Approaches and perspectives for online learning during the COVID‑19 pandemic and future chaos

نویسندگان

1 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan,

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3 Department of Medicine, Aziz Fatimah Hospital and Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan

4 Department of Pathology, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan

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چکیده

BACKGROUND: Online learning (OLL) methodology has been incorporated in higher educationextensively on the mount over the last few decades and with the onset of COVID‑19 situation, thevirtual method in academia became essential. After observing worldly destructions and death dueto coronavirus, the WHO declared a high alert emergency, and since Pakistan started to followlockdown since March 2020 to prevent high penetration and consequently, the online teaching methodwas adapted to keep the learning atmosphere alive. The study is aimed to identify the influencingfactors and compliance for the implementation of the OLL system in COVID‑19 and, in the future,nonpandemic state as well.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study is designed to observe the adaptability and hurdlesamong pharmacy students, and for the purpose of the study, a questionnaire on the Likert scale wasdeveloped and asked to respond from pharmacy undergraduate and postgraduate students aftertaking consensus, which further analyzed through IBM SPSS Statistics Version 26.RESULTS: The outcomes of the study were analyzed with a high level of conformity; however, thegender‑based reservations were observed, and moreover, merits of OLL were observed with highjeopardy.CONCLUSION: The adaptation of OLL, though proved as the only troubleshooter in an uncontrollablesituation and enabled universities, professors, and students for patience, resilience, and hopefully,will serve as swift safeguard for future challenges of epidemic and pandemic disasters. Accordingto the evolution theory, brain adaptability and plasticity of human organisms grow the capacity toadjust itself with an advanced characteristic.