The COVID-19 pandemic caused a sudden shift to online teaching in almost all countries of the world. This paper examines the preparedness and professionalism of teachers for online teaching at a university in India during Lockdown-1 (April 2020) and Lockdown-2 (May 2021). The paper attempts to understand the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on teachers’ preparedness and professionalism to adopt technology in classrooms. The data was collected through the semi-structured interviews of 12 teachers in April 2020 and May 2021. Online observation of teachers was also carried out to understand the preparedness and professionalism of teachers. The findings suggest that most teachers were not prepared for this rapid transition to an online mode of teaching both at the personal and contextual level. The paper finds a considerable improvement in the preparedness and professionalism of teachers after a year of online teaching. The results also highlight that universities need to devote a significant amount of resources for creating an enabling environment for effective online teaching.
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28 November 2023
ETLTC-ICETM2023 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: ICT Integration in Technical Education & Entertainment Technologies and Management
24–27 January 2023
Aizuwakamatsu, Japan
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November 28 2023
Teachers’ preparedness and professionalism for online teaching during COVID-19: Evidence from India Available to Purchase
Shekhar Tokas;
Shekhar Tokas
a)
1
Assistant Professor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University
, Delhi, India
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Anand Sharma;
Anand Sharma
b)
2
Associate Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University
, Haryana, India
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Bhawna Tomar
Bhawna Tomar
c)
3
Academic Associate, Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University
, Haryana, India
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Shekhar Tokas
1,a)
Anand Sharma
2,b)
Bhawna Tomar
3,c)
1
Assistant Professor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University
, Delhi, India
2
Associate Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University
, Haryana, India
3
Academic Associate, Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University
, Haryana, India
AIP Conf. Proc. 2909, 120001 (2023)
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Shekhar Tokas, Anand Sharma, Bhawna Tomar; Teachers’ preparedness and professionalism for online teaching during COVID-19: Evidence from India. AIP Conf. Proc. 28 November 2023; 2909 (1): 120001. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0182114
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