IMPACT OF VIRTUAL EDUCATION ON HIGHER-ORDER THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS: SOME MAJOR ISSUES OF CONCERN DURING COVID19 PANDEMIC
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Virtual Education, ICT, technology, education systemAbstract
In the present situation virtual education has made emphasis on educational technology and communication system. It is expected that approaches of Virtual Education during COVID19 Pandemic would give a paradigm shift to higher education from its traditional form to a program relevant to the context of present education. The real intellectual challenge of teaching lies in the opportunity for individual teachers to observe the impact of their teaching on students learning. The crucial step is to incorporate ICT appropriately in the curricula of higher education programs. This would enable the prospective teachers as well as in service higher education teachers to implement ICT successfully in the teaching-learning situation for the promotion of virtual education. In the context of globalization, we are studying and using different approaches, ways of teaching and different media. The objective of the paper was to find out how teachers with the use of the latest technologies have learnt to transform their thinking and feelings which help them not only to transfer their expressions of content but they have developed the courage to act out their values with the help of virtual education. This paper has majorly tried to focus the different methods of virtual learning in promoting Higher Order Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills.
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