ONLINE LEARNING BENEFITS TO THE STUDENTS IN COVID-19 (A Case Study of Rajamahendravaram city, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India)

Educational institutes across the world have closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic jeopardizing the academic calendars. Most educational institutes have shifted to online learning platforms to keep the academic activities continue. However, the questions about the preparedness, designing and effectiveness of e-learning is still not clearly understood, particularly for a developing country like India, where the technical constraints like suitability of devices and bandwidth availability poses a serious challenge. In this study, explored the student’s preferences for various attributes of online classes, which will be helpful to design effective online learning environment.