Government needs to play an active role in encouraging educational institutions in adopting latest technology for teachings and delivering course content
It’s not too long back when a classroom meant assignments, blackboards and chalks, heavy duty lectures, etc. Online education, on the contrary, was like Greek and Latin to most people. Things are a lot different now with the advent of technology each passing year. Be it in a school or college, the classrooms are gradually creeping towards infusion of modernity in the education system. Classy laptops, tablets, pen drives and e-learning, now a part of daily education are enough to demonstrate the transition from brick-and-mortar learning to technology-based education. While e-learning has become the need of the hour, technology ensures that data quality remains the topmost priority.
Although India couldn’t embrace technology too soon, it has finally come of age having learnt from its past mistakes. With access to high speed broadband internet and low cost computers and mobile devices, there has been growth in the use of technology for learning. The country today is one of the fastest growing markets for e-learning based products and services. This segment is expected to have a turnover of $40 billion by the next year. The technology can be used in various ways to bring about overhaul in the Indian education system. Even the government plans to enhance digital literacy of the country to 50 per cent from the current 15 per cent by bringing out encouraging policies to give push to technology based learning. Many entrepreneurs and startups have grabbed this opportunity to develop technology based educational products for private and government schools, colleges and universities.
Among universities, Amity University, Manipal and Symbiosis were the trendsetters and now the fad has caught on with schools as well. There are a number of websites like Khan Academy and various YouTube channels that offer video lectures by eminent scholars and teachers in various subjects.
This story is from the July 2016 edition of Governance Today.
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