An Investigation Of Sri Lankan University Undergraduates' Perception About Online Learning During COVID-19: With Superior References To South Eastern University

Abstract

During this COVID 19 pandemic circumstances in all areas, including education, are likewise directing its administrations via online. A large portion of the undergraduate students in Sri Lankan state universities know about face to face learning methods. This change in perspective has caused preferences and impediments in their educational activities. An examination of Sri Lankan state universities Undergraduates' perception of Online Education is essential to quantify their current exhibitions, discover entanglements, and draft online learning arrangements and rules for a fruitful learning platform. This study included an exploratory study plan and both Quantitative and Qualitative methods, where these procedures were used to separate the undergraduate's view of online-based learning in higher educational associations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 450 questionnaires were sent to the university students utilizing WhatsApp and got 310 reactions that can be utilized for this research. Singles favored the online technique (92.4%). It is additionally affirmed that Arts stream students exceptionally uphold online mode (73.1%). Further, the majority of the understudies concurred with the Instructors conveyed the swift responses on their tasks (59.8%) and utilized the significant instructional medium (67.8%). Likewise, students stated that the group discussion was useful in online mode. In the interim, they call attention to that they are consistently occupied, and the remaining task at hand is a lot after the presentation of this online framework. Moreover, it is established that online workload does not depend on gender; meanwhile, there is a relationship between stream of study and prompt feedback for their assignment & finding relevant information but not with the year of study.