| dc.description.abstract | During the global pandemic, the entire
education process has evolved significantly over
the online platform by integrating technologies.
Thus, the teaching/learning process has raised
new challenges and opportunities. In the
traditional classroom, the learning environment is
much more effective due to the inherent
synchronous method. However, the online
teaching approaches are also enriched by adopting
different synchronous approaches such as online
teaching over video conferencing, use of instant
messages during the class, and Zoom breakout
rooms and Google Docs for online activities to
deliver sessions same as a physical classroom. The
research question is about approaches to adopt
synchronous teaching methods effectively, which
is based on the hypothesis, whether the
technologies are effectively adopted to deliver the
true experience of synchronous teaching for the
learner. In methodology, the literature is the
priority consideration to understand the present
use of technologies, then a group of English
lecturers from Sri Lanka Institutes of Advanced
Technological Institute (SLIATE) selected based
on the purposive sampling for a semi structured
interview, and their shared experiences were
recorded and then analysed based on thematic
analysis. Secondly, to understand the learning
experience via the online platform, the online
structured questionnaire was delivered to the
students at the same technological institute who
learn English as a Second Language using different
technologies, and those quantitative responses
were analysed descriptively to understand their
trends. The findings over the mixed method are
incorporated to describe the scenarios in detail,
then the recommendations are raised for effective
implementation of synchronous approaches for
online classroom assuring similar experience as in
the physical classroom. The theoretical framework
is the outcome of this study to assure a better
teaching-learning process. | en_US |
