| |December 202019dents activity level and adapt to an instructional strategy.· Teachers encounter passive students. Such students have to en-gaged in quality as well as breadth and depth of training. Instructional Strategy -They have to be provided with flexible oppor-tunity &interactive text books . To keep them engaged use Leaning Management System ( LMS) data to export grade & participation data.· Teachers have to stay connected with students i.e., Students learning is asynchronous . They are discon-nected with instructors and peers. There is also difficulty in gauging how they comprehend . Instructional Strategy -Design online learning platforms, assess-ment , non-evaluative feedback & suggest improvements.· Encourage Colloboration ­ Interaction with peers thru collab-orative problem solving Group case study etc.,ProblemsAvailability of Limited Instruction options like online posting , Chat rooms , video lectures , tailoring lec-tures etc., making students have self paced learning & be accountable is also difficult.Boring instructions with never ending texts, long list of multiple choice questions . This can be over-come by dynamic courses which are fun & interactiveTechinical Difficuties to offer multi device courses & personal attrition. Have Help page & chat service forumStudents don't have time since they have too much flexibility with lot of distractions . Let the learning be time bound with remindersLack of practice & mediocre quality of courses due to lab not available as well as instructors are not used to online classesB. Issues and Challenges of online coursesThe issues are related to online learners, instructions and content developmentThe specific expectation of learn-ers affects their readiness , identity & participation. The expectations also have a bearing on role of facul-ty, startegies, teaching style & time management. The learners interest depends on the content i.e., whether multi media is used .The issues can be mitigated by conducting professional develop-ment courses for instructors , train-ing for learners on what to expect as well as providing technical support for content developmentC. Problems faced by students Students struggle to adapt to computer based learning than face to face. They hesitate to have online discussions with instructors & peers. It also is based on the computer literacy of the students . they have to plan their time since online learning needs more time. It is a new normal in looking at online reading materials & assignments. They need feedback constantly. They have to get used to delayed response from instructors. Online courses need a lot of self planning & interaction with peers. Overall , online courses & train-ing is a new normal where the teach-ing & student community face lot of connectivity issues especially in rural areas. Hence adaptation is a challenge. Corses can be conducted online but monitoring the instruc-tion & learning have to be looked at minutely & strategies have to be adopted to make it more effective . Especially in India , although we are a software behemoth , adapta-tion of online training so far has been very minimal since the country is widespread with many students & institutions at rural areas where they prefer face to face instructions. This COVID-19 situation has made a sea change in the way the institu-tions look at training & many have adopted to online training. What is more important is sustenance which has its own challenges & issues as described above.Let us adapt ourselves to the new normal & evolve ourselves to get used to online training. One has to identify the students activity level and adapt to an instructional strategyR. Chandran
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