Offline V/S Online

 

Joy of attending offline and leaving online

 

Since there is a pandemic which is still lingering around the world, due to which a lockdown had been imposed for around 7 months the whole world had shifted to online mode of working, leaning etc. educational institutions swapped to teaching online. Around 22^nd March the lockdown was announced and around January 4^th the colleges slowly started re-opening.

 

Mr. Kapil from the Centre for Media studies was interviewed, and this is what he had to say for the topic offline V/S online mode, “he preferred offline more because student interaction with the teachers was more”.  J.R Aaradhya a first year student currently studying in Jyoti Nivas College had to say, “she preferred online mode since there was not much physical interaction with people such as touching, meeting them face to face”. Megha a third year student who is currently studying in Jyoti Nivas College had to say “she preferred online mode since the cases were increasing and is continuing to. She also had transportation issues”. From the interview conducted on the people we can say that online mode was preferred keeping in mind the situation prevailing. Due to various reasons this decision has been observed which are cases spreading at a rapid rate, meeting people is dangerous, stepping out is like inviting health problems, etc. There are pros and cons of both the modes which has been mentioned. They are during offline, you can concentrate better in class, grasp concepts better, clarify doubts, engage in activities, spend time with friends etc. which is not possible during online lecture. At the same time offline it is not possible to maintain social distancing, wearing a mask is not possible at all times sanitizing the entire campus on a daily basis etc.

 

It was observed that during online classes students were least interactive and did not give much importance to online classes. Due to this mode, it was difficult to believe students when they gave reasons for not attending online lectures at times. One had to blindly go with the flow.