The purpose of this chapter is to understand the Effectiveness of Virtual
teaching-learning when integrated with Traditional teaching and learning in the current
scenario. The study attempts to determine the opinions of teachers and learners and
their acceptance and readiness level to adopt virtual teaching and learning. The role of
technology is to facilitate e-mail, web database, audio/video conferencing, online
conferencing, etc. which will help the participant interact with each other on various
grounds. Many software tools like Google classroom, WebEx, MS teams, etc., are also
available to teachers and learners in teaching and learning and sophisticated and
complex tasks. The study's conclusion is also based on various literature reviews on
Virtual and traditional teaching and learning environment. Data was collected from two
types of respondents, i.e ., teachers and learners, from urban and rural areas. Data were
collected from 116 respondents of the teacher’s category and more than 217
respondents of the learner’s category, using a stratified random sampling method. The
structured questionnaire was used for collecting the data considering various factors
like the adoption of new technology, availability of resources, the effectiveness of
virtual teaching and learning, Evaluation pattern, etc., and the SPSS package was used
to analyze the data.
Keywords: Blended Learning Approach, COVID-19, Education, Effectiveness,
E-Learning, Higher Education, India, Internet, Learning, LMS, Online Classes,
Online Platforms, Online Teaching, Pandemic, SSPS, Teachers, Technology,
Traditional Approach, UGC, Virtual and Traditional Way of Teaching.
