Attention Scarcity: Coping Up With Online Education

Abstract

The article seeks to understand attention scarcity faced in online learning as students have transitioned to the online mode of learning abruptly after the pandemic. A study was carried out on students who were learning through the online mode to understand the various sources that take up their attention time thus leaving the students with very little focused time for learning. Among the many challenges the most common seemed the frustration that the students face due to network issues. It concludes that, in order to gain attention from the students, the faculty should increase communication and come up with innovative pedagogies.