Abstract

A. K. Anjali*

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Online activity based learning or the distance learning is the current and favoured form of education network. Within the past decade, it had a marked influence on higher secondary students, college students’ part time working students. There has been a drastic shift from the past to the current scenario and the vogue is still shooting up. Aim: The aim of this study is to know about the online activity based learning engages the students who are unable to throw oneself into conventional classroom learning. Materials and Method: The pivot of this study concentrates on the effective online based learning by a group of students from the age group of 19 – 20 years of Saveetha Dental College (26 students)over a time period of 1 week. The method incorporated was that of a combination of both online and live teaching where video calling apps were used and the session was conducted. Results: The results were obtained based on the study conducted through a questionnaire consisting of 11 questions distributed to a set of 26 questions and the results were cumulated using a doughnut chart which divulges that majority of the students are interested in online activity based learning activity than in conventional classroom learning. Conclusion: This study can be concluded by saying that majority of the children experienced a shift from conventional classroom learning to online activity based learning which turned out to be positive.