Exploring the traditional learning and virtual learning among the students at university Level

Author(s) : Dildar Hussain, Aqsa Irshad

Abstract:

Higher education of any country is an important factor in the development of that country either economic, social, or technical. COVID-19, similar to various other parts of daily life, has had a significant influence on students, teachers, and organizations of academic institutions in the world. COVID-19 effected the institutions such as schools, colleges and universities around the world. This pandemic has shifted the mode of education of higher education from face to face or traditional classes to online classes. This online class is preferred by some of the students and teachers and some prefer the traditional classes. The purpose of the study was to identify the effectiveness of real life and virtual life at university level. Objectives of the study were to identify the student’s opinion about real life and virtual life at university level. Design of the study based on qualitative research method. An interview schedule was used as an instrument of this research. All public universities of Sargodha were included in population. Simple convenient sampling technique was used in this research. The results showed that traditional teaching and learning is more preferred by students. This could be due to any reason such as lack of good internet, lack of knowledge about different online functions.