Online challenges

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, I tried both learning and teaching online. During this period, I`ve faced some challenges. The main challenge that was faced as a students and as a teacher at the same time was the bad internet connection. The most important challenge that I`ve faced is students` attention, in which some students mute their microphones and get up and wander away from the class. Another challenge is  missing the communication with students, where few students were not able to attend the class due to internet or electricity issues. So, they can`t communicate with me or with their friends during the class, they were not able to ask questions that may help their classmates too. Also, the ability of students to work with online technologies was a challenge, where some students don`t have enough knowledge to use learning technologies for quizzes, assignments, or exams. Moreover, isolation was a challenge in which  learning online let the student feels isolated from classmates, there is no groupwork, no class discussion, and no collaborative activities.