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Factors Influencing Orderly Transition to Online Deliveries during COVID19 Pandemic Impact

Chandana Jayalath, Uthpala Wickramasinghe, Hasini Kottage, Geethika Somaratna

Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · pp. 10–24 · Published 30 Jun 2020

10.9734/ajess/2020/v9i230242

Abstract

With the spread of COVID 19, almost every higher educational entity initiated online delivery whereby teaching is undertaken remotely on digital platform. A massive shift like this arises an onslaught of questions. A case study was conducted in March and April 2020 to determine the challenges affecting the adoption of e-learning in 6 university colleges in Sri Lanka. A comprehensive literature survey was carried out. A questionnaire survey was administered to 90 teachers and 650 students and analyzed through the use of simple descriptive statistics. Besides, a narrative analysis was undertaken to identify shared views expressed in a series of telephonic inquiries. It was found that data as it is a survey based paper. The paper concludes with some solutions implementable in three stages. The findings of the study will help work out a digital policy, revisit the existing educational taxonomies and enhance the effectiveness of online delivery particularly in a future context similar to COVID 19.

COVID19 e-learning University education.

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