Perception of Distance Learners and Teachers Towards Online Physical Education during COVID-19 in China: A Case Study of Nanchong Senior High School of Sichuan Province

This quantitative study aimed to understand students’ and teachers' perception of online physical education during COVID-19 pandemic in China. An OLPE survey during the COVID- 19 was used, comprising PETs’ and students’ opinions on OLPE teaching as well as the advantages, disadvantages, difficulties, suggestions. Problems existing in online teaching are listed as follows: First, there is a lack of practice equipment and venues, a poor external environment for learning and exercise, unable to face-to-face communication with students, and competitive skill. Second, it is difficult for students to focus on the process of learning and exercise, and their enthusiasm to participate in the exercise is not high. Third, the lack of faceto-face guidance from teachers, the effectiveness of online teaching is reduced, and the possibility of failure or ineffective learning may increase. Fourth, the interference of some nonhuman factors in the network and learning platform leads to various problems in video generation during exercise. Online physical education class during the pandemic has given us a lot of inspirations, which may affect the future physical education teaching in schools. First, it provides a solution for physical education in extreme weather. Second, through online teaching, mixed teaching of physical education is realized. As a product of the information age, online physical education cannot replace offline teaching, but the teaching quality of online physical education can also be effectively monitored through the rational use of various sports APP, which is an effective supplement to offline physical education.