The paradigm shift towards e-Teaching: SWOT analysis from the perspective of Indian teachers

Abstract

Conventional classroom teaching has been continually evolving, has undergone several technological onslaughts. The global pandemic crisis has enforced the shift of conventional classroom teaching to online classrooms. The sudden advent of online teaching has created a plethora of challenges in learning and has thus put in the same repercussions on teaching. A survey of teachers undergoing this shift was conducted to understand the current experience of online teaching to recognize the differences between classroom teaching and online teaching approaches, and identify the challenges therein. SWOT analysis of the teachers is presented in this paper to understand Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. The study reveals that teachers have started teaching students online even without adequate training. This paper attempts to identify the crux of the shift to the online method of teaching. This would not only differentiate between the two methodologies, but bridge the gap in the missing nonverbal and face to face communication in online methodology. The opinions of expert educators also add an additional dimension to the SWOT analysis. A few measures based on observations and experience as teachers are suggested, and further open this topic for brainstorming to make the experience of teaching-learning a more impactful one for teachers and students.