Implementation Of Telegram In Teaching During Pandemic

Abstract

Technology has spread all over the areas of life, including education. Many educational institutes have turned to E-learning from traditional methods due to pandemics. During Covid 19, all educational institutes were strictly prohibited for the continuation of study like traditional face-to-face methods and ordered to adopt the alternative way to follow social distancing. The purpose of social distancing is to stop the transmission of disease. The need of this time is to implement an alternative educational method of teaching, fulfils the purpose of education and needs of students by staying at home. Telegram is adopted as one of the best E-learning tools, free downloaded applications, and provides numerous benefits to students. This study aimed to empirically examine the factors Attitude, Subjective Norms and perceived control behaviour and its relationship on behavioural intention towards the use of Telegram. For this purpose, 500 respondents of Tamil school is taken as sample. The study findings show that some factors of attitude and perceived behavioural control are positively and significantly related to behavioural intention. In comparison, subjective norms show a negative relationship with behavioural intention. This study provides valuable insight into the determinant influence on teachers' intention towards using Telegram and its implementation during panademic