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STUDY HABITS OF ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY LEARNERS DURING COVID19 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2020(V-III).27      10.31703/gesr.2020(V-III).27      Published : Sep 2020

Study Habits of Allama Iqbal Open University Learners during COVID-19: Advantages and Dis-Advantages

Abstract

    Due to COVID-19, the shutdown of learning organizations, the main experiment with the teachers and universities and students was engaged in virtual learning. This study will deliberate to analyze the study habits of postgraduate learners of Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan. Learners who are enrolled in Allama Iqbal Open University (both genders) from rural and urban areas were the study population. A questionnaire was the primary source of data collection. It was concluded that learners study daily, they attend workshops regularly via online means, and solve all the assignments by him. The study aimed to find out the berries to online learning. The education findings suggest beneficial awareness of students approval of available education and creating a more speaking, systematized, and the creative average for upcoming education. It is recommended that students may guide to improve their study habits, and different strategies may be developed to assess the learners who spent time analyzing their study habits.

    Study Habits, Learners, Covid-19, Advantages, Dis-Advantages

    (1) Aqsa Saleem
    PhD Scholar (Education), University of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Shafaq Arif
    Assistant Professor, Lahore Business School, University of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Shahid Tufail
    Assistant Professor, Lyallpur Business School, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Saleem, A., Arif, S., & Tufail, M. S. (2020). Study Habits of Allama Iqbal Open University Learners during COVID-19: Advantages and Dis-Advantages. Global Educational Studies Review, V(III), 263-272. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2020(V-III).27

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    CHICAGO : Saleem, Aqsa, Shafaq Arif, and Muhammad Shahid Tufail. 2020. "Study Habits of Allama Iqbal Open University Learners during COVID-19: Advantages and Dis-Advantages." Global Educational Studies Review, V (III): 263-272 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2020(V-III).27

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    HARVARD : SALEEM, A., ARIF, S. & TUFAIL, M. S. 2020. Study Habits of Allama Iqbal Open University Learners during COVID-19: Advantages and Dis-Advantages. Global Educational Studies Review, V, 263-272.

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    MHRA : Saleem, Aqsa, Shafaq Arif, and Muhammad Shahid Tufail. 2020. "Study Habits of Allama Iqbal Open University Learners during COVID-19: Advantages and Dis-Advantages." Global Educational Studies Review, V: 263-272

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    MLA : Saleem, Aqsa, Shafaq Arif, and Muhammad Shahid Tufail. "Study Habits of Allama Iqbal Open University Learners during COVID-19: Advantages and Dis-Advantages." Global Educational Studies Review, V.III (2020): 263-272 Print.

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    OXFORD : Saleem, Aqsa, Arif, Shafaq, and Tufail, Muhammad Shahid (2020), "Study Habits of Allama Iqbal Open University Learners during COVID-19: Advantages and Dis-Advantages", Global Educational Studies Review, V (III), 263-272

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Saleem, Aqsa, Shafaq Arif, and Muhammad Shahid Tufail. "Study Habits of Allama Iqbal Open University Learners during COVID-19: Advantages and Dis-Advantages." Global Educational Studies Review V, no. III (2020): 263-272. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2020(V-III).27