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university  shutdowns  have impacted  to     YouTube,    whereas    Kendriya
        approximately 1.37  billion  learners in  Vidyalaya Sangathan is transmitting its
        138  nations  worldwide.  The classroom  Swayam Prabha portal, which has DTH
        is  therefore no  longer  accessible  to  and internet lectures. Andhra Pradesh
        around 60.2 million school teachers and  is  seeking  to  reach  Doordarshan  to
        university professors. Italy was the very  minimize major obstacles to access. The
        first  European  country  to  close  down  Zoom application  has been embraced
        its universities immediately and switch  by  several organisations, others by
        online learning (Zubascu, 2020).        Google   Classroom.   However,   the
                                                teachers cannot  say  how  productive
        Emerging eLearning  in  India during  these are because not all students are
        Covid-19 Outbreaks                      configuring (“Coronavirus: In the time of
                                                the pandemic, classes go online and on
        COVID-19  pandemic  has  broken  an
        enormous  part  of  India's  education   air”).
        system. In consideration of the crisis
        caused by COVID-19,  all courses,       The Most Common Problems during
        examinations,  and  public  meetings  of   Online mode Study
        central and state universities have been  University reports state that some
        scrapped by the MHRD.                   departments  are recently  organising
                                                Zoom accounts, a possible direct form
        It is also tough to anticipate how schools,
        colleges  and  universities  will  reopen.   for video conferencing. In addition, the
        There are barely any alternatives apart   university is focusing  on this initiative,
        from to keep moving from the typical    amending  its  schedules  to  the  latest
        face-to - face phase of academic learning   teaching strategies (Zubascu, 2020).
        to advanced digital platforms.          •   Poor internet connections with
                                                   video  sustained  freezing  are  the
        The   new    reality  can  be   more
        troublesome for educational institutions   technical issue, seeking to make for
        that are  not so accustomed to the         a rough course experience.
        digital  manner. E-learning  creates a  •   While  studying  at home  anywhere
        challenge to creativity and accessibility   students  might be, there seems
        for  both  teachers and  students,  but    to  be  more interruptions  than
        it ensures everyone involved with          expected, including to family.
        worksheets,   online   lectures   and   •   The  rapid  transition  to  online
        assignments. Students  in urban areas      education has made some students
        and  cities  are centred  on  PCs  and  cell   concerned  about  some criteria for
        phones  as educators take to online        the  curriculum whether  they  need
        application for lectures, tutorials and    to complete science classroom labs.
        evaluations  (“Coronavirus:  In  the  time
        of the pandemic, classes go online and   •   The lack of confronting  with both
        on air”).                                  teachers and classmates  can be
                                                   especially challenging.
        In  order  to  assist  students,  some
        organisations are transferring sessions   •   The technique would  have never

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