Students’ Learning Experience during Covid-19: A Study of Open Universities in India

Abstract

The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi, in collaboration with four State Open Universities (Dr BRAOU, KKHOU, NSOU, and UOU) representing different geographical regions of the country undertook a research in 2021-22 to understand the students’ learning experiences, including the challenges faced by them during Covid-19. The study also aimed at eliciting feedback from the senior management of the respective universities about the pandemic’s effect on Open and Distance Educational institutions in general, the institutions, the efforts that they made to meet to challenges which arose due to the pandemic and probable future directions in Open and Distance Education, in particular. In all 1,227 students participated in the online survey.