Importance of Virtual Learning Environment in Enhancing Learning Capabilities of Students during Pandemic COVID 19

VIRTUAL LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3
METHODS......................................................................................................................................5
Data Analysis...................................................................................................................................5
References......................................................................................................................................17
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INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
Virtual learning environment is an innovative online tool used by universities to provide
a platform to the students and teachers. It helps in enhancement of the learning experience by
professors and their students. VLE provides technology to enhance the experience of class with
more effective communication and interaction. It is the system through which various educators
create interaction, communication, make the learning environment active through digitally. It
helps in creating, planning and execution of courses between professors and students. It is
usually used by institute of higher education (Dung, 2020). For VLE computers, laptops and
smartphones are used so it is also known as e-learning and online learning management system.
It helps in providing real time communication through e-mails, texts and video conferencing and
also helps in tracking the student's assessment.
Research Aim: “To examine the importance of virtual learning in enhancing learning
capabilities of students during pandemic COVID 19”.
Research Objectives
 To investigate the importance of Virtual Learning Environment in the industry of
education during COVID 19.
 To identify the benefits of technology used in Virtual Learning Environment by students
and educators.
 To examine the challenges faced by the students and professors during the pandemic.
Research Questions
 What are the importance of Virtual Learning Environment during COVID 19?
 What are the technologies used by students and educators for Virtual Learning
Environment?
 What are the challenges faced by the students and professors during the time of
pandemic?
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LITERATURE REVIEW
Literature review is analysis and evaluation of a specific topic to find out the clear picture
of a particular subject. It is a survey on particular matter and enhances knowledge related to the
topic on which research is being conducted. This is a secondary source of data collection which
is highly reliable and can be used by researchers in order to frame effective and prominent results
out of the proposed research. Secondary sources of information include books, journals, articles
etc.
Importance of Virtual Learning Environment in the industry of education during COVID
19.
According to the Gavilanes-Sagnay and et. al., (2018), Virtual learning environment is an
online platform used to facilitate education to the students by their educators. It is the unique
method to provide study digitally to the students without creating any disturbances in their
studies. VLE has created its immense importance in this pandemic situation because student's
education was highly affected by the situation but it has given a software to the students to
continue their study. Various schools and universities used this platform to reach out to the
students and replace process of education from face to face classrooms to the video conferencing
classes. It has very important feature of accessibility in the educational industry by reaching out
all students at a single time without stopping the process of education. In the life of students
VLE has played very important role because it helped them to avoid travelling in this pandemic
and helped to continue their study with the same way as they used to do in their physical classes.
In VLE every small details of the students and the classes are described like the assessments,
timings of classes, professors for the subjects, attendance system etc. which made easy for the
education industry to adopt VLE method in the pandemic. It has created its importance by
working as mediator between the education institutions and the students in this tough situation of
pandemic by maintaining the proper interaction and communication. VLE has created its
importance in educational industry by providing flexibility to educators as well as students. The
another importance educational industry availed through VLE is that it helped the effective and
efficiency level of the working of the teachers and students.
Benefits of technology used in Virtual Learning Environment by students and educators.
According to the Jimenez and et. al., (2018), In the tough time of global pandemic
technology played a very important role in providing various benefits to the teachers and
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