Effect of Online education on personal life and health
Division A –
Manditya Singh Panwar 80012100168
Harshit Singhal 80012100246
Ankit Leon D’Souza 80012100293
Ayush Kumar Singh 80012100018
Mihir Kapadia 80012100351
Introduction –
Covid-19 has caused destruction and devastation worldwide in ways nobody could anticipate. The world in one way or another came to a standstill. Life as we knew it changed. And this change became the new constant.
Educational institutions took to online teaching. The start of this change felt rather very enticing for the students with not having to rush and get ready to reach the institutions, and being in the comfort of their homes but this peace didn’t last as long. We have completed more than a year in front of our laptops, attending classes. Initially, it was fun attending classes without getting ready or rushing to college, but the screen time has now become overwhelming.
Online education has taken a huge toll on the health of students. Not only mental health, but they are also facing some health problems like eye strain, headaches, and fatigue from seeing the screen for such a long time. Besides, sports education and extracurricular classes have also stopped.
Objectives – To see if online education had led to lesser physical movement and Health issues
Data collection –
We framed five Likert scale questions on this problem and surveyed 60 students via google form. The values in the scale were 1) Strongly disagree, 2) Disagree 3) Neutral, 4) Agree, 5) Strongly Agree. Their feedback was collected via google form and later on coded into the excel sheet it was used for analyzing standard deviation and other related values. The data was analyzed by the t-stat method. By analyzing the t-stat values we got the final conclusion.
Data Analysis –
1.) I am constantly in front of the screen with increased screen time.
Null Hypothesis: On average students have increased screen time and are constantly in front of the screen.
Alternate Hypothesis: Average students do not have increased screen time.
Mean: 2.943
Standard Deviation: 0.97
Z value: – 2.08
As Z-value is above 1.96, we accept this hypothesis.
2.) I experience headaches due to high screen-time.
Null Hypothesis: On average students do experience headaches due to high screen time.
Alternate Hypothesis: On average students do not experience headaches.
Mean:
Standard Deviation: 1.099
Z value: 2.45
As Z-value is above 1.96, we accept this hypothesis.
3.) I have limited my physical movement.
Null Hypothesis: On average students have limited physical movement.
Alternate Hypothesis: Students have not limited their physical movement.
Mean: 2.704
Standard Deviation: 1.069
Z value: 1.08
As Z-value is between -1.96 and 1.96, we reject this hypothesis.
4.) I feel the need to wear glasses.
Null Hypothesis: On average students do need to wear glasses.
Alternate Hypothesis: Students do not need to wear glasses
Mean: 2.32
Standard Deviation: 1.193
Z value: -1.32
As Z-value is between -1.96 and 1.96, we reject this hypothesis.
5.) I feel lazy throughout the day.
Null Hypothesis: On average students feel lazy throughout the day.
Alternate Hypothesis: Students do not feel lazy.
Mean: 2.57
Standard Deviation: 1.175
Z value: 0.95
As Z-value is between -1.96 and 1.96, we reject this hypothesis.
Findings –
1. Students feel they are constantly in front of the screen with increased screen time.
2. Students experience headaches due to high screen-time.
3. Students do not feel that online education has limited their physical movement.
4. Students do not feel the need to wear glasses
5. Students do not feel that online education has made them lazy throughout the day