Academic Study Skills: Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Learning during COVID-19

Desklib's Academic Study Skills explores the concept of study talents and their importance in learning. The report delves into the critical analyses of online classes delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the advantages and disadvantages of online learning. The essay discusses the impact of online education during the pandemic and the challenges faced by students. The subject is Academic Study Skills, and the course code, name, and college/university are not mentioned.

Academic Study Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1: Report...............................................................................................................................3
Online Learning......................................................................................................................3
Advantages of online learning................................................................................................5
Disadvantages of online learning...........................................................................................6
Impact of online learning during the pandemic period..........................................................7
TASK 2: Essay.......................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Academic Study Skills are very important concept that are applied in learning. Study
talents are an array of capabilities that address the method of organizing and taking in new
statistics, keeping records, or coping with tests. They may be discrete techniques that may be
taught in a short period and applied to all fields. Any ability that boosts human's ability to
observe, retain and remember facts that assists in and passing assessments can be defined a study
talent. It includes the time control and motivational tools. The study skills techniques should be
distinguished from those strategies that are unique to a particular field of study. The students
should gain their habitual approaches so that they can understand new learning techniques. That
increases the confidence level of the students. Student skills are transferable, they will take the
new areas beyond the education such as organisation skills, time management and self discipline.
It is closer with those type of skills that are looking workers (Asarta and Schmidt, 2020). In this
report, includes the critical analyses of online classes that are delivered during the COVID – 19.
Further in this report includes the advantages and disadvantages of online learning.
TASK 1: Report
Online Learning
Online learning mean those education that takes place through internet. It is also known
as e-learning. In other term it can be defined as distance learning. To teaching the students are
not attended in the classroom rather than they take place across distance. It is wider term and
there are many types of e- learning.
 The courses are conducted by regular mail, it is known as correspondence course.
 The content is served through radio and television, it is known as telecourses.
 The courses are based on the internet are known as online learning.
 In mobile learning courses many types of devices are used such as cellular phone, iPods,
MP3 players and digital audio (Bielousova, 2020).
On-line mastering is changing the way of teaching and learning. There is one tool that is based
on the upper and lower lecturing and passive trainer to a more interactive, in which the trainers
and teacher co- develop the teaching process. It fulfills the needs of those people who are not
wanted to attend the traditional classroom settings. These trainee contain those cannot participate
in the offline class. Online Courses include an incredible technique of route transport unbound

by way of time or area taking into account. Accessibility to preparation at each time from
everywhere. Rookies find the web environment a handy way to fit education into their busy
lives. The capability to find a path from any Pc with internet access, 24 hours a day, seven days a
week is a high-quality incentive for many of now a day college student (Corejova and et.al,
2020).
The spread of COVID-19 poses a danger to humanity, as this pandemic has forced many
worldwide activities to close, consisting of instructional activities. To decrease the spread of the
COVID-19, schooling establishments had been pressured to switch to e-learning the usage of to
be had instructional structures, no matter the demanding situations going through this unexpected
transformation. To be able to similarly explore the potentials challenges dealing with studying
activities, the point of interest of this look at is on e-studying from students’ and trainer’s views
on using and implementing e-learning systems in a public college all through the COVID-19
pandemic. The sudden closure of instructional establishments because of the emergence of
COVID-19 triggered the authorities to indicate adopting alternatives to conventional gaining
knowledge of strategies in emergencies to make sure that students are carrying their studies and
to reduce the impact of pandemic situation. As per the new generation the learning has taken the
place on virtual platforms known as e-learning. The use of pc technology and the net is the
primary element of e-studying. The COVID-19 has impacted on the educational institutional
because universities organise many social functions and all students are joined it, during this
time the impact of the virus has spread one person to another person. According to this situation
all the universities is adopted the web method (Dessì and et.al, 2018). E-learning is the nice
alternative to be had to ensure that epidemics do not unfold, as it ensures spatial distancing
notwithstanding the challenges and studied figures, which indicate that scholars are much less
probably to benefit from this sort of education. It is the modern technique of the innovative
learning that is introduced in the pedagogy field. After the COVID-19 the education methods are
based on the internet through which the students can learning across world. It can save the time
of the tutor. It is very important element in the traditional educational settings. If lets compare
the online pre COVID times, the world distance learning was only way of online learning and
this was especially for people with disabilities and people who are not able to relocated in that
areas. The user of distance learning so a change with e learning style. The quality of education

has also improved a lot during the pandemic period. The e-learning provides the better way to
education (Online learning, 2022).
Advantages of online learning
1. Do not need to relocate- The online classes provide opportunities there are not need to
travel from one place to another place to attend the function. The students can stay same
place where they live and can do job and improving profession with an internet
universities or graduate degree (Elia and et.al, 2019).
2. College students can attend a route at any time, from everywhere. Which means dad and
mom can attend to their youngsters and then sit down right down to class; operating
students can attend lessons irrespective of what their paintings agenda might be, folk that
travels for enterprise or delight can attend school room everywhere in the international
that has internet get admission to.
3. It permits student- focused coaching techniques. Every student have their personal way of
studying that paintings high-quality for them, a few analyse visible, others analyse better
whilst learn via doing.
4. Route substances are reachable 24 hours a day, 7 days every week. Students have the
ability to examine and reread literatures, discussions, rationalization and feedback
frequently spoken substances within the classroom passes college students, because of
number of distractions, ignored training, tiredness or boredom.
5. Online teacher come with sensible information and can be from any location across the
globe. This lets in college students to be uncovered to understanding that cannot be found
out in books and notice how class ideas are carried out in real enterprise.
6. With the help of internet, student can attend the class and increased their communication
skills with the help of tools.
7. Taking part on line is much less intimidating than in the school room. It makes
instructors greater approachable.
8. It gives chance of every student to participate in the course.
9. On line classrooms additionally facilitate team learning by using offering school room.
10. Time Flexibility- On line guides are convenient because college students may also log
into the route cloth each time it suits their time table (García-Peñalvo and et.al, 2021).

11. Increased access and reach-It is able to happen in any area, as long as there is a tool and
connectivity. A physical elegance requires the student to come to school but on this
mode, the student can access lessons sitting everywhere within the international.
12. Variety of programs and courses- With the help of online course students can choice any
subjects and courses which are easily understand of students.
13. No need to travel- With the help of online learning students can teach anywhere. There
are no need to go college and take offline class. It helps the students in time saving and
costs (Gokhale and Machina, 2018).
14. Improves retention quality- It increases the retention power between the students. The
teacher can explain the chart, videos, presentation, calculation and images. It makes
easier to students with problem solving.
15. No age barrier- Any age group of people can do the courses and they can find the notes of
any universities.
Disadvantages of online learning
1. Not suitable for all- it is far a well known fact that students have a dominant gaining
knowledge of fashion, some a visual, a few auditory and so forth. On-line getting to know
which requires a baby to sit down in the front of a device and apprehend the lesson may
not be applicable to all mastering styles.
2. Health issues- Online classes require for sitting in front of pc or mobile for longer hours
can give a few fitness problems like complications, eye strain, ear troubles, horrific
posture and different physical issues.
3. Lack of social interaction- People analyze plenty by definitely being around different
human beings. Unfortunately, online learning takes away all bodily interactions that
scholars and teachers might have at the school building. It is constantly higher for college
kids to talk or discuss thoughts, that is an critical part of studying (Guerrero-Roldán and
et.Al, 2018).
4. Cost- Anybody can't have enough money a pc or a smart phone. Net fees also are
increasing, therefore every person can not have enough money online education.
5. Distraction- It additionally creates loads of distraction. Many students open the cell to
learn something and come to be the usage of social media internet site, chatting sharing

pics or playing different types of games. Those kind of distractions waste one's time, that
can have been used to perform a meaningful assignment.
6. 6. Technical problems- Many students are not nicely ready with a high net connection
this is required for on-line learning. Due to this, they face troubles in going stay for
digital gaining knowledge of and different platforms that required high internet
connection. They face technical difficulty as they're now not much aware about new tools
and computer applications.
7. Calls for quite a few self subject- It does no longer have any guidelines and tips that want
to be accompanied. Consequently, a learner has loads of freedom to do something they
want with out disturbing the lecture. This freedom can run the focus of the learner.
Impact of online learning during the pandemic period
World is fighting the pandemic of COVID-19. The universities were also not operating
offline during the lockdown period and traditional classroom teaching switched to e-learning in
several countries to pay off for the education losses. Online education has played an important
role in the pandemic, but its impact can’t be ignored. It’s not possible for every student to change
its studying style to online platforms, especially for poor families and remote areas students. This
creates lack of equality among the students of poor and rich or urban and rural. The students of
primary school are not aware about the online classes. It plays the vital role as it part of everyone
life. A big part of new and required information appears every minute. These days’ online study
or education turns out to be more and more skilful. Every renowned university started with their
course online. Online education helps in time management and safes a lot too. It is a great
substitute to traditional colleges especially for low and medium income groups people as it saves
their time and money. On other hand, distance learning is economical and for some people is the
primary way of attaining new information. Although competition between batch mate will only
benefit, not even the most interactive online class can fully experience the personal interaction
with a teacher. As per the opinion of the students, offline classes shouldn’t be replaced with the
online learning. COVID-19 impacted every sector around the world their lifestyle was
completely changed. It has exaggerated the educational system universal learning by almost total
closure of schools, universities and colleges. While countries were different state in their
COVID-19 infection rates worldwide. More than 1.2 billion children in the world have been
rigorously impacted by the provisional closure of the education institutes, schools, this was not

only limited to students but teachers and families were affected too. This is an important time for
educational sector as the assessment of different levels are postponed and admission process got
late (Özhan and Kocadere, 2020). The pandemic has badly disturbed the higher education of
students who want to register in universities abroad, top countries to get affected by the
pandemic the USA, UK, Australia and China.
TASK 2: Essay
Online education makes it things possible to learn something beyond the norm and ordinary
schedule. Due to the lockdown and spread of COVID-19, online education has reached its
highest potential. Online courses are new to us, When I first heard that I wanted to study online, I
was very excited and even nervous at times (Rizvi, Rienties and Khoja, 2019).
Online classes are well suited to the pandemic situation. At least are studies are going on non-
stop. It is also handy and flexible. Online courses have helped me become independent and
manage my time with my family, friends and school assignment. I learned that there are many
learning options such as videos, PDFs, PPTS and many platforms to learn from, it also save
transportation time. But I also miss extracurricular activities, friends, teachers, school, sports,
crafts, group work.
The biggest challenges and difficulties faced were the lack of motivation. It was believed that
online learning would be great for interaction and immersive method to learn new new
generation of students. All though develop nation have good infrastructure but for developing
and under develop countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya and many more, this quality
of infrastructure is only accessible to few percent of the population. Part from this human are
Social animals so online learning disturbed the human connection. A physical existence in a
classroom with teachers and fellow mate often creates an atmosphere that cannot be recreated in
virtual classes. The physics model also ensures discipline, as students can disconnect their
webcams and doze off. We also got to learn from online learning as there are vast courses
available on internet, but there should proper time management as time management is
everything. Even Online learning is low-cost than any other form of education. It assist in saving
time and currency. This form of learning get rid of travelling, maintenance, and other forms of
costs. Online learning is a great way to make your child learn, creativity by letting them to
outshine themselves through art, writing and more (Scott, Morris and Marais, 2018). You can
also build self-confidence by learning to do things yourself with resources like videos and step-

by-step guides. We learned a lot of things from e-learning but there some need of improvement
to make this a bigger success. As we can see many students struggle with dissatisfaction as they
change from expectations of campus life to the reality of gathering fellow students on screen and
making study spaces in their own homes (Stöhr, Demazière and Adawi, 2020). Without it, digital
fatigue is inevitable. In response, university faculty are designing courses that overcome debt and
maximize opportunities in the digital age. Some point to note are first- Get personal as it’s more
important than ever to nurture a personal rapport even by being socially connect through
virtually. Its even difficult for teachers to motivate their students beyond the classroom. Teachers
need to engage and motivate students more (Yadegaridehkordi and et.al, 2019).
CONCLUSION
In the above report, online learning classes play an important role in the education
institutional during the Pandemic situation. It is very important tool to learning within higher
education. When the COVID- 19 pandemic hitted entire the world, the learning never stop and it
just took place on online platforms. Through the above report, it can be said the online learning
classes is very beneficial for the teachers, students and the institutional offering these courses.
The online learning should be implemented by all institutional can be carried out. There are
many advantages of online learning in which the one advantages are revealed by the students, it
can improved the conventional learning. This report is also included serval key challenges such
as less feedback of the students and used cheaper software to conduct online classes. It should be
upgraded time to time so that the students can used the updated software. In every organisation
should give the opportunities of e- learning that the students can consume time.

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