Students have no option rather continue with this online mode of education in this post-pandem ic era as a precautionary measure. Universities and schools have made the live lectures compulsory for students but many are giving an option to students whether to attend live sessions when a teacher is on board alike a classroom or to listen to recorded lecture individually as per their convenience. In this paper, the researcher wants to find out the degree of the pref erence college students amongst both the option of learning through online mode i.e. Live lectures and Recorded lectures. Bot h the modes are having pros and cons hence the research desires to clarify this point with the student 's point of view and the also factors affecting the preferences of degree students opting live lectures or record ed lectures. The researcher is also focusing that whether the subject stream, makes any difference in the ch oice or students ' past academic performance influence their decision to opt for live sessions or recorded sessions