Perceptional variance among university students towards learning in virtual mode in the contemporary scenario: An empirical study

Abstract

The education sector in India has changed a lot largely because of the innovation and development in technology in recent years, where virtual learning is one of the major important parts of it. The concept of virtual learning is not new but recently it has emerged as a major tool for learning among different college and university based students, especially in the contemporary scenario. Therefore, the objective of the study is to find out the perceptional variance towards digital learning between different genders of university students in the current scenario. To fulfill the objectives of the study, the researcher conducted a primary based study mainly based in Kolkata, West Bengal to understand the perception of learning in virtual mode among university students, who are the matured learners. Non Parametric test, namely Mann Whitney test has been used in the current study to ascertain the result based on its primary survey. The findings of the study were mixed in nature giving statically significant and insignificant outcomes in the perception of learning towards virtual mode and based on the results and findings of the study, it can be concluded that there are more negative effect in virtual mode of learning then its positive side as perceived by the students and they mainly want offline mode of learning which does not significantly differ between different genders of the university students.