Abstract
Background: Learning takes place in many diversified forms, which make it easy to facilitate the general public in getting Education. Among these diversified and facilitated forms, the most adopted and acceptable way of promoting academics in educational institutions across the globe is online learning. Attitude is an important factor in every individual to go through the high and lows in life. When it comes to learning both the teacher and the students must have the willingness and the ability to teach and learn. Due to the rise of the pandemic covid -19, all the educational institutions are closed, as a result the teaching-learning process is completely dependent on the digital Platforms. Although, previously the institutions had a blended way of teaching (face to face and usage of technology). Today the total scenario is changed, teaching and learning are completely in Online mode. Objective: This paper describes an attempt to construct and validate ascale to measure the Attitude towards Online Teaching-Learning of Students at the University Level. Methodology: The questionnaire of the Attitude towards online teaching-learning was constructed by the investigator, data is collected in Google form. Likert’s method (Five points) of scaling was adopted. The researcher constructed the statements; acceptance or rejection of each one would imply a different degree of favorable or unfavorable Attitude of students. Pilot Study: The statements were then screened and edited by following the guidelines suggested by Likert’s and others. 32 statements were retained both positive and negative statements. Eventually, a pilot study was conducted on 120 students from various departments at the Central University of Rajasthan. After the pilot study item analysis (Item total Correlation) was carried out for each item. The scale is tested using split-half and also Cronbach’s Alpha method and found to be a reliable tool for measuring the Attitude towards Online- Teaching, and Learning of Students at University Level. Conclusion: Policymakers can inculcate online teaching and learning topics in the curriculum at the higher education level and the Institutions need to organize workshops and seminars for teacher educators to equip them with knowledge and application of techno pedagogy in the academic process.
Keywords
- Attitude
- Technology
- Online Teaching
- University Students
- Higher Education
- Techno-pedagogy
How to cite
Dr. T. Sangeetha (2021), Development of A Scale to Measure The Attitude Towards Online Teaching-learning of Students at University Level , IPEM JOURNAL OF INNOVATIIN TEACHER EDUCATION, 6 (1), 38–43