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BARRIERS TO ONLINE LEARNING IN UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Mamatha G.*, Dr. Priyadarshini, Usha Rani R. Rashmi P. and Usha M. Thomas
ABSTRACT
With the emergence of pandemic (Covid-19), face to face education has almost been put to a halt, and online education has gained significant importance. Academician rushed to compelte their syllabus and portion. No one bothered about the problem faced by the students and the academic performance. Since the academic performance was very poor study was undertaken to assess the online learning barriers among Undergraduate students. Thus the aim of this retrospective study was to identify the online learning barriers for the Academic performance. Aim of the study was to explore the barriers to online learning among I Year BSc Nursing students. Formal administrative permission was obtained and informed consent was taken from students. One hundred students completed a 20-question online survey. Eight barrier categories comprising 20 individual barriers were analyzed The barrier categories were Health problems, Academic Skills, Administrative/Instructor issues, Cost and Access to the Internet, Social Interactions, Technical Problems, Technical Skills, and Time and Support for Studies and obtained data was computed and analyzed by using statistical test. The Results of the study showed that the strongest barriers were- technical barrier (88%)and Health problems(86%), other barriers were cost and access to the internet (78%), Social Interaction(74%),Time and Support for studies(69.6%) Technical skills(65%) Academic skills(62%) and Administrative/instructor issues (58.8%) was perceived as least barrier.
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