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Pedagogical Innovations and Challenges of Online Teaching: Assessing the Scenario at the UG Level in Rural Higher Education Institutions in India

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Teaching methodology during the pandemic and its aftermath has recorded a steep rise in the use of innovative online teaching techniques by teachers at individual and group level. This study examines how incorporating new teaching pedagogy has equipped teachers in rural areas of higher education institutions with digital abilities to provide students with value-based and skill-based learning. The objective of this study is to explore and understand the concepts and pedagogical innovations of online teaching. It aims to identify the challenges involved in online teaching faced by the rural college teachers in India and recommend solutions to overcome these challenges. The role of the teachers can effectively be categorized as pedagogical practices, social balancing, managerial efficiency, and technical know-how. The now prevalent online studies widened the gap between rural and urban institutions. The paper discusses the expected models of online teaching as advised by the UGC guidelines and the existing scenario in rural areas. A blended mode was now the new mode of teaching and learning. The educators especially in the rural areas had to face multiple challenges. In this study, a quantitative cum sample survey method is applied. For data collecting, it makes use of both primary and secondary sources. A set of research questions was formulated to collect and analyze the challenges of rural educators based on infrastructure and administration, online teaching skills, evaluation, development of skills and motivation, the personal preferences of educators, and a few suggestions by them. The immense potentiality of online education was upheld during the pandemic and digital education was included in the NEP 2020 curriculum. Online Teaching platforms and tools that could help educators to enhance online teaching forward, incentives and various training programs for the educators were discussed.

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          ICETT '23: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Education and Training Technologies
          April 2023
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          ISBN:9781450399593
          DOI:10.1145/3599640
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          1. COVID-19
          2. blended mode
          3. challenges
          4. digital education
          5. online teaching
          6. pandemic
          7. rural colleges

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