A Study on Undergraduates’ Perception on The Transition of Learning from On-Campus to Online

Abstract

Abstract: Sri Lanka gained independence in the 1948. With that after the economic turbulences and downturns, Sri Lanka is managing to give higher education to children on campus for a longer time. As a result of that, student interaction has been achieved, and the education achievement has taken in far with developed countries. In this rapid transition, undergraduates must adapt themselves accordingly to virtual platforms. Though the technology is very poorly developed in the country as per the literature reveal to come out due to this Covid-19 pandemic new term has arrived at Sri Lanka. Though it is a new platform, through a lot of difficulties try to manage it. By considering the above facts, the objective of this study is to find out factors affecting the undergraduate perception of online learning, and how it can be used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of online education. As a sample 373 undergraduates are going to be selected for the quantitative study using a simple random sampling method while for the qualitative study 10 industry experts and academic experts are going to be selected by using the judgmental sampling method. As the data collection method for the quantitative component, the semistructured questionnaire is going to be used while, for the qualitative component focus group discussions and interviews are going to be used which is in the consistent method in research methodology. Finally, as the data analytical path for the qualitative study thematic approach is going to be used while for the quantitative study linear regression model is going to be used as parameter estimates. As a statistical tool for a quantitative study, SPSS version 22 to be used while, for the qualitative study QDMINSER is going to be used.