Educators' Awareness of Ergonomics for Digital Education: A Necessity in the New World| Chapter 10 | Novel Research Aspects in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 1

 Covid-19 universal resulted in a large change demanding the world to find fresher ways to maintain working while staying secure. This is when the teachers were still thrown into a ‘‘new normal’’ of attending virtual classes and giving knowledge digitally to support email. In order to address these changes, this study was conducted with an aim to evaluate school educators’ and understand their level of fitting awareness and the importance of allure application while administering teaching sessions basically. Three key aspects that were principally highlighted in the study contained knowledge about ergonomics and differing principles of comfort design, optimum posturing while attractive online lectures and significance of periodic stretch breaks. The study included 97 shareholders (with a reaction rate of 71.85%) within the group of same status of 20-58 years (38.35 ± 10.50) who were shipped the self-made inquiry via online floors. The questionnaire contained several closed-done questions about the ergonomic law, sitting postures and desktop computer set ups. The information so got was documented and convinced into a computer based spread coating for data reasoning. Based on the outcomes of the study, it was concluded that skilled is a reduced level of information and awareness of comfort design in school teachers conducting connected to the internet lectures. Most teachers the one were aware about the usage of a correct situated equipment (67.4%) were ignorant about the necessary adjustments necessary for its optimum functioning (79.4%). Moreover, 55.6% and 69.1% teachers were ignorant about the ideal distance to be maintained 'tween themselves and the computer and movable screens respectively. The study therefore decided that the teachers had decreased levels of ergonomic awareness.

Author(s) Details:

Radhika S. Baheti,
Sancheti Institute for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Manish M. Ray,
Indutai Tilak College of Physiotherapy, Maharashtra, India.

Ashok Shyam,
Sancheti Institute for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Parag Sancheti,
Sancheti Institute for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

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