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Research Paper | Education Management | Nepal | Volume 10 Issue 11, November 2021 | Popularity: 5 / 10

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ICT Tools and Applications Used in Online Education during COVID-19 Pandemic in Nepal: A Purposed Model using White Board

Dr. Shailendra Giri

Abstract: Information communication technology (ICT) has a lot of benefits and utilization in human real life activities. One of the major sectors is education all over the world. Online education includes the use of digital tools and applications for teaching and learning procedure. The uses of technological tools which make empower students, teachers to teach and learn anytime and anywhere from any part of the universe. It became an ultimate organ of life for children, younger and elder too. This paper tries to discuss and analyze about the ICT tools like computers, the Internet, websites, mobile phones & applications, YouTube, and zoom. The study was accomplished by literature review and content analysis. The study concludes that the use of ICT tools and applications are being widely used in academic purpose during COVID-19 pandemic and these tools help teachers, learners and academic institutions for teaching learning activities. The study claims that the newly invention of digital accessories, ICT tools and applications, educational applications created serious problem to the students, teachers, institutions due to time to time upgrade the version of them. Due to poor economic conditions of the learners, teachers and institutions, they became unable to buy the upgraded version of the ICT tools and application. However, many of the students could not attend the online classes as well as teacher could not conduct the online classes. So, it became a serious issue in education sector in the globe. The study exposes that Facebook, close group, messenger, viber, Google meet, Google form, team, zoom, Skype, and What ?sap are mostly used for online class and they became popular among students and teachers in Nepal.

Keywords: online education, e-learning, virtual learning, digital learning, COVID-19

Edition: Volume 10 Issue 11, November 2021

Pages: 1062 - 1067

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