• Prof. Tandra Sharma

Abstract: COVID-19 pandemic has upended the world and the education sector was the first to be disrupted. The immediate closure schools and colleges and with little choice, are embracing the e- learning platform like never before and the results are encouraging, meaning that once this crisis is over, the learning's from online education could be a small silver lining in a cloud of darkness. COVID-19 has prompted educators globally to rethink the conventional mode of education. Online learning becomes the new normal. The pandemic, upending all predictions, has led the world to conduct a huge experiment with online classrooms. Educators globally faced the major challenges in its role of supporting remote working, e-teaching, online collaboration, video streaming, etc. Online learning is entirely a different scheme/plan of teaching –learning than face-to-face learning, and educators seem to find themselves scrambling. Challenges may be hard but it can be managed provided there is clear directives from leadership, effective and timely training of teachers, dedicated and determined teachers, a helping mind to continue learning, better prepared for the next emergency, discussing the challenges being faced and good planning for the future. The huge potentialities of digital technologies are now forcing most of the organizations to go electronic so that there is a sustainable future. In this paper an attempt has been made to present an overview of e-learning, discuss the various e-learning tools for diverse learners, as there is a huge section of the population not Internet users, as well as its prospects and challenges.

e-learning, online learning, synchronous & asynchronous learning platforms, LMS.

"COVID-19 REDEFINING EDUCATION-PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no.425-431, August-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008055.pdf

"COVID-19 REDEFINING EDUCATION-PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no. pp425-431, August-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008055.pdf