Why are Students pushing themselves towards online tuition platforms during COVID 19?
Despite the threat of life that COVID-19 pandemic has given us, the long lockdown also allowed us to slow down our lives and cherish the moments we have been losing out on lately. Students had been the happiest since their studies went on undecided break and they got all the time to relax and enjoy.
But the happiness was short-lived as soon after students started missing their classes and even the teachers wanted to get back to their lessons. Online tuitions had been popular even before the lockdown but when the schools and universities decided to resume classes, they even resorted to online platforms.
The internet is streaming with viral videos of teachers going to the unimaginable extent to take up classes regularly and on-time. With the increase in online classrooms, students are also getting used to attending online classes and are honing their technical skills. Earlier, the students who detested online platforms for studies are pushing themselves for online tuition classes. What made this change? Let us look at some of the facts that pushed students towards online classes.
1.Willingness towards getting back to learning: Since the beginning of lockdown, students enjoyed most of their time. They got time to pay attention to the activities they had been neglecting for long. Many slept, played ludo, did dancing, singing, cooking, painting and what not. But after some time, one gets bored spending time unfruitfully and being unproductive. So the students started looking for opportunities through which they could learn their lessons and get back to studies. Since online tuition platforms provide tutors for all subjects in an organized and effective manner, more number of students started enrolling themselves for online classes.
2. Freedom to choose their subjects: When you attend a conventional classroom, your subjects are pre-decided and you have to learn your lessons according to the syllabus to be covered. With the rise in the popularity of online classrooms, students can have the freedom to choose another subject apart from their regular subjects and learn some new and exciting things.
3. Flexibility in schedule: This is the most beneficial thing that has happened for the students as well as the tutors after switching to online classrooms. Online classrooms provide the facility to learn and teach at your own timings. This gives the tutor as well as the student to choose the schedule that is comfortable for them and when they can be at their attentive best. Fixing your own schedule allows you to manage time with your family without disturbing your studies and other work. The tutor also gets time to adjust their schedule if they are teaching multiple classes. They can also schedule classes for one-on-one teaching if the student demands so.
4. No disturbance to other family members: It is often seen that if a child goes to a conventional classroom tuition, any of the parents or someone from the family have to take the responsibility of their commute, safety, food and other requirements. It means along with the student, one more person gets involved and they have to adjust their daily schedule according to the student’s class, but with online tuition classes, the student can comfortably sit in their pajamas and learn their lessons without disturbing anyone else in the family. All they would need is a laptop/computer with strong internet connections and probably their notebooks.
5. Access to recordings and study material: This is probably the best thing that most of the students like about online classrooms. In conventional classrooms, students may miss out on some important factors during a lecture and might regret it later. But with online classes, they have the facility to access the classroom recordings whenever they want. In this way, they can always get back to their lessons that they find tough to understand in one go. They can also get their doubts cleared by watching the recordings multiple times. Also, the study material or question banks are available at any time for use. The students can practice their lessons and questions at their own pace and comfort.
6. Enhancing the technical skills: Another perk of online classrooms is that the students who were hesitant to befriend technology are now learning all the basic technical skills which is very important for future generations. Students are getting the hang of digital tools and are becoming more technology savvy because of online classrooms. Earlier, even if they learned some technical skills, they were limited to their computer classes and did not have any practical use. Now, students are becoming experts at these skills as they prepare their lessons with the help of all the digital tools.
These are some of the solid points that have led to students inclination towards online classrooms due to COVID-19. Not to mention, all of us eagerly wish the pandemic to end as soon as possible but no one can deny the fact that it has opened up doors for new opportunities for both students and tutors. The rise in the demand for online classroom platforms has proved that no barrier can stop those who wish to spread knowledge and those who are determined to learn.
