LUDHIANA: The initiative of teaching online was taken in response to the lockdown situation in the entire country, so as to keep students involved in the learning process, and use the time for productive purposes. Although coronavirus hit schools and colleges hard, it has transformed higher education in a matter of days. Even though school has shut down for offline classes, we are still running online classes for everyone.
The online teaching system has proved to be an effective step in these critical times, as students have access to education on their fingertips. This step has inculcated discipline among people, as routine classes have swept away the laziness of quarantine days.
Law and Management
At the Panjab University Regional Centre (PURC), professors have initiated online lectures for students of both law and management courses, as an endeavour to provide the best possible advantage to students. This initiative has enabled students from different parts of the country who attend classes in college to sit in the safety of their homes without sacrificing their studies. Students from as far as Shimla, Paonta Sahib, Kurukshetra, Faridabad, Sirsa, and Chandigarh also have the privilege to attend classes without any compromise with their health and safety.
PURC director Ravi Inder Singh said, “Teachers of both the University Institute of Laws, and University Business School, have started delivering online lectures, according to the time-table that was followed on regular working days.”
He adds, “Classes are being taken using various online options like Zoom app, WhatsAPP application, and other online sources for making the learning process effective. In order to find out the effectiveness of online teaching, we conducted surveys as well.”
Sharing the reports of the survey, Singh said 33% of the respondents felt highly satisfied, and 67% felt satisfied with the online classes. Around 73% of the respondents said online classes were highly effective, and 93% said that they love attending classes through the online mode.
Students have shown a positive response towards online classes, and are glad to be able to approach teachers and clarify their doubts. The stagnation that could have occurred in the academic process due to the lockdown has been evaded due to the initiation of online classes.
All teachers have acted responsibly in the time of the pandemic, and the collective efforts of the faculty and students has led to the achievement of a proper teaching system in the absence of classroom teaching.
Lovish Chauhan, student of Family Law, class representative of BA-LLB of IV semester, said, “Online teaching provides a convenient platform to the students to learn and clarify their queries.”
Another student of Legal History, Manmeet Kaur from BA-LLB IV semester, is of the view that online teaching is helpful in utilising time right way during lockdown, and gives a better understanding through direct interaction between teacher and student.
Vivek Badoni, student of Constitutional Law, was of the view that online lectures were an effective method to cope with the current situation. MBA IV semester student Dewang said online classes were a good source of study at this point of time, and almost similar to those in physical form.
Chamandeep Kaur, a student of MBA II semeter at University Business School, said, “Online classes are an excellent mode to effectively utilise and make the best use of electronic technology. She said even their parents were happy students were making the best use of their time, and not missing out on important learning.
PURC professor Aman Cheema commented regarding the online teaching system. “Everything should go as per the schedule formulated earlier, so that we are able to finish the syllabus well in time, and come back for the presentations, and thereafter, exams. I am using Zoom. The interactive sessions are the same like in a classroom, except that we are sitting at home. All are present in the class, and students have their queries solved during the lecture itself. Moreover, I am taking the classes as per my schedule at the university.
Associate professor in Laws, Ashish Virk, believes that if the present system of the world has introduced us to viruses like corona, it has also blessed us with inventions like the internet, which should be used by all in these tough times. While giving assignments on the subject of jurisprudence on a Whatsapp class group, and dealing with leftover topics on Zoom online classes, she believes the availability of such apps has only eased the comfort of both students and teachers, and has relieved much of the stress which would have otherwise accumulated in isolation.
She further acknowledges, “It has been a while since emphasis was laid on online teaching, and MOOC (massive online open courses) by UGC and Panjab University, but the turn of events in the past few weeks has provided the much-needed impetus to push towards the adaptation of the technology.
KCW adopts new methods
The faculty of Khalsa College for Women (KCW), Civil Lines, have adopted the online mode of teaching to continue with the teaching-learning process. In the current situation, the faculty of the college has adopted novel ways, using digital technology to keep students engaged in constructive learning.
College principal Mukti Gill said, “The college faculty is following a three-step process — share, interact, and assess to impart learning in an effective way, while making optimum use of digital technology. The teachers are creating notes, presentations of their lecture slides, recording videos, and sharing them with students through various platforms like YouTube, WhatsApp groups, online learning management systems like Google Classroom, and other digital tools like DropBox, Google Drive, Google Groups, etc.”
She added, “In the next step, teachers invite queries from students online, and interact with them to address their doubts through Group Chats using WhatsApp, Google Groups, Google Classroom etc, or interact live using Zoom app, Google Hangouts, etc. The students are also being assessed online through online assignments, assimilation quizzes, open-ended questions, open book tests etc, using Google Classroom, Google Forms, etc. Proper feedback is being provided to students.
Teachers preparing videos
For primary and middle school at BCM Arya School, Shastri Nagar, the results of the last session were declared online on the student profile. Students and parents could see the entire progress report online.
Since the past 10 days, teachers have been preparing videos, along with audio, plus some animated YouTube video links related to the topics. Each topic is followed by some interesting suggested activities, worksheets, and practice sheets to help understand the concept thoroughly. Teachers have explained the topics with read-along videos, and instructions to solve the related exercises in their own voice, giving a personal touch to content that will help children get the feel of a teacher’s presence.
School prncipal Dr Paramjeet Kaur said, “Sharing and learning from online content won’t be a challenge for teachers or students, as it is very much a part of our education system now. The school app is functional since the past three years, and parents are accustomed to using the content uploads. But the only difficulty that parents may face is availability of books and notebooks for the new class. For that, teachers are scanning the pages of textbooks. Teachers are also reading, along with voice modulation for better understanding. For notebooks, parents are being suggested to use the blank pages of last year’s notebooks.”
The school’s sports, art, and dance teachers are also recording videos, showing various steps for doing the suggested activity to keep them physically and mentally engaged.
Sharing further, Kaur said, “The school will also be uploading a fun game — an adventurous task of the day that kids can enjoy with siblings and parents, ensuring physical activity as well as skill development. We have sent login ID and passwords to parents of all students on April 1 for BCM Arya application. Queries of parents and students will be taken through remarks column of the profile. All class teachers will make WhatsApp group of all parents and subject teachers and queries will be answered in that group, which will be accessible to all parents. Links for watching various animated stories will also be shared.”
For senior and senior secondary, BCM Arya has planned virtual classrooms to deliver and livestream lectures, conduct workshops for teacher grooming, lesson planning, record keeping, and training through various online tools like Zoom, WhatsApp, Skype, and Google Duo. Audio and video lectures recorded by teachers, online assignments, speaker notes, e-books, and PowerPoint presentations related to every subject are being used.
To make learning more effective, online quizzes, e-games, and other online educational resources for subject reference are shared with students using the BCM app. Guidelines related to health and hygiene are also uploaded on BCM’s e-resources. School counsellors are working on motivational videos and tips to be sent to students as well as parents to remain stress-free and positive in the present situation. In addition to this, BCM Arya in Shastri Nagar is also updating its stakeholders with cyber safety tips to be safe, while being online. In junior lab, Tux Math is used. It’s an e-game. We can also share sites kike AutoDraw.
Tech-savvy faculty, students
MGM Public School has always been tech-savvy. So, in order to keep up the smooth sailing of academics, faculty members are making students learn through online methodology.
School principal Sunita Vij said, “Teachers are using online classroom sessions, which gives ample opportunity to students to get their doubts cleared, and maximum optimum use of the time is being done. A proper pattern is followed in order to ensure the syllabus gets covered in a fruitful manner, and students are rendered home assignments and test - tasks. Parents are also accepting this welcoming change and showcasing their cooperation and support. We firmly believe we would surmount the situation, and studies of students would remain intact and productive. This will enable students and teachers to be more tech-savvy. Speedy change is anticipated.”
Waging war against Covid-19
All the three DAV schools falling in Ludhiana situated in BRS Nagar, Police Lines, and Pakhowal Road are working in tandem to counteract the mayhem created by Covid-19. Although the schools are officially closed due to the nation-wide lockdown, the entire staff has rolled up its sleeves to ensure students do not lose out on valuable learning time. Services like WhatsApp, Snap Homework, Tata Class Edge, Swayam, Diksha, etc and YouTube links are being used for live online teaching, clearing difficult concepts, sending notes, worksheets, and interacting with the parents and students.
Provisional admission to Class XI for school students has been conducted with the help of online Google Forms. Online testing is also in the offing to ensure complete sincerity on the part of students. Regular advisories on community sanitation and hygiene are being sent to parents through school websites, and some of the above-mentioned apps. The DAV management is in regular contact with schools to ensure no lapse occurs in academics and administrative work. The DAV fraternity prays for the well-being of the entire planet and hopes that the world wins over Covid-19 soon.
The future of learning
Keeping in mind the present situation, The Lakewood School — one of the premier institutes of the city — has initiated online classes for their students from April 2. The classes will be held for students from Grade III to Grade IX. From kindergarten to Grade 2, daily worksheets and activities are being sent. This will ensure students can study from the safety of their own homes, and there is a continuity in their study schedule. The school also took an initiative to send the annual performance of their wards through SchoolPad to further curb the community spread of this pandemic.
School director Anmol Singh said, “We believe that continuity and integration of learning is vital to our goal of imparting quality education to our children. While schools may have to consider closing due to the outbreak of Covid-19, The Lakewood School is ensuring students do not stop learning.”
The online teaching system has proved to be an effective step in these critical times, as students have access to education on their fingertips. This step has inculcated discipline among people, as routine classes have swept away the laziness of quarantine days.
Law and Management
At the Panjab University Regional Centre (PURC), professors have initiated online lectures for students of both law and management courses, as an endeavour to provide the best possible advantage to students. This initiative has enabled students from different parts of the country who attend classes in college to sit in the safety of their homes without sacrificing their studies. Students from as far as Shimla, Paonta Sahib, Kurukshetra, Faridabad, Sirsa, and Chandigarh also have the privilege to attend classes without any compromise with their health and safety.
PURC director Ravi Inder Singh said, “Teachers of both the University Institute of Laws, and University Business School, have started delivering online lectures, according to the time-table that was followed on regular working days.”
He adds, “Classes are being taken using various online options like Zoom app, WhatsAPP application, and other online sources for making the learning process effective. In order to find out the effectiveness of online teaching, we conducted surveys as well.”
Sharing the reports of the survey, Singh said 33% of the respondents felt highly satisfied, and 67% felt satisfied with the online classes. Around 73% of the respondents said online classes were highly effective, and 93% said that they love attending classes through the online mode.
Students have shown a positive response towards online classes, and are glad to be able to approach teachers and clarify their doubts. The stagnation that could have occurred in the academic process due to the lockdown has been evaded due to the initiation of online classes.
All teachers have acted responsibly in the time of the pandemic, and the collective efforts of the faculty and students has led to the achievement of a proper teaching system in the absence of classroom teaching.
Lovish Chauhan, student of Family Law, class representative of BA-LLB of IV semester, said, “Online teaching provides a convenient platform to the students to learn and clarify their queries.”
Another student of Legal History, Manmeet Kaur from BA-LLB IV semester, is of the view that online teaching is helpful in utilising time right way during lockdown, and gives a better understanding through direct interaction between teacher and student.
Vivek Badoni, student of Constitutional Law, was of the view that online lectures were an effective method to cope with the current situation. MBA IV semester student Dewang said online classes were a good source of study at this point of time, and almost similar to those in physical form.
Chamandeep Kaur, a student of MBA II semeter at University Business School, said, “Online classes are an excellent mode to effectively utilise and make the best use of electronic technology. She said even their parents were happy students were making the best use of their time, and not missing out on important learning.
PURC professor Aman Cheema commented regarding the online teaching system. “Everything should go as per the schedule formulated earlier, so that we are able to finish the syllabus well in time, and come back for the presentations, and thereafter, exams. I am using Zoom. The interactive sessions are the same like in a classroom, except that we are sitting at home. All are present in the class, and students have their queries solved during the lecture itself. Moreover, I am taking the classes as per my schedule at the university.
Associate professor in Laws, Ashish Virk, believes that if the present system of the world has introduced us to viruses like corona, it has also blessed us with inventions like the internet, which should be used by all in these tough times. While giving assignments on the subject of jurisprudence on a Whatsapp class group, and dealing with leftover topics on Zoom online classes, she believes the availability of such apps has only eased the comfort of both students and teachers, and has relieved much of the stress which would have otherwise accumulated in isolation.
She further acknowledges, “It has been a while since emphasis was laid on online teaching, and MOOC (massive online open courses) by UGC and Panjab University, but the turn of events in the past few weeks has provided the much-needed impetus to push towards the adaptation of the technology.
KCW adopts new methods
The faculty of Khalsa College for Women (KCW), Civil Lines, have adopted the online mode of teaching to continue with the teaching-learning process. In the current situation, the faculty of the college has adopted novel ways, using digital technology to keep students engaged in constructive learning.
College principal Mukti Gill said, “The college faculty is following a three-step process — share, interact, and assess to impart learning in an effective way, while making optimum use of digital technology. The teachers are creating notes, presentations of their lecture slides, recording videos, and sharing them with students through various platforms like YouTube, WhatsApp groups, online learning management systems like Google Classroom, and other digital tools like DropBox, Google Drive, Google Groups, etc.”
She added, “In the next step, teachers invite queries from students online, and interact with them to address their doubts through Group Chats using WhatsApp, Google Groups, Google Classroom etc, or interact live using Zoom app, Google Hangouts, etc. The students are also being assessed online through online assignments, assimilation quizzes, open-ended questions, open book tests etc, using Google Classroom, Google Forms, etc. Proper feedback is being provided to students.
Teachers preparing videos
For primary and middle school at BCM Arya School, Shastri Nagar, the results of the last session were declared online on the student profile. Students and parents could see the entire progress report online.
Since the past 10 days, teachers have been preparing videos, along with audio, plus some animated YouTube video links related to the topics. Each topic is followed by some interesting suggested activities, worksheets, and practice sheets to help understand the concept thoroughly. Teachers have explained the topics with read-along videos, and instructions to solve the related exercises in their own voice, giving a personal touch to content that will help children get the feel of a teacher’s presence.
School prncipal Dr Paramjeet Kaur said, “Sharing and learning from online content won’t be a challenge for teachers or students, as it is very much a part of our education system now. The school app is functional since the past three years, and parents are accustomed to using the content uploads. But the only difficulty that parents may face is availability of books and notebooks for the new class. For that, teachers are scanning the pages of textbooks. Teachers are also reading, along with voice modulation for better understanding. For notebooks, parents are being suggested to use the blank pages of last year’s notebooks.”
The school’s sports, art, and dance teachers are also recording videos, showing various steps for doing the suggested activity to keep them physically and mentally engaged.
Sharing further, Kaur said, “The school will also be uploading a fun game — an adventurous task of the day that kids can enjoy with siblings and parents, ensuring physical activity as well as skill development. We have sent login ID and passwords to parents of all students on April 1 for BCM Arya application. Queries of parents and students will be taken through remarks column of the profile. All class teachers will make WhatsApp group of all parents and subject teachers and queries will be answered in that group, which will be accessible to all parents. Links for watching various animated stories will also be shared.”
For senior and senior secondary, BCM Arya has planned virtual classrooms to deliver and livestream lectures, conduct workshops for teacher grooming, lesson planning, record keeping, and training through various online tools like Zoom, WhatsApp, Skype, and Google Duo. Audio and video lectures recorded by teachers, online assignments, speaker notes, e-books, and PowerPoint presentations related to every subject are being used.
To make learning more effective, online quizzes, e-games, and other online educational resources for subject reference are shared with students using the BCM app. Guidelines related to health and hygiene are also uploaded on BCM’s e-resources. School counsellors are working on motivational videos and tips to be sent to students as well as parents to remain stress-free and positive in the present situation. In addition to this, BCM Arya in Shastri Nagar is also updating its stakeholders with cyber safety tips to be safe, while being online. In junior lab, Tux Math is used. It’s an e-game. We can also share sites kike AutoDraw.
Tech-savvy faculty, students
MGM Public School has always been tech-savvy. So, in order to keep up the smooth sailing of academics, faculty members are making students learn through online methodology.
School principal Sunita Vij said, “Teachers are using online classroom sessions, which gives ample opportunity to students to get their doubts cleared, and maximum optimum use of the time is being done. A proper pattern is followed in order to ensure the syllabus gets covered in a fruitful manner, and students are rendered home assignments and test - tasks. Parents are also accepting this welcoming change and showcasing their cooperation and support. We firmly believe we would surmount the situation, and studies of students would remain intact and productive. This will enable students and teachers to be more tech-savvy. Speedy change is anticipated.”
Waging war against Covid-19
All the three DAV schools falling in Ludhiana situated in BRS Nagar, Police Lines, and Pakhowal Road are working in tandem to counteract the mayhem created by Covid-19. Although the schools are officially closed due to the nation-wide lockdown, the entire staff has rolled up its sleeves to ensure students do not lose out on valuable learning time. Services like WhatsApp, Snap Homework, Tata Class Edge, Swayam, Diksha, etc and YouTube links are being used for live online teaching, clearing difficult concepts, sending notes, worksheets, and interacting with the parents and students.
Provisional admission to Class XI for school students has been conducted with the help of online Google Forms. Online testing is also in the offing to ensure complete sincerity on the part of students. Regular advisories on community sanitation and hygiene are being sent to parents through school websites, and some of the above-mentioned apps. The DAV management is in regular contact with schools to ensure no lapse occurs in academics and administrative work. The DAV fraternity prays for the well-being of the entire planet and hopes that the world wins over Covid-19 soon.
The future of learning
Keeping in mind the present situation, The Lakewood School — one of the premier institutes of the city — has initiated online classes for their students from April 2. The classes will be held for students from Grade III to Grade IX. From kindergarten to Grade 2, daily worksheets and activities are being sent. This will ensure students can study from the safety of their own homes, and there is a continuity in their study schedule. The school also took an initiative to send the annual performance of their wards through SchoolPad to further curb the community spread of this pandemic.
School director Anmol Singh said, “We believe that continuity and integration of learning is vital to our goal of imparting quality education to our children. While schools may have to consider closing due to the outbreak of Covid-19, The Lakewood School is ensuring students do not stop learning.”
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