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Vadivazhagan Alias Rathinam.J
Nivethitha.K
Background & objectives: Sudden onset of pandemic situation made changes in every one’s life. Likewise in our education system also, there are lot of changes happened. We are committed to switch over the method of teaching from traditional system to the on line education in order to maintain the quality of education since it is considered as one of the essential aspect for the students who are undergoing professional education like nursing where we need to prepare them in a practical aspect also. Though there is lot of benefits due to emergence of newer technology in the educational system, there are few issues experienced by the consumers with varying perception. Individual to individual online classes in needed for students for attending regular classes in online platform which plays a vital role in the utilization of newer technology. So the investigator is more interested in studying the perception of online classes among our nursing students. The objective of this study is to assess the existing level of perception about online classes among B.Sc nursing students. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional survey was conducted among the B.Sc nursing students in selected nursing college, Pondicherry. Sample size was 40, selected through purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by using self constructed 5 Likert scale for assessing the level of perception about online classes with 20 statements having eq ual number of positive and negative statements and sent through the through Google forms for data collection since we could not gather the students at a single place due to lock down. Result: The results predicated among 40 samples by using 5 Likert scale prepared by the researcher which indicates 92.5% of subjects had neutral level of perception. There is very highly significant association between the level of perception and education status of the father at p=0.0001 regarding online classes among B.Sc nursing students (Chi-square test). Conclusion: From this study that the subjects have neutral level of attitude towards online classes. This made the researcher that there is need to improve the perception about online classes among the students during this crisis situation.
Keywords: Online classes, impact, perception