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“I can now use a variety of engaging in online environments. They have
ways and various audio-visual developed skills like problem-solving
resources easily”..(T6) and critical thinking.
“.. there was one good thing which I
noticed was that of screen sharing and Discussion
of reading out the content”..(T8) From the analysis, it appears that apart
from holding the fort in times of crisis,
c) Interesting and engaging learning online teaching in the year 2020 gave
a fresh perspective to all educators
Online teaching provides the scope of
using interactive aids like “videos and and students. It did serve the purpose
games” (T4) which appeals to the learner of continuing education during tough
and increases engagement. times and helped in testing the potential
of available online resources.
“This method of teaching is more
interesting for students as well”..(T5) Online teaching practices of teachers

“Because of the live interaction on the
online classes students were able to Platform of teaching
ask their doubts and their doubts were The online platform WhatsApp is
immediately cleared by me so this was ubiquitous at all levels and in both govt.
a plus point of live interaction through and private schools. The ease of use
an online class”..(T7) and availability of this platform as a
mobile app in almost every smartphone
d) Flexibility in deciding schedule and used in India made it more useful than
content any learning management system.
During online teaching, teachers were These findings are consistent with the
not restricted to any set pattern and observation and findings of Alubthane
could customize their teaching based & ALYoussef (2021, p.47,48) , Barhoumi
on their judgment. T5 shares, “We are (2015, p.236), Dhillon (2020), and Hasan
allowed to share material at our level & Khan (2020, p.206), Hulst (2020),
also”. T1 now has her own “choice of Sharma(2020).
teaching hours” and she finds it more
satisfying than the fixed schedule of Plan of teaching
classroom teaching. Teachers are preferably using a flexible
plan and asynchronous session as
e) Professional development school students do not have enough
Online teaching has exposed teachers exposure and access to online tools. As
to a variety of online teaching tools. “I a consequence, they have limited digital
have learned so many new things that are skills. Similar findings are seen in the
going to be useful in the future”(T6). They work of Fedynich (2014), Kim (2020) and
have got experience in designing online Wedenoja (2020). Access to the internet
content and online assessment. They and smartphone is also an issue which
have understood the need of learners deters teachers from having more

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