The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on university

students’ learning experience

Many changes have  occurred in our life as a result of the Covid-19, including
changing daily routines, financial difficulties, and social isolation. Higher education was
also affected a lot during this pandemic.This situation has an impact on teachers and
students in higher education in terms of learning and teaching. For both students and
instructors, online learning is an excellent alternative learning approach; nevertheless,
several concerns must be considered, such as limited internet connectivity. In a similar
vein, this pandemic gives negative impacts on university students’ learning experience
in facing difficulties in conducting ODL, the minimum number of learning ways, and
students facing problems catching up with the lessons.

Firstly, this covid-19 pandemic has given a major impact on the Academic staff
and students faced a number of challenges when adopting ICT platforms to conduct
ODL (online distance learning). Most of the universities have prepared multiple ways of
strong online systems, but still smaller universities have struggled to conduct ODL
because of the insufficient system (Biasutti,2021). This has also made the students
struggle in their online distance learning. Half of the students do not have proper
facilities and ICT platforms to attend the online classes. Lack of experience  dealing with
online learning platforms in terms of student participation, interactivity, and engagement;
a lack of a process to assess online learning outcomes; and a lack of experience
developing online course content or converting courses from offline to online modes are
some of the challenges that may be encountered. Some university students have
substantial experience participating in learning activities utilising online distance
learning (ODL) platforms, while others do not.. As a result, many COVID-19 university
students had no alternative but to use current online information and communication
technologies (ICTs) to complete their study activities and maintain secure connection
with their instructors in order to maintain social distance. It is certain that ICT
applications enhanced by internet technologies have proven to be excellent tools,
contributing considerably to e-rapid learning's rise. However, extensive usage of these
online services throughout the pandemic might have a negative influence on students'
lives, since there are a variety of obstacles that could stymie and demotivate many
students during the learning process.It has been proved that both academic staff and
students faced a number of challenges when adopting ICT platforms to conduct ODL
during the Covid-19 pandemic. 
Apart from that, the impact of pandemic covid-19 on education learning is the
minimum number of learning ways. Nowadays, students attend online classrooms that
have fewer learning methods and do not provide them with a variety of assistance
options. Most college dorms are still empty because students have returned to their
various homes. The widespread adoption of digital learning at all levels of school is one
of these transformations. During the epidemic, many students had no choice but to
complete their study objectives using advanced online information and communication
technology.  Due to online classes, students' academic performance continues to
decline. When learning there are eight learning methods that are in common use that
are  Visual  Learners,  Aural (audio) Learners,  Physical Learners, Verbal Learners,
Logical Learners,  Social Learners , Solo Learners, Natural/ Nature Learners. Pandemic
of covid-19 has decreased the number of learning ways to  Visual  Learners,  Aural
(audio) Learners, Verbal Learners, Solo Learners. To sum up, the minimum number of
learning ways is one of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the academic
experience of university students. 
Finally, The impact of the covid-19 pandemic is students facing problems in
catching up the lessons throughout online distance learning. Education learning is
considering implementing learning recovery programs to ensure that students who have
fallen behind in their studies get the help they need to catch up to their classmates. A
range of estimates covering plausible amounts of learning losses is considered. Pupils
with disabilities should not be served separately from students without impairments in
programmes. Learning recovery programming should not be used to segregate children
who previously spent the majority of their time in general education classrooms(OECD,
Hanushek and Woessmann, 2015). Tutoring's success makes sense since tutors may
personalize material to students' unique needs and pace it to fit their progress. Other
promising possibilities include extended learning time and highly structured home
summer-reading programs for elementary students. First and foremost, governments
must guarantee that students who have fallen behind in their studies receive the
assistance they require to catch up to projected learning objectives.Moreover, if the
students could not catch up in online classes their academics will get worse. Their
knowledge level will decrease on that particular subject.  Students are unable to absorb
inputs from the online class because it varies from physical class. It would make it
harder for them to cope up in the course. It would be very difficult for them to
understand the input of the course. For example, They can't even do a proper revision
during examinations due to lack of knowledge. As a result, they might fail the
examination. Failing in a subject can lead to exentionsion of course duration or else
students need to retake the examination. To sum up, if students couldn't catch up in the
class they will face some issues to cope up with in their course.
To conclude, The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on university students’
learning experience, students are facing difficulties in conducting online classes, the
minimum number of learning ways, and students facing problems catching up the
lessons.Both academic staff and students faced a number of challenges when adopting
ICT platforms to conduct ODL during the Covid-19 pandemic.In addition, Lack of a
minimum number of learning ways. Nowadays students are attending online classes
which have fewer learning methods and also students do not have various support in
online learning. Implement learning recovery programs by department ministry
education to ensure that students who have fallen behind receive the support that they
need to catch up to expected learning targets. If the pandemic has taught us anything, it
is that trying to forecast the future is pointless.