Abstract

KANVARIA, Vinod Kumar. Educational scenario and quality concerns in online digital distance learning during and after pandemic 2020. Bol. - Acad. Paul. Psicol. [online]. 2020, vol.40, n.99, pp. 169-179. ISSN 1415-711X.

With the change in the world due to COVID-19 and pandemic 2020, the educational field has also undergone a massive great change. The educational scenario has almost entirely changed due to this novel situation and new normal have redefined the field of education. Distance learning through online digital mode, giving rise to digital distance learning, has arose as the need of the hour and well accepted not only by the stakeholders of educational field, but also by the entire educational fraternity across the globe. This gave rise to a flood of online learning programs keeping in mind the distance learning at its root. Students and their learning for academic growth, teachers and their learning for professional growth and teacher educators and their professional growth were highly affected with this concept of online distance learning and flood of such programs in the field during pandemic 2020. The quality of such programs and learning from such programs is a matter of great concern and demands a discussion at length. The current chapter makes such an endeavor and critically discusses various issues and factors affecting learning in such a changing scenario pertaining to students, teachers and teacher educators.

Keywords : distance learning; online digital distance learning; students; teachers; teacher educators; COVID-19; pandemic.

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