Saria Khalid, Muhammad Aman, Memoona Javed, Ayesha Asim, Maria Jabbar, Faiza Salman.
Online Education and Internet Connectivity Problems: a Perspective of the Teachers and Undergraduate Dental Students.
J Gandhara Med Dent Sci Jan ;10(2):7-11.

OBJECTIVES: Assessment of difficulties and glitches regarding internet connectivity faced by undergraduates and teachers during online learning. METHODOLOGY: This study was conducted using an online questionnaire. 186 undergraduate students and teachers were included from CMH, Lahore. The duration of this study was 3 months. RESULTS: There was found to be no statistical difference in reluctance to use online platforms (p=0.17), frequent loss of internet (p=0.181), difficulty in dealing with the loss of connection (p=0.181), disturbance in planned schedule due to loss of connection (p=0.213), lagging behind in schedule (p=0.630), inability to convey the message (p=0.093), lack of internet in remote areas (p=0.302), lack of training to deal with connection problems (p=0.766), poor connection due to technical problems in devices (p=0.089) and poor quality internet (p=0.740) among faculty and students. CONCLUSION: The problems due to internet connectivity issues in online education were faced more by students as compared to faculty.

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