Online Education

The COVID-19 outbreak has changed the educational system. It caused major changes

in the school system, it presented an opportunity as well as challenges for students and

teachers around the globe. Including a radical change in education giving rise to online learning,

whereby teaching is delivered online using a digital platform. Rome Moralista and Ryan

Oducado (2020) believed that online education will result in more academic dishonesty,

impersonality, and lacking feeling compared to traditional classes. Additionally in their study,

Faculty Perception toward Online Education in a State College in the Philippines during the

Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) Pandemic, also states that online education is difficult to

manage in terms of technology.

R. Moralista and R. Oducado, Faculty Perception towards Online Education (2020) focus

on the several difficulties and challenges faced by teachers in the online education setting. This

includes slow internet connection, students’ academic dishonesty; cheating and plagiarism, and

difficulty in adjusting to the digital environment. Furthermore, faculty members are uncertain

about online education due to their interaction with students when it comes to virtual classes.

Certain dynamics work well in face-to-face instruction but do not in online learning (Moralista

and Oducado, 2020). Problems and challenges associated with online classes should be

addressed, and they should be well-planned and regulated for them to be effective for the

students. Moreover, in contrast with research conducted about online classes before the

pandemic, teachers find traditional learning easier and more effective than online education

since they have more experience when it comes to teaching with face-to-face interaction. The

Faculty Perception towards Online Education (2020) suggests that even if teachers find

traditional learning more favorable for them, they should adapt and transition to the new

educational system with continued support, training, and development.

 As has been indicated, teachers find it hard to adapt to the online learning system.

Teaching in classrooms where there was much more student-teacher interaction is more

effective than in virtual classes. Nonetheless, good teaching principles are said to carry over

from face-to-face classes to online learning education.