Progressive Journey: From Formal Education to Virtual Education

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S. Sukumari

Abstract

This essay is an attempt on online teaching and online courses which have revolutionized the formal educational system especially in this pandemic curfew.In this world, everything is replaced by something better. Once sending postcards was the only mode of communication, then it was replaced by telephone, telephone was replaced by mobile phones and finally those mobile phones were replaced by smartphones. As such, the formal education is getting replaced by the virtual education. The virtual education has taken the teaching to next level. This pandemic curfew is a proof that everything has a replacement including teaching. The pandemic curfew had made all the educational institutions instruct their faculties to conduct classes, quizzes etc.... via online. Come rain or shine, online education is glowing in its own way. Along with that, the essay also gives the overview of


 

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How to Cite
Sukumari, S. (2022). Progressive Journey: From Formal Education to Virtual Education. SJCC Management Research Review, 12(1), 26–41. https://doi.org/10.35737/sjccmrr/v12/i1/2022/153

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