Attitude of dental students towards academic online learning during lockdown in the year 2019 due to coronavirus disease – An online survey

Abstract

Objectives: A process of acquiring knowledge by a person is called education. At present, educational system focuses on the ways with which the students are being educated. The pandemic condition, due to coronavirus disease of 2019, has made online learning compulsory for one and all. Students are not introduced for this new technique to use for longer time and dental practitioners spend more time in clinical learning. The aim of the study was to assess the attitude of dental students toward academic online learning as compared to traditional ones during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Materials and Methods: Questionnaire was made using software Google Forms which was based on determining attitude of students toward online learning and send to around 75 students. A total of 63 students responded to it, received in the form of mails. The data were collected and statistical analysis was performed. Results: About 93.7% of students selected traditional classroom lectures and clinical demonstrations and 6.3% of students selected online lectures/ webinars/demonstrations regarding the preference of learning method. Conclusion: Regardless of the various advances in the learning methods, students would like to continue with the traditional classroom learning rather than online learning after the COVID-19 lockdown is over.