As covid-19 closes US classrooms, families turn to India for homework help
4 years, 2 months ago

As covid-19 closes US classrooms, families turn to India for homework help

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Sheri Akerele has been struggling to keep her sons in third and seventh grade focused on online classes as coronavirus fears shut down in-person classes in their school in Atlanta for months. “It’s so hard learning from home.” Demand for online study support is fueling business for Indian teachers, who are tutoring American children on everything from calculus to computer programming. “In subjects that are often challenging, the Indian education system is better equipped to train individuals to become experts.” Online tutoring, online education and online classes in everything from calligraphy to ukulele have shot up as people are forced to stay home. “College students are turning to tutors because they are no longer getting the resources and support from their campuses such as TAs, tutoring centers and peer study groups.” Wyzant only uses teachers from the U.S., where hourly rates vary widely but average about $35 for tutors for elementary school students. “They say, ‘We don’t care what you teach but keep them busy.’” Some parents are using affordable Indian tutors to teach their children new skills while they are stuck at home.

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

WhiteHat Jr coding enters schools in India, to reach 10L students
3 years, 5 months ago

WhiteHat Jr coding enters schools in India, to reach 10L students

India TV News  

Leading online learning platform WhiteHat Jr on Tuesday announced to bring its flagship coding curriculum to schoolchildren in the country, adding that it has signed up 500 schools across the country, representing more than 1.25 lakh students, who will learn coding via a physical-digital blended coding curriculum. Targeting to teach 10 lakh school students by the next academic year as …

5 alternate career options for you in the times of Covid-19
3 years, 11 months ago

5 alternate career options for you in the times of Covid-19

India Today  

Many industries suffered heavily because of Covid-19 as the nation witnessed lockdowns and economic activity came to a halt. As the world tried to grapple with the pandemic and what it meant for businesses, many alternate career options arose as technology became a saviour and even allowed people to work from homes. Here are some alternate career options one can …

How Covid-19 paved the path for EduTech evolution in 2021
4 years ago

How Covid-19 paved the path for EduTech evolution in 2021

India Today  

We have been, for a long time, working on the traditional school system. Live Learning: Live learning technology provides an interactive platform for the teachers and the students to understand and focus on the learning experience. With real-time doubt-solving and feedback, live learning has not only created a real classroom-like learning environment but it also empowers teachers to control and …

Devi Kar | Surprising outcomes as schooling goes ‘virtual’ in COVID times
4 years, 3 months ago

Devi Kar | Surprising outcomes as schooling goes ‘virtual’ in COVID times

Deccan Chronicle  

Right through the Covid-19 pandemic, we have been hearing people cribbing and moaning about the deteriorating education scene after the schools were forced to shut down in March. First, teachers as well as students have successfully demonstrated that with the help of technology, it is possible to make learning effective as well as fun. I have seen phenomenal learning displayed …

Covid-19 impact: Is it enough to simply introduce technology and infuse it into a current educational framework?
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 impact: Is it enough to simply introduce technology and infuse it into a current educational framework?

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic has reawakened the debate about the correct balance between teacher-student engagement and technology. In May 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged that 'India must become a global knowledge superpower and that special emphasis must be given to the use of technology in the education sector by enhancing learning mechanisms with the use of technology, such as online …

Covid-19 deepens digital divide: How to upgrade rural education system in India
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 deepens digital divide: How to upgrade rural education system in India

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the Indian education system, pushing the migrate from traditional education to online. In a sense, it has created an opportunity to fill the gaps in rural education, which has many challenges for students such as lack of parental interest, digital divide, traditional modes of teaching, under-trained faculty, etc. Digital divide Despite having the second-largest internet …

Edtech startup WhiteHat Jr to hire 13,000 teachers by year-end
4 years, 4 months ago

Edtech startup WhiteHat Jr to hire 13,000 teachers by year-end

Live Mint  

Edtech startup WhiteHat Jr on Wednesday said it is ramping up its women-only teacher base in India, adding about 220 teachers a day and plans to have about 20,000 educators on its platform by year end. The ongoing ramp-up is to match the growing base of students across multiple countries including India, the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New …

Online learning: 5 tools to hold virtual classes during the Covid-19 pandemic
4 years, 4 months ago

Online learning: 5 tools to hold virtual classes during the Covid-19 pandemic

India Today  

The Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has put the world in lockdown. The silver lining to this cloud is that teachers can use the craze for technology in students to engage them and create learning opportunities even outside the conventional classroom setup. No wonder schools in different parts of the world are shifting to online learning with many teachers recording video classes …

Top 6 Ed-Tech trends in India post Covid-19
4 years, 4 months ago

Top 6 Ed-Tech trends in India post Covid-19

India Today  

The ongoing Covid-19 crises and the resultant lockdown over the past few months, has accelerated the adoption of technology across sectors, including education. And long after the pandemic, once the lockdown is eased and schools do finally open, a lot of parents may opt for complete or partial provisions for home schooling via virtual classrooms. Digital learning with on-demand content: …

COVID-19 made 3/4 Indian learners rethink career path: Study
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 made 3/4 Indian learners rethink career path: Study

India TV News  

The COVID-19 pandemic has made more than three out of four Indian learners to rethink their career path, according to a survey. As per the findings of the survey conducted by learning company Pearson, 87 per cent of Indian students think online learning would be a part of children's education experience moving forward. "Eighty-two per cent Indians say the pandemic …

In Delhi, remote learning during COVID-19 leaves less well-off grappling with digital divide and teachers ruing lack of training
4 years, 5 months ago

In Delhi, remote learning during COVID-19 leaves less well-off grappling with digital divide and teachers ruing lack of training

Firstpost  

The effectiveness of online classes has also become a sensitive issue for school managements caught between government instructions and parental expectations. Private school students like Vaishnavi, every morning wear their uniforms, pack their bags, reach ‘class’ on time and start with their “good morning madam” followed by marking of attendance. “True, some parents who were not plugged into technology and …

New education trends to watch out for post-Covid-19
4 years, 5 months ago

New education trends to watch out for post-Covid-19

India Today  

Covid-19 pandemic is clearly a sign of changing times. New education trends Realizing that uninterrupted learning for students is the need of the hour, educational institutions in India have been quick to reinvent the education delivery to students. This has resulted in new education trends emerging to stay in the post-Covid-19 world. New trends to watch out for The global …

Covid-19 impact: How coronavirus crisis opened gates to new educational opportunities in India
4 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 impact: How coronavirus crisis opened gates to new educational opportunities in India

India Today  

In mid-February, when the coronavirus was penetrating into the roots of our country, all the organizations and companies permitted their employees to work from home. Thus online teaching in this hard time has opened new avenues for educational institutions offering distance learning course, coaching centre, homeschooling, etc. Teachers and Professors: In this time of crises, where teachers are being trained …

Learning unlocked: Here's how India can unlock learning from home despite Covid-19
4 years, 6 months ago

Learning unlocked: Here's how India can unlock learning from home despite Covid-19

India Today  

Learning has no boundaries and Covid-19 has proven that. Online learning A recent KPMG report projected that the growth of the online education market in India will reach USD 1.96 billion in 2021. Better assessment for effective learning Deeptech capabilities comprising AI, Machine Learning and data analytics are helping EdTech companies offer a better assessment to students in K-12 as …

Covid-19 impact: Here's how coronavirus is affecting the education sector
4 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 impact: Here's how coronavirus is affecting the education sector

India Today  

The Covid-19 crisis has jolted the global economy with a pervasive impact on almost all sectors. Also, online education needs to take cognizance of different learning pace of students and develop customised solutions for them. Online education cannot replace the traditional classroom Although online education cannot replace classroom education due to the personalized nature of attention and face to face …

Teaching during Covid-19 lockdown: Coping up with online classes and excelling
4 years, 8 months ago

Teaching during Covid-19 lockdown: Coping up with online classes and excelling

India Today  

During social distancing and ‘stay home’ order, nobody is spared. In this situation, only not-out batsmen are increasing numbers of ‘Webinars’ and online ‘learning.’ Universities like Harvard, Stanford offered their MOOC free to the students. A typical online course needs contents preparation and modern educational technology to connect the content with students. Transfer of knowledge through online classes The bottom …

Online learning: A new reality for schools during Covid-19
4 years, 8 months ago

Online learning: A new reality for schools during Covid-19

India Today  

Educational institutions in most countries are now closed to contain the spread of coronavirus, resulting in the home-schooling of millions of students globally. Online tools used for teaching: Hangouts Meet, Zoom, Google Classroom etc To teach remotely, a teacher requires a way to: communicate with learners in real-time, share with learners a variety of resources in different file formats, assign …

SWOTing the situation
4 years, 8 months ago

SWOTing the situation

The Hindu  

The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered educational institutions across the globe. Closure of schools, colleges and universities, shutdown of routine life of students and teachers, disruptions in education and the education ministry remaining incommunicado, have created an unprecedented situation and thrown many unexpected challenges to administrators, educators, teachers, parents and students. Recently, the Delhi government announced that it would conduct online …

Covid-19: Education system's big shift from classrooms to computers
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Education system's big shift from classrooms to computers

India Today  

The previous few weeks have observed heightened awareness of the Coronavirus outbreak in the nation. UNESCO too suggested that digital learning platforms can help students’ access to quality education remotely during times like these. Benefits of E-learning The digital learning platforms said the students with full access to the study material as well as allow them to engage in online …

Covid-19 Lockdown: HRD Ministry seeks suggestions to improve online education system
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 Lockdown: HRD Ministry seeks suggestions to improve online education system

India Today  

The HRD Ministry has launched a week-long campaign called "Bharat Padhe Online" for gathering ideas to improve the country's online education ecosystem. The nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak has enhanced the focus on online education, with schools and colleges offering classes over the Internet to minimise academic loss during the period. "The campaign aims to invite the best …

Covid-19 pandemic: E-learning trends you need to watch for
4 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic: E-learning trends you need to watch for

India Today  

Due to fast technological innovations over the past decade, e-learning is being widely used globally. More and more Indian students enrolling in e-Learning courses According to a study by Velocity MR, a leading market Research and Analysis company, 72 per cent Indians prefer online or e-learning as compared to traditional classroom training. Indian demography is ideal for online learning because …

Covid-19 Lockdown: Manipal University starts online classes, students with poor net connection facing problems
4 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 Lockdown: Manipal University starts online classes, students with poor net connection facing problems

India Today  

With classes suspended due to COVID-19 outbreak, all the departments of Manipur University have started online teaching, but students residing in remote areas of the state are facing problems due to poor net connectivity while attending the classes, officials said. Manipur University Registrar Prof WC Singh in an order on April 2 had asked students and teachers to download and …

Online classes preparing educational institutes for future emergency
4 years, 9 months ago

Online classes preparing educational institutes for future emergency

India Today  

The situation around Covid-19 has forced several educational institutions across the country to adopt the online mode of delivery and instruction to ensure that learning continues and students do not suffer. Although the current crisis has practically forced educational institutions to transition to online classes, a majority of educators are increasingly realizing the need to enhance their classroom delivery through …

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