Enhancing the Online Engineering Education during COVID-19 Period: A Blended Approach of Online Tools

Abstract

—An unplanned shift into educational sector, from physical education to virtual, online education has been caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Within no time, the passionate educators and learners sought the support of e-Learning where teaching is being done through remote, digital platforms. In this paper, an approach pursued by us has been presented that was used for delivering the enhanced online engineering education to our students in the period of COVID-19 pandemic. Through use of technologies such as GoTo Webinar tool, Udemy online learning platform and the LearniCo student mobile application, the approach has achieved a soothed quality education delivery The approach has demonstrated a touch of personalized and on-demand learning with improved engagement of the online attendees. This approach has generated promising statistics about the learning inclination, understanding levels and adaption rate percentage by the online attendees including their reviews and feedbacks. The motivating statistics of the students embracing to this approach has been the proof of its impact.