E-learning: Boon to education system during Covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 10 months ago

E-learning: Boon to education system during Covid-19 lockdown

India Today  

In view of the Covid-19 outbreak all across the world, everyone is taking all precautionary and preventive measures to combat this pandemic. ICT, which a great enabler and facilitator of online learning, has kept the learning process intact even at this time. In the context of this, UGC with the help of ICT has arranged and shared several online links which can be accessed by students, faculties, academicians and researchers for audio, video and text content. Impact of digital tools in education In this digital era, even when the students and faculties are having a barrier of social distancing, several industries are getting impacted including education industry but ICT has reduced this barrier of social distancing and lockdown with the help of so many digital and online initiatives and tools. Students and academicians can make maximum usage of this lockdown period to enrol into numerous courses which are available online like Swayam, Coursera, edX and many more.

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Screens have taken over classrooms. Even students have had enough.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Screens have taken over classrooms. Even students have had enough.

Live Mint  

Kindergartners now watch math lessons on YouTube, counting aloud with the videos. “I don’t like having my eyes glued on a screen for a while," said eighth-grader Aubrey Ortiz, in San Antonio. “It has removed barriers," said Pamela Maddox, the principal of Compton Early College High School, a high-performing school in a district serving majority Latino and Black students. “For …

Digital shabbats: Reclaiming childhood beyond screens
2 months, 1 week ago

Digital shabbats: Reclaiming childhood beyond screens

Hindustan Times  

Will this mitigate the problem, or will children simply continue their digital engagement under cover with even lesser supervision? Teenagers who spend a lot of time on digital platforms demonstrate higher levels of anxiety, have lower self-esteem, and struggle with real-world social skills, creating a challenge that extends far beyond traditional educational boundaries. Digital platforms can be transformed into powerful …

Overcoming Common Challenges in Online Learning with EdTech
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Overcoming Common Challenges in Online Learning with EdTech

India Today  

Common challenges in online learning are addressed by EdTech solutions, offering creative and effective ways to enhance the learning experience. Interactive learning platforms, collaboration tools, accessibility solutions, and adaptive learning tools help overcome engagement, communication, technical issues, and assessment integrity. By leveraging EdTech, schools can create a more engaging and accessible learning environment for students, fostering their academic success.

Digital education: It can grant even prisoners tech sector jobs
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Digital education: It can grant even prisoners tech sector jobs

Live Mint  

James Tweed has always been fascinated by the act of learning in isolation. Today, Coracle Online Ltd has distributed 2,600 laptops loaded with educational software to most of Britain’s prisons, or about one for every 30 prisoners. The US already has broader efforts in place to teach prisoners with digital devices, with several states pursuing schemes that distribute tablets and …

Charting a path for equitable technology use in education
11 months, 1 week ago

Charting a path for equitable technology use in education

Hindustan Times  

The digital revolution in education is transforming learning landscapes, with technology playing a pivotal role in enhancing educational delivery and access. Yet, the promise of digital education is contingent upon equitable access and responsible use of technology. Real-world applications and hands-on activities can enrich the learning experience, making technology an integral part of education that prepares students not just to …

Helping Students in Real Time: Centre Invites Edtech Firms to Give Digital Learning Solutions
1 year, 3 months ago

Helping Students in Real Time: Centre Invites Edtech Firms to Give Digital Learning Solutions

News 18  

The Centre has invited tech firms to come up with online tutoring solutions that can provide “real-time” support and guidance to students so that every student is covered “irrespective of his/her background”. According to the document inviting the applications from edtech companies accessed by News18, online tutoring solution should provide “real-time” support and guidance to students when they encounter difficulties, …

The role of AI and blended learning in shaping the future of education
1 year, 8 months ago

The role of AI and blended learning in shaping the future of education

The Hindu  

As we stand at the dawn of a new era in education, it is time to reevaluate the effectiveness of the current smart classroom technology. With students and educators becoming more comfortable with online learning platforms, the concept of blended learning, which combines traditional classroom experiences with online learning, is becoming more relevant than ever. Blended learning offers several advantages …

Online education is inadequate for reasons we have long known
1 year, 8 months ago

Online education is inadequate for reasons we have long known

Live Mint  

Why does online education always fall so short of its promise? Even the biggest champions of online education usually do not claim that it can develop values and fundamental capacities, so this piece focuses on goals that are to do with knowledge and some directly related capacities, such as critical thinking. Two kinds of knowledge are goals of education: ‘know-what’ …

From Pandemic Necessity to Future Revolution: Why Online Education is Here to Stay
1 year, 11 months ago

From Pandemic Necessity to Future Revolution: Why Online Education is Here to Stay

News 18  

Even before the advent and unfortunate spread of Covid-19, online education was slowly spreading roots in India. The sheer scale and speed of the spread has helped to speed up its implementation across the country, and we are left with the question: Is online education the new norm going forward? Online education is already the norm in several countries across …

7 tools edtech companies are looking at in 2023 to democratise learning
2 years ago

7 tools edtech companies are looking at in 2023 to democratise learning

India Today  

Online education powered by edtech companies is revamping the entire education system with innovative ideas. On one hand, it gives a fresh and alternate avenue for learning, and on the other hand, edtech companies are widening the scope of education by improving equity, accessibility, and interactivity. Sarita Digumarti, Chief Learning Officer, UNext Learning, says that going forward, many new tools …

National Education Day: Here's why it is important to develop skills outside the classroom
2 years, 4 months ago

National Education Day: Here's why it is important to develop skills outside the classroom

India Today  

The pandemic alerted the world to the need to revamp traditional education practices. As a result, the ed-tech industry witnessed a boom and the number of online platforms offering various courses grew significantly. LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOMS: BENEFITS PROMOTING GREATER ACCESS With the increase in emphasis on online learning, students who are willing to learn but do not have access …

Why students need to know about digital literacy
2 years, 5 months ago

Why students need to know about digital literacy

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology defines digital literacy as “the ability of individuals and communities to understand and use digital technologies for meaningful actions within life situations.” With the pandemic hastening the pace at which digital technology is being adopted across sectors, students need to know to use it safely and effectively. Here are a few ways in …

Schools are going online in disasters, worsening disruption
2 years, 6 months ago

Schools are going online in disasters, worsening disruption

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Two and a half years after schools switched to …

Paradigm shift in online learning post-Covid era helping unprivileged kids to rewrite their destiny
2 years, 8 months ago

Paradigm shift in online learning post-Covid era helping unprivileged kids to rewrite their destiny

India TV News  

Paradigm shift in online learning post-Covid era helping unprivileged kids to rewrite their destiny Online learning became significant during the pandemic, allowing content to reach poor and unprivileged children through the click of a button. The situation was no different in Delhi slums, where AROH Foundation has been implementing its projects like Padho aur Badho and remedial education project ‘RISE’ …

Learning process: Online vs traditional
2 years, 10 months ago

Learning process: Online vs traditional

India Today  

The debate between online and traditional education continues to take the center seat with every passing day. Interestingly, the reopening of schools in recent months has reignited the debate if online learning will edge past traditional classrooms. But is the online learning process an absolute alternative to traditional learning? COMPARING ONLINE AND TRADITIONAL LEARNING PROCESSES Features Online Learning Traditional Learning …

COVID Blues: Enough about Exams, Placements; Ask Students How They’re Doing
2 years, 10 months ago

COVID Blues: Enough about Exams, Placements; Ask Students How They’re Doing

News 18  

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to send shock waves throughout the world, education is witnessing unprecedented changes. According to the World Bank, 94 per cent of students – 1.6 billion – were out of educational institutions during lockdowns. An estimated 258 million children were out of school, and the Learning Poverty rate in developing countries was 53 per cent – …

5 biggest educational technology trends in near future
2 years, 11 months ago

5 biggest educational technology trends in near future

India Today  

In the past, various trends in the education sector have been deployed with varying degrees of success, but the trends that the previous couple of years brought in the sector have completely changed the sector's dynamics and are surely here to stay for the foreseeable future. LIFELONG LEARNING VIA SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES The education landscape today is vastly different even from …

How Covid-19 pandemic has changed the education system, forever
3 years, 1 month ago

How Covid-19 pandemic has changed the education system, forever

India TV News  

The Covid-19 has resulted in prolonged schools shutting all across the world. Role of digital technology Digital technology with easy access to the internet helped bring remote learning opportunities, online classrooms, and access to high-quality education even in rural and semi-urban locations. Online learning=Flexible learning Online learning can help students pursue highly personalized learning programs; these combined with hands-on exercises, …

In COVID Times, Why It is Dangerous to Mistake Information for Education
3 years, 1 month ago

In COVID Times, Why It is Dangerous to Mistake Information for Education

News 18  

The Budget announcement every year by the Finance Minister is a big event typically followed by praise, criticism, expression of opinions by experts and conversation among people in general. Besides the usual provisions, a Digital University has been proposed to give access to world-class quality education to all students with personalised learning experience at their doorstep. The Budget also focuses …

A recap of what we have learnt from Internet education
3 years, 1 month ago

A recap of what we have learnt from Internet education

The Hindu  

In the last decade, liberalisation and the Internet revolution have been among the important global developments. Benefits Today, with the advent of video-sharing social media platforms, many education-related activities are streamed and news viewed digitally for the benefit of students and educators. Government and private bodies alike have embarked on developing suitable dashboards, Learning Managing Systems and Enterprise Resource Planning …

On International Day of Education, here are five emerging learning trends
3 years, 1 month ago

On International Day of Education, here are five emerging learning trends

India TV News  

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education to celebrate the pivotal role that education plays in creating peace and development. Education will be hybrid and digitally adaptive Rajesh says, "According to a post on unesco.org, 258 million children and youth in the world still do not attend school and over 617 million children and …

A digital divide haunts schools adapting to virus hurdles
3 years, 2 months ago

A digital divide haunts schools adapting to virus hurdles

Associated Press  

When April Schneider’s children returned to in-person classrooms this year, she thought they were leaving behind the struggles from more than a year of remote learning. As more families pivot back to remote learning amid quarantines and school closures, reliable, consistent access to devices and home internet remains elusive for many students who need them to keep up with their …

Year-ender 2021: How Covid-19 pandemic enabled EdTech to become leading sector for growth
3 years, 2 months ago

Year-ender 2021: How Covid-19 pandemic enabled EdTech to become leading sector for growth

India Today  

The increased adoption by institutions, professionals, parents, and students marks the growth. Adoption of EdTech tools and products by students, teachers, and institutes The pandemic enabled EdTech to become the leading sector for growth. Even while educational technology, or edtech, has been around for a while, the worldwide lockdown caused by the pandemic was undoubtedly the driving force for its …

76% of Indian Students Faced Learning Losses During Pandemic: UNICEF
3 years, 3 months ago

76% of Indian Students Faced Learning Losses During Pandemic: UNICEF

News 18  

As many as 76 per cent of parents of children between the ages of 5-13 years, and 80 per cent of adolescents between 14-18 years, reported learning less due to extended closure of schools, as per a survey by UNICEF. “With the safe reopening of schools across the country after more than a year, the children’s Charter of Demands focuses …

10 popular trends to deal education crisis post pandemic
3 years, 4 months ago

10 popular trends to deal education crisis post pandemic

India Today  

The covid-19 pandemic has totally changed the educational scenario in very unpredictable ways. From the previous year, as schools moved to online learning and teachers scrambled to deal with different ways of teaching, many students and parents gained a new appreciation for the value of self-care. STEAM curriculum Earlier you have heard about STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, …

How teachers in India adopted hybrid learning during Covid
3 years, 4 months ago

How teachers in India adopted hybrid learning during Covid

India Today  

Students living in poverty-stricken areas are more likely to lack the educational tools like mobile phones and laptops that make learning at home successful. Approaches need to be followed in Hybrid Model: The nationwide closings and the associated shift to distance learning and the growing digital divide affected students, teachers, educators, and parents equally. We need to think about how …

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System
3 years, 4 months ago

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System

News 18  

Education remains the solitary ray of hope for many to break the vicious circle of poverty. However, the data released by the Unified District Information System for Education for the academic session 2019-20 shows that 78 per cent of schools in India don’t have internet facilities and more than 61 per cent do not even have computers. Approximately 12 crore …

Online Education Has Arrived with COVID-19. But Quality, Accessibility Gaps Must be Fixed
3 years, 4 months ago

Online Education Has Arrived with COVID-19. But Quality, Accessibility Gaps Must be Fixed

News 18  

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted children’s education. The School Education Department of Madhya Pradesh, for instance, has initiated various digital learning interventions such as Radio School, Digital Learning Enhancement Programme, Hamara Ghar Hamara Vidyalaya programme, Shiksha ka Kona, mohalla classes and Knowledge Hub for Electronic Learning, among others. Some studies have examined the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the …

Rajasthan governor stresses on bridging digital gap for students in rural areas
3 years, 5 months ago

Rajasthan governor stresses on bridging digital gap for students in rural areas

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Monday stressed on bridging the digital gap in the present era of information and communication technology so everyone can get practical benefit of online education. Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra stresses on bridging the digital gap so that everyone can get practical benefit of online education. In order to make quality education accessible to everyone from …

Covid-19 impact: Here's why online education is the new way of learning
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 impact: Here's why online education is the new way of learning

India Today  

A teacher is reading out lessons loudly to a classroom while rows of desks filled with students listen attentively early in the morning. This massive switch in the learning mediums allowed growth in the sector of online education and the Edtech companies in India, which were already on a high growth trajectory even before the pandemic, with Google and KPMG …

Not just students, teachers too had their share of struggles switching from offline to online classes
3 years, 6 months ago

Not just students, teachers too had their share of struggles switching from offline to online classes

India TV News  

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned around things for the education sector. Sumeet Mehta, Co-founder & CEO of LEAD, which claims to be one of the fastest growing EdTech companies in the country, explained how his platform helped teachers during the transition phase. My heartfelt thanks to LEAD.” Monika Pawar, Professor at Shubh Memorial International School, Akhnoor “My teaching career started …

Should digital wellness be part of the school curriculum?
3 years, 7 months ago

Should digital wellness be part of the school curriculum?

Live Mint  

As the covid-19 pandemic forced schools in urban India to pivot to virtual classes, one found children spending an inordinate amount of time online. In fact, according to a new study by McAfee Corp—which focuses on personal security for consumers—89 per cent Indians believe that schools should educate children on online safety, with 62 per cent of the respondents wishing …

We must not sleepwalk into a global education crisis
3 years, 7 months ago

We must not sleepwalk into a global education crisis

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At the same time, global gross …

How is the pandemic changing ways of teaching?
3 years, 7 months ago

How is the pandemic changing ways of teaching?

India TV News  

Before the pandemic, digital education was primarily used in situations where learning opportunities were curtailed by distance or other factors. Factors to reshape education Flexibility Accessibility Ability to democratise learning Create borderless global classrooms Bring infrastructural costs down. Digital education best suited during pandemic For now, digital education is plugging gaps in a world where in-person learning is fraught with …

When students can’t study
3 years, 8 months ago

When students can’t study

Hindustan Times  

Nearly 78% of schools in India don’t have internet facilities, and more than 61% do not have computers, the latest Unified District Information System for Education data, released by the Centre for 2019-20 shows. Only one-third of students could pursue online education, and only 32.5% are doing live online classes, according to the Annual Status of Education Report released in …

No Tech Utopia: A Blended Learning System Must Recognise Real-world Challenges
3 years, 8 months ago

No Tech Utopia: A Blended Learning System Must Recognise Real-world Challenges

News 18  

In the wake of the Covid pandemic, the University Grants Commission in its concept note on ‘Blended Mode of Teaching and Learning’ has recommended blended learning, under which up to 40 per cent of a course will be taught online and the rest 60 per cent through traditional, offline methods in all higher education institutions. Online learning began to be …

Digital divide stands in the way of children’s home residents
3 years, 9 months ago

Digital divide stands in the way of children’s home residents

The Hindu  

While educational institutions are on the path of transforming students into digital academics, here is a group of residents at two children’s homes in Kozhikode who are yet to have sufficient e-learning tools to feel the change. At the Children’s Home for Girls, there are 32 students who manage with limited number of gadgets to attend online classes. Many of …

The Balancing Act of Online Schooling
3 years, 9 months ago

The Balancing Act of Online Schooling

News 18  

The pre covid-19 times; Bittersweet memories arise when we reminisce of the past from the point of view of a student. Attending my first online class with zeal making notes to slowly progressing to taking in the main objectives and tuning out the rest as the year progressed This power of being selective –where you can choose to pay attention …

How pedagogical approach in learning needs to change to learn in b-schools in pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

How pedagogical approach in learning needs to change to learn in b-schools in pandemic

India Today  

It is up to instructors to seize them to create conscientious, diligent, and caring instructional options that students can accept and comprehend. The use of online resources thrived significantly among other resources at this time as one could search for information and materials through online blogs, papers, websites, and other related resources. Challenges However, there are several challenges also to …

No fun in their virtual classrooms?
3 years, 11 months ago

No fun in their virtual classrooms?

Hindustan Times  

As online classrooms become the order of the day, let's hear it from the students about their experiences and challenges. Nishad Neelambaran and Kavita Awaasthi The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has given rise to ‘new normal’ in education system — online classes. Lenovo Smarter Ed Scholarship — An initiative by Hindustan Times, gives students from class five to 12 to share …

84% of teachers facing challenges during online classes: Survey
4 years ago

84% of teachers facing challenges during online classes: Survey

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the education sector globally. Online class challenges linked to lack of teacher preparedness The online survey conducted by Learning Spiral showed that while children face issues in accessing education digitally, teachers face issues in delivering education through digital mediums. A staggering 84% of teachers reported facing challenges in delivering education digitally with close to half …

Pushed online during Covid-19, teachers remained a class apart
4 years ago

Pushed online during Covid-19, teachers remained a class apart

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Life during the Covid-19 pandemic has been a time of learning for all and particularly for teachers. Gradually, we shifted to other modes of online classes, including Zoom and Google classrooms,” he said He says teaching maths online was a major challenge. But, later, the state education department formed an academic team of teachers to create content for …

Learning in a pandemic: An online education executive shares tips
4 years, 1 month ago

Learning in a pandemic: An online education executive shares tips

Hindustan Times  

In the darkest moments of the past year, Stephanie Dua, co-founder and president of HOMER, a New York City-based online learning program, turned to early lessons on hard work and optimism she learned on her father’s almond and walnut farm. “You always knew nutters because your fingers would turn black from all the nuts’ skins that you were picking,” said …

From real-time learning to sustainability and innovation: How B-schools rewriting curriculum in post-Covid era
4 years, 1 month ago

From real-time learning to sustainability and innovation: How B-schools rewriting curriculum in post-Covid era

India TV News  

The pandemic has forced several business schools to rewrite their curriculum to move forward in the new session. To foster analytical and critical thinking abilities of students and help them make data-based decisions and inculcate cross-cultural perspectives so they can function seamlessly in a global business environment, business schools are focusing majorly on working on real-time projects with industry professionals …

How e-learning is transforming the education sector
4 years, 2 months ago

How e-learning is transforming the education sector

India Today  

The Covid-19 induced shutdown affected schooling and learning, including teaching and assessment methodologies. Learners who view online classes as education through edutainment continually set new learning goals for themselves. As technology develops, these new trends will also develop, but the pillars around which it will advance would be customised learning, accessibility, engagement, and user-centric learning. Overcoming challenges The challenges of …

Role of education publishers in the age of digital learning
4 years, 2 months ago

Role of education publishers in the age of digital learning

India Today  

The role of good quality textbooks in the formative years of a child is one that cannot be ignored. With the need for quality in textbooks and learning materials on the one hand and the accelerated momentum in digital education especially in online learning, education publishers play a critical role in research, compilation, design, printing, distribution, and now in digitizing …

Pupils face falling behind because they can’t access online learning, headteachers and councils warn
4 years, 2 months ago

Pupils face falling behind because they can’t access online learning, headteachers and councils warn

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She added: “I totally support schools closing for all the …

Digital divide deprives have-nots of proper online education
4 years, 2 months ago

Digital divide deprives have-nots of proper online education

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered the most ugly and frightening aspects of the digital divide in the domain of education. Even if we try to paint the intra-area and intra-school type heterogeneity with a broad brush, every member of the urban elite family is likely to have a dedicated high-end digital device with high-speed uninterrupted broadband connectivity; the semi-urban may …

Pandemic played havoc on academics this year
4 years, 2 months ago

Pandemic played havoc on academics this year

Hindustan Times  

Months of lockdown and subsequent measures to curtail to spread of Covid-19 restrictions has derailed the academic sessions of schools and colleges this year. Although online classes and television programmes were tailored for students of government schools, many were deprived of learning due to issues ranging from affordability to accessibility. Aditi Mishra, the principal of Delhi Public School, Sector 45, …

Government joins hands with education portal for online courses
4 years, 2 months ago

Government joins hands with education portal for online courses

India Today  

The National Skill Development Corporation along with an online education portal DigiVidyapeeth is all set to launch an e-curriculum to upgrade skills for both professionals and students. Under the initiative, the MESC will work with the education portal to design the online courses upskilling candidates as per the industry needs. Online courses by government “Courses have been developed in the …

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