
that of universities worldwide. In light of this,
digital transformation to be able to meet the wants of
universities got to maximize the online for teaching,
the young generation and digitalized future. The
and one progressive development of this is often the
COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly and abruptly
use of online delivery methods. Online education has
forced education indeed to interact in such a change.
generated tremendous excitement both inside and out
The Virtual learning with digital transformation
of doors education. For some, it offers the potential to
started by the corona virus pandemic within the
provide learning delivery and thus the competitive
education system of the young generation which cross
landscape. While e-learning has been on the rise in
all the barriers. This pandemic has shown scant
industry and academic institutions for the past few
respect for manmade borders and it took just three
years, it is also been attraction plenty of criticism

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because of sort of current limitations. Self-regulation faculties were able to adopt them self to the sudden
challenges and challenges in using learning shift and cope up with the changes .This paper tries to
technology are the key challenges that students are provide an insight on the condition of the students
facing. Teachers facing challenges mainly on the use what was their expectation and perception. This
of technology for teaching. Challenges within the research paper helps both the students and the
supply of suitable instructional technology and teachers to know impact of virtual learning and an
effective training to support teachers are the main insight into the challenges of virtual learning for
challenges faced by educational institutions. management education and the quality of facility
learning for growth to survival.
2. Literature review
Yien et al. (2011) pointed out the difference between 4. Objective of the Study
virtual learning and traditional teaching in learning The main objective of this paper is
environment and persons. Traditional teaching, with
Analyze the impact of covid-19 pandemic on
“lecture” in classrooms, was the most traditional and students learning ability.
representative teaching method. In short, it referred to
instructors delivering teaching materials in the To evaluate the student’s expectation and
teaching activity to learners through interpretation. perception of virtual learning .
With the long history, it has been broadly applied and To study the coping strategy adapted by students
is still one of favourable teaching methods of to deal with facility learning.
instructors.
To know the empowering insight gained by
Sebastian et al. (2012) regarded virtual learning as the students
learning mode the most rapidly developed in past
years as well as the learning mainstream in the future. To come up with the suggestions for growth to
In addition to the time background, it was rapidly survival of scholar.
developed because it broke through traditional 5. Research Design:
teaching modes and presented various strengths. The current study is an explorative study which has
Yoon et al. (2012) stated that digital learning (E- been undertaken to explore expectation and
Learning) was first proposed by Jay Cross in 1999. perception of students regarding digital
With the advance and development of technology transformation of students in technological institution.
tools, it appeared different explanations and No hypothesis has been included in the study as not
terminology, such as Internet-based training, web- many studies have been conducted on technical
based training, or on-line learning, network learning, institution students on the basis of which assumptions
distance learning. could be drawn.
Doris Holzberger et al. (2013) regarded virtual 6. Sample:
learning as delivery with digital forms of media (e.g. Sampling technique was used to select technical
texts or pictures) through the Internet; and, the institution students. To achieve the above objectives
provided learning contents and teaching methods the survey is conducted through questionnaire
were to enhance learners’ learning and aimed to method. Totally 100 questionnaires were distributed
improve teaching effectiveness or promote personal among the selected population using convenient
knowledge and skills. sampling method. Only 64 questionnaires were
returned by the respondents and considered for the
3. Statement of the problem study. The collected data were analyzed using graphs
With the advent in technology and with the perpetual and charts.
increase in the strength of the students and the
number of departments in the educational institutions, 7. Inclusion Criteria
it is laborious to exchange the study materials Colleges affiliated with Visvesvaraya
between the students and the faculties. e-learning is Technological University (VTU) were included.
an inexpensive, efficient and comfortable way for All colleges had been established for more than
students to easily access an easier alternative to study. 10 years.
The main objective of the E-Learning is to help the Students who voluntarily participated in the study
students get over the traditional methods of learning were included.
and make them accustomed to the internet .But the
question remains how far the students and the Colleges located within Mangalore city were
included in the study

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8. Data Analysis The above shown bar graph depicts the reaction of the
students on the sudden lockdown during the academic
year. According to 16.13% respondents this pandemic
is acceptable and for 32.26% of respondents this
pandemic is manageable.30.65% of respondents are
shocked and for 20.97% of respondents find this
pandemic as neutral condition

Figure No:8.1
The above bar graph depicts on which mode of
education students are more comfortable with
attending the classes. By analysing the respondent’s
data 79.03% are comfortable with offline classes and
20.97% are comfortable with online classes.
Figure No: 8.4
The above bar graph depicts the student’s expectation
regarding studies fulfilment. The percentage of 31.25
are fulfilled with their level of expectation and
68.75% of students are unfulfilled with their
expectation regarding studies during this pandemic.

Figure No:8.2
The above graph depicts that how COVID-19
outbreak effected education of the youngsters. For
6.25% of the respondents have no effect in their
education on corona virus outbreak and 48.44% of
respondents have attended online class for first time.
For 34.38% of respondents felt offline classes are Figure No: 8.5
better than online classes and 10.94% of respondents The above figure depicts the satisfaction in attending
felt online classes are more preferable compare to online classes during COVID-19 pandemic. 30.65%
offline classes. of respondents are satisfied with attending online
classes and 4.84% of respondents are very satisfied
with attending online classes. 56.45% of respondents
have neutral response with attending online classes
and 8.06% of respondents are dissatisfied with
attending online classes.
9. Findings
The findings show that 41.94% of male and
58.06% of female respondents participated in the
survey.
In that 79.03% respond that they are comfortable
with offline classes and 20.97% are comfortable
Figure No: 8.3 with online classes.

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According to 16.13% respondents this pandemic expectation and the performance of teachers in
is acceptable and for 32.26% of respondents this technical educational institution can be analysed.
pandemic is manageable. Studies conducted on students of technical
30.65% of respondents are shocked and for educational institution is very limited. Therefore,
20.97% of respondents find this pandemic as similar studies can be conducted using a larger
neutral condition. sample size. Conducting a study using a larger
The student’s expectation regarding studies were sample size would enhance the reliability of the
fulfilled due to this pandemic is data, which can further be used by the All India
31.25% and 68.75% of students are unfulfilled Council of Technical Education to enhance the
their expectation regarding studies. quality of technical education in India. If sample
For 6.25% of the respondents have no effect in size is large, the results can also be generalized.
their education on corona virus outbreak and
48.44% of respondents have attended online class The current study is an attempt to understand the
for first time. expectation and perception of students in
For 34.38% of respondents felt offline classes are technical educational institution due to digital
better than online classes and 10.94% of transformation. The data obtained from the study
respondents felt online classes are more can be used to develop training, counselling and
preferable compare to offline classes. coaching model for faculty working in technical
Out of 100%, 30.65% of respondents are satisfied educational intuition. Training the faculty to
with attending online classes and 4.84% of develop appropriate strategies to deal with
respondents are very satisfied with attending students would help enhance the quality of
online classes. teaching.
56.45% of respondents have neutral response with Results provided in the current study can be used
attending online classes and 8.06% of respondents to conduct a comparative study. Students grasping
are dissatisfied with attending online classes. power and coping strategy to the sudden shift in
the teaching methodology, their satisfaction,
10. Suggestion expectation and coping strategies employed by
As Majority of the students were comfortable
students can be compared with students belonging
with online classes faculties should try to collect
to other disciplines. This would help understand
feedback from the students regarding their the challenges exclusively faced by students
expectation about the classes regarding online teaching. A comparative study
The Institutions should try to analyze the
will also help us know whether the factors
perception level of the students regarding their
effecting expectation, perception and coping
academic expectation
strategies employed by students vary with regard
Best method for effective learning facilitation
to the discipline they learn.
should be adopted
Assistance from the intuition regarding the coping The current study takes into consideration
strategy both for the faculty and the students is a colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological
must University (VTU). Studies can be conducted on
A proper training for the teachers regarding the the challenges faced by students in other colleges
digital transformation is a must with different discipline. A comparative study on
A best counselling session for the students to the challenges faced by students studying in other
motivate them for effective learning is a must professional colleges can also be conducted.
Educationalist should also be motivated for Technical institution in India can be compared to
flipped classes with effective monitoring that of other countries. This would help teachers
Institutional support and faculty and student’s train students to perform globally. A cross nation
cooperation is the need of the day. study would also allow us to compare teaching
styles and methods, and help teachers improve in
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The current study has provided an insight into the areas they are lacking behind. It would also
challenges faced by students in technical provide information on technical advancements in
educational institution. Using this study, several teaching.
other interesting factors that influence the 12. Limitations of the Study
performance of faculty in technical educational in The current study is a purely quantitative study.
digital teaching can be identified. For instance, Although as a part of the pilot study, the
the impact of online teaching on student’s researcher attempted to understand the issues and
challenges faced by students in technical

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