A. Arora, R. Srinivasan
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COVID-19 大流行病对教与学过程的影响:对高等教育教师的研究
本研究的目的是评估虚拟课堂的采用率,并确定其各种益处、挑战以及不采用虚拟课堂的原因、本研究考虑了加济阿巴德地区高等教育机构 (HEIs) 的 341 名教师的答复。研究分为两部分,一部分是采用虚拟课堂的受访者,另一部分是未采用虚拟课堂的受访者,对通过第一手资料收集的数据进行了描述性统计和 t 检验、实际收益的平均值明显低于预期收益的平均值 网络问题、缺乏培训和缺乏认识被认为是他们面临的主要挑战 缺乏认识被认为是未采用虚拟课堂的受访者面临的最重要的原因,其次是缺乏兴趣和 对虚拟课堂的实用性存在疑虑 出席率较低、研究还提出了克服上述挑战、弊端和不采用虚拟课堂背后原因的方法。
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