Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part A (2024)

Abstract: The ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic by WHO on 12 March 2020, that posed a substantial threat to humanity. This pandemic has successfully resulted in the global suspension of educational institutions including colleges and universities across the globe. This pandemic switched the educational activities from offline campus-based mode to online teaching. The resultant crisis-response conversion of educational institutions with online mode of learning was to counteract the risk of disease spreading. This crisis-response and shifting paradigm of educational institutions, faculty and students, challenges and opportunities discussed in the current research signifies that online learning was different from traditional mode of teaching. In the light of the present context the online mode of learning will be more sustainable and instructional activities more hybrid. The challenges experienced during pandemic were highly explored and transformed to new educational opportunities.