Assessment of the Level of Satisfaction with Online Teaching and Learning among Faculty and Students at Selected Health Sciences College, Puducherry

Background: The COVID 19 pandemic lock down forced educational institutions to shut down and amid this is the new reality-online teaching learning that emerged as a potent tool to support the crisis. However, medical instructors and students face a number of difficulties when they have a transition from traditional learning to fully online instruction. Hence the study was intended with the aim of assessing the level of satisfaction with online teaching and learning. Methodology: Quantitative research approach and a descriptive research design was adopted for the study. A total of 380 Health Science students and 27 Faculty members participated in the study. Online Course Satisfaction Survey (OCSS) tool was used to assess the satisfaction of the students and online instructor satisfaction survey tool was used to assess the satisfaction of the faculty members. Results: The response rate was 100% for students and 77% for faculty members. The results revealed that majority of the students 345(90.8%) were highly satisfied with online teaching, as there was a clear delivery of content and offered flexibility, whereas among the faculty members 78% were moderately satisfied with online teaching, as they had technical issues, took longer time for preparation etc., Conclusion: During COVID-19, online teaching and learning has proven to be a useful and practical method for curriculum delivery.