Preferential Study Of Ict Used By Teacher Trainees During Covid-19
Abstract
Preferential study of ICT was to study the preference of 40 teacher trainees under a bachelor level teacher education program during the pandemic situation of COVID-19 in context of demographic situation. Discontinuation of education in higher educational institutions world-wide showed the need of ICT as an alternative solution. From the accessible population of 100 B.Ed. trainees of Central University of Jharkhand, that covers 20 districts of three states in India, a sample of 40 teacher trainees were selected with simple random sampling technique. They were surveyed through online google form by an online observation schedule consisted of 14 items, and data were analysed with descriptive statistics for plotting the result using MS-Excel. Findings showed that 42.5% teacher trainees were found in the red zone as the highly affected area of COVID-19. Poor network situation was revealed by 60% trainees. The Internet Pack of only 1.5 GB per day was found mostly used by teacher trainees (62.5%). Most of trainees (62.5%) preferred video conferencing, and 90% were found able to submit assignments online. As the communication platforms, 45% of teacher trainees were found to prefer the use of Whatsapp together with Zoom Meeting and Google Classroom. Face-to-face offline interaction, online objective test and flipped learning were preferred by most of the teacher trainees. Thus, the study is useful in a way to determine the preconditions for teacher training, online training, online assessment techniques, mode of communication and interaction and distance learning in the pandemic situation.