E-LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES OF THE JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION STUDENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN 1 0
Keywords:
Journalism & Mass Communication, COVID pandemic, E-learning, experiences, challengesAbstract
Among the many worries, anxieties, and insecurities that the COVID-19 shutdown has produced, the distress it has caused in
academia is unprecedented. The push for online learning in India has put teachers, in a bind. The paper aims to find out the experiences
and challenges that journalism and mass communication students’ face during the pandemic lockdown period. The study finds that students of journalism and mass communication rely primarily on smartphones to access e-learning. It also reveals that e-learning was supported and perpetuated by freely available services such as Google Classroom, WhatsApp, and email. Teachers frequently use Google Meet and Zoom to conduct online classes. Due to the inadequate content and delivery of lectures during the lockdown, students find e-teaching unenthusiastic and unengaging. Further, the choice of educational technologies for e-learning purposes appears to be heavily determined by the tried and tested media technologies to gratify educational needs.
