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RupeshShah,fOWlderandCEO,ComputerMasti,talkstoKeerthiMohanabouttheemergingcultureofe-learningamongIndianstudents
1.
Why
is
t.beconceptofe-leamingcatchingupinIndia?E-Iearningisfundamentallylearningthroughtechnology.Itcanbethroughtel-evision,internet,computer,mobilesandsoforthandsoon.E-Learninghasbe-comeanimportantmeansofeducation.Intoday'sscenariosincetheregularcoursesinIndiaaregettingveryexpen-siveandhighlycompetitive,distanceandonlineeducationisemergingasare-markableoptionforthestudents.E-Iearn-inghassurpassedchallengesofreachingouttoavariedaudience,overcomethenon-availabilityofqualifiedteachersinruralIndiaandmakingavailablerichcon-tenttoanaudiencethatwasunreachableearlier.InIndiae-Iearningmarketisveryhuge.Heree-IearningisinterpretedinmanywaysnamelyleTeducation,ICTenablededucationandmore.Adevelopingcountrywherethereisashortageoftrainers,eLearningcan.playakeyroleinbringingeducationtomasses.Thisalsoensuresthatqualityofinstruc-tionismaintained.However,afacilitatorisrequiredthat
IS
wheretheneedoftrainingtheinstructorexists.Again,e-Iearningoranytechnologicalad-vancementisjustanextensiontothecontent.It'snottheotherwayround.Goodletterleadstowritinggoodemails,similarlyit'sthecontentwhichmattersthemost.Then,
if
youwantthecontenttobepresentedasApps(acrossmobileasAppstores)orasWebbasedlearningitdoesnotreallymatter.
o
donotgivetheirbesttotheprofession.Theyalsoarenotaccountable.E-Iearningisnotbeingadoptedjustbe-causeit'sfashionablebutitactuallymeetseducationalneeds.TheIT@SchoolsprojectoftheKeralaGovermnentisaliveexampleofhowwidelye-Iearningcanbeadoptedinschooleducationtoteachthemasses.3..Whataresomebenefitse-leamingoHersoverconventionalmodes,?InOpenTechnologiesMediaCoveragecauseofthemanyelementsthatarecombinedine-learningtoreinforcethemessage,suchasvideo,audio,quizzes,interaction,etc.Thereisalsotheabilitytorevisitorreplaysectionsofthetrainingthatmightnothavebeenclearthefirsttimearound.
4.
Is
e-leamingmorecosteffectivethantradi-tionalleaming?Sincee-Iearningcanbedoneinanygeographiclo-cationandtherearenotravelexpenses,thistypeoflearningismuchlesscostlythandoinglearningatatraditionalinstitute.Thereisaproblemofretainingteachersinremotelocationsandfindingqualifiedteacherscomesatapremium.Thisproblemcanbeovercomebyset-tingupasmallinteractiveclassroomwhereses-sionsareconductedthroughlecturesfromacen-tralizedlocation.6_Doese-learningaccommodatedifferenttypesoflearningstyles?Canitbecustomizedtomeetthein.dividualneedsofthelearners?Learningstylesarevariousapproachesorwaysoflearning.Awell-designede-learningcoursecanmeeteachofthedifferentlearningneedswhilestilicompletinglearner'srequirements.Asingle
Withrapidglobalization,cost-efficientlearning
&
quicktechnologicaldevelopments-e-
learninqissurelyaboontomanytoenjoyaricherlearningexperience
2.
WheredoesIndiastandwhen
it.
comestoacceptingandintegJ'atinge-learninginmainstreameducation?Thee-IearningscenarioinIndiaisgrow-ingatatremendousrate.MoreoverinacountrylikeIndia,e-learningcanaddresstheissuesofscalingup.Now,theeduca-tionsectorin.Indiahasimbibede-Iearn-ingintheirteachingpracticesratherin-telligently.Withrapidglobalization,cost-efficientlearning
&
quicktechnologicaldevelopments-e-learningissurelyaboontomanytoenjoyaricherlearningexperience.Thisisalsobecausetrainedstaffisabigchallengethesedays.Ourteachercom-munitystilldoesnotattractthebesttal-ent,andforthoseinsidethesystem,teachingisasecondarytaskandteachersE-learningisanexcellentoptioninedu-cation,particularlywhenthereare
hin-
drancestotraditionallearningsituations.Itgivesagreatopportunitytothestu-dentswhofinditdifficulttolearnwellinatraditionallearningenvironment,butthriveinamoreflexiblesetting.Themostobviousbenefitsaretheflexi-bilityandthecostsavingsfromnothav-ing
to
travelorspendexcesstimeawayfromwork.Convenienceisalsooneofthemajorad-vantagesofe-Iearning.Itallowsstudentstoworkandlearnattheirownpacewith-outtheunyieldingtimerestrictionsottra-ditionallearning.
It
providesaccessibilityaswell.Studentscanlearnfromanywhereintheworld.Itcanleadtoincreasedretentionandastrongergrasponthesubject-Thisisbe-coursecanincludegraphsandvideosforvisuallearners,narrationfortheaurallearner,thoroughnotesforthereadiwritelearnerandgamesorproductdemonstrationsforkinestheticlearnerstointeractwith.E-Learningismorefocusedonthelearneranditismoreinterestingforthelearnerbecauseitisinfor-mationthattheywanttolearn.
7.
Withcomputereducati.onbecominganinte-
gral
andimporta_ntpartofstudent.s'lives,wlJatcanschoolsdotomakecomputereduea-tioninteresting?Acontentbasedonthegeneralexposureofstu-dents-whatkindofbookstheygenerallyread,whatprogrammestheywatchontelevision,howdotheyspendfreetime,etcshouldbeservedtothem.Innovativeteachingpracticesshouldbefol-lowedbytheteachers.Independentthinkingskillsare
to
bedevelopedinchildren.Keepinginlinewiththisview,topicssuchasstep-wisethinking,logicalreasoning,andgatheringin-formationsystematicallyaretobetaughttoexplic-itlyteachthinkingprocessskills.Aconnectionofthesethinkingskillswithcomputerskills
is
tobeestablished.
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