DIGITAL LEARNING PERCEPTION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC SITUATION To CREATE DISTANCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY IN BANGLADESH
Abstract
Digital learning system grows very rapidly during Covid-19 pandemic situation for safe and secure environment in Bangladesh. Now the present study is conducted to measure the digital learning perception and digital distance learning opportunity, the effect of demographic factor on digital learning perception and the opportunity of digital distance learning system for education from the digital learning perception developed in the Covid-19 pandemic situation. In the study, 400 respondent data was collected by survey questionnaire methodin the month of June-July, 2022in a five-point Likert scale. Among the valid respondents, 108 are university teachers and 292 are university students, of which 168 from public university and 232 from private university. 272 respondents are male and 128 are female, of which 236 from urban area and 164 from rural area. 68 respondents communicate class with mobile with mobile network, 184 mobile with broadband-Wifi connections and 148 computer with broadband-Wifi connections.It is observed that both teacher – studentprofession and male – femalegender have same positive digital learning perception. But both public university respondents higher than public university respondents and urban residence respondentshigher than rural residence respondents positive digital learning perception. The study also shows that both mobile with broadband-Wifi and computer with broadband-Wifi respondents have higher digital learning perception value from mobile with mobile networkrespondents. But no significant difference in the digital learning perception value of mobile with broadband-Wifi and computer with broadband-Wifi respondents. So, mobile network facility should be improved to utilized mobile in the digital distance educationlearning system. Finally the study shows that with the increase of digital learning perception, the digital distance learning system for educationmay increases significantly. So, a digital distance learning system for educationmay be developed utilizing the developedpositive digital learning perceptionduring covid-19 pandemic situation in BangladeshReferences
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