Traditional class along with the online class is the best combination: Aman, LPU

These are first-hand student accounts on how our young population is managing to keep their exam prep or college course work going from the confines of their homes. In case you want to share your lockdown study experience, write to us at publish@shiksha.com.

If we see the current situation as an opportunity then it is going to give us the result in a positive way. It is better not to worry about the same. Let’s take this as a challenge and overcome all the difficulties.

• In case, this will continue for a long-term then there will be two aspects that we all need to focus on. The first one is that we will be able to learn how to utilise the online resources and will be completely dependent on digital-based learning. Moreover, the second aspect is that the study schedule of most of the students would be slow which in turn would make them lazy. They are not going to utilise their thinking capacity because their studies would be fully dependent on Google and not on handwritten books or notes. This would result in two things either we would become a good learner after the introduction of digitalisation in the education field or a great transmitter by using Google or any other online platform without knowing or understanding the fundamentals.
• At this point, our college is trying to connect us through the online platform and have taken a step back from the traditional ones. Traditional class along with the online class is the best combination. In my opinion, online classes are better in learning certification courses, virtual internships, and different types of short-term duration courses such as learning digital marketing, UX/UI design, etc. On the other hand, traditional classes have a long-term learning impact. Simply, we can say that online classes could be a support for the brick and mortar classes. Moreover, even after the lockdown, our college will continue with the present online classes schedule only as it would help in boosting the study culture of our college. We are going to take our studies on an advance level. Also, it is going to enhance our placements too as right now I am preceding towards the final year. Therefore, different certifications and the virtual internships would help me to boost my resume too. There is one more initiative that our college has taken towards the mother earth by saving papers. In the present scenario, more than 70% of the college works are being done through paperless mode. Hopefully, it would be more than 90% after the lockdown.
• One of the important things that we could adopt is that we ensure proper attendance during the online classes. Right now, my college takes feedback on every day. Also, there are many areas where internet facility is not fine because of the lockdowns and curfew. This could be solved by connecting with these students through telephone call which is a little complex but is a better option instead of missing the lecture.
• Our faculties are connecting the whole class through the Google Meet platform. The classes are going on according to the prescribed syllabus. The topics are discussed in the same manner as we used to discuss in the classrooms, however, for the technical subjects, it is challenging for the students to understand the concept. For example, one cannot learn civil engineering architecture or agriculture through PPTS, Google Meet, etc. However, our faculties are trying their best to involve each one of us in a proper discussion. At last, I want to tell you all that only learning matters in the education life the place, age, technology used does not matter.

About the Author:

Aman Kumar is an MBA student at Lovely Professional University with experience in marketing, banking, educational management and strategy. Some of the key skills include leadership, team building and strategy-focused work along with problem-handling skills. Experienced in crop residue management, Kumar has worked as an intern at Bihar State Milk Federation (COMFED).