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THE ONLINE BOOM

As educational author Donna J. Abernathy says, online learning is not the ‘next’ big thing—it is the ‘now’ big thing. COVID-19 has brought several global health and economic concerns, but it has also caused a major shift in the education sector. Learning from home, students are attending classes on Zoom and teachers are taking on their doubts using the ‘raise your hand’ button on the app or through individual online chats with the students. Schools and universities are finding ways to ensure that e-classes run as smoothly as possible.

SCHOOL SITUATION

Online teaching, say teachers, differs vastly from regular classes. Birla Open

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