E-learning is the perfect example of turning a crisis into an opportunity. In this article, we’ll discuss various challenges faced by students in online learning. There are a number of effects of online education on students, both physically and mentally. 

You learn from those around you, online education makes one feel isolated as if there’s no one around them. This in turn has a drastic effect on concentration levels and also mental health.

Let’s take a proper look at the physical and mental effects of online education on students. 

Challenges:

• The strain on the body:

Eyes pain, headaches, back pain, neck pain are not something that is usually heard from healthy teens and even pre-teens. But the case is different now. 

With hours of online courses to complete, meetings to attend, and complete one’s daily activities our online dependence has increased exponentially. Resulting in staying close to these chunks of metals with harmful radiation. 

• Dip in attention span:

Dip in attention span. With entertaining content being just another tab away, students find it difficult to sit through long lectures. In recent studies, it was argued that lower attention span and less concentration levels hit harder in the online mode of teaching. This can get difficult to cope with. 

• Screen time

According to studies conducted on-screen time of students during online education by Stanford university it has been observed that –

Non-screen time is only roughly 3.6 hours assuming an eight-hour sleep, which is a decrease from the already inadequate eight-hour non-screen time prior to the pandemic. 

We’ve all seen how quickly previous technologies spread and infiltrated our lives before we grasped their significance.

As learning to move online, it’s become more difficult to disconnect from our devices.

We now spend most of our time within striking distance of a charged metal block.

• Stress and anxiety

The pressure to concentrate and deliver the desired outcomes has caused a tremendous deal of tension and stress. Tasks, assignments, and homework slipped through the cracks.

The majority of the children appeared to be falling behind and succumbing to the pressure. The children’s minds had been tampered with and were in a delicate state.

As a result, most pupils found it difficult to keep up with the lessons.

How to overcome them,

The problems are not to be discussed, they are to be able to solve them. Here are a few tips from our side to help you make the most of the present scenario

• Take short breaks in between.
• Allot time periods to every task.
• Find out why you should be learning a subject and inspire yourself to concentrate on the course.
• Take up hobbies like walking, reading to avoid staying close to your phone/laptop.
• Try meditating. It helps with increasing attention span.

Because life is valuable, as are values and relationships, health is a top priority. Being a part of it presents challenges. Moving forward and learning is a constant process, even when you’re in a bind.

Online teaching, although convenient for a few has severe effects on students as discussed above. Hence why online education is not the future.