How online learning is doing away with traditional learning methods
6 years, 4 months ago

How online learning is doing away with traditional learning methods

India Today  

Online learning has widened the scope of education and transcended it beyond classroom boundaries. Read: 7 ways classroom teaching is better than online education Favorable government initiatives for digital reform The government of India has taken some strong steps to push for digital reform in the country. How corporate and educational institutes are shifting to online learning Internet boom has been a major catalyst for the growth of online learning and with more than 500 million new internet users, the boost for online learning will only better itself. Read: Distance Learning vs Traditional Learning: 4 factors to help you make the choice Co-branded courses with corporates and educational institutes having live industry projects, real-time mentoring and peer to peer interactions on an online platform, with an exposure to connect with anyone across the globe interested in a same skill set is another main reason to help online learning score a brownie point over traditional learning which limits one to brick and mortar, or to a particular location and city. Online learning is hence, steadily disrupting the hackneyed chalk and talk’ education system in India because of the immense benefits it has to offer.

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As Sweden shifts back to books, is India next in the digital learning struggle?
2 months ago

As Sweden shifts back to books, is India next in the digital learning struggle?

India Today  

Digital learning was once touted as the way forward. While some use them for better understanding of topics, parental discretion is crucial in this regard.” She agrees with Mungali’s views, adding that for many students, owning a textbook itself is a luxury, making the idea of relying on digital learning seem almost unreal. The increased screen time among students isn’t …

Online learning least popular, OTT content most accessed by internet users in India: Report
2 months, 1 week ago

Online learning least popular, OTT content most accessed by internet users in India: Report

Live Mint  

New Delhi, January 17 : Online learning is the least popular activity among the internet users in the country, highlighted a report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India and Kantar. The data shared by report highlighted that only 3 per cent of internet users in the country utilizing the internet on the platform of online learning. Despite the …

Unlocking Opportunities: The Transformative Power of Online Education in India
5 months ago

Unlocking Opportunities: The Transformative Power of Online Education in India

The Hindu  

The article highlights the immense potential of online education in empowering India's youth to achieve career growth. With a significant percentage of Gen Z and millennials keen on higher education, online platforms provide unique opportunities for upskilling and staying relevant in a competitive global economy. The flexibility and accessibility of online education help individuals advance their careers while strengthening India's …

Overcoming Common Challenges in Online Learning with EdTech
5 months 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.

How Hybrid Learning Is Adapting to Meet the Needs of Today’s Learners
8 months, 2 weeks ago

How Hybrid Learning Is Adapting to Meet the Needs of Today’s Learners

The Hindu  

In the bustling landscape of Indian higher education, where tradition meets innovation, a transformative approach is gaining momentum: hybrid learning. Hybrid Learning Enables Flexibility India’s diverse student population spans bustling cities, small towns and villages, and everything in between. Hybrid Learning Bridges the Digital Divide India’s digital revolution is unstoppable, yet disparities persist. The country’s National Education Policy 2020 has …

What skills India: How skilling in India is evolving, the transformative journey
1 year ago

What skills India: How skilling in India is evolving, the transformative journey

Hindustan Times  

India, a burgeoning powerhouse of talent and innovation, stands at a crucial juncture in its educational and professional skilling journey. Skilling the school students- Early child education Early education recognition is essential as preschools lay the groundwork for future education by fostering children's emotional, intellectual, and physical growth, which shapes their adult selves. Early childhood education technology platforms are increasingly …

Coursera launches new AI features to support the needs of Indian learners, over 4,000 courses now available in Hindi
1 year, 2 months ago

Coursera launches new AI features to support the needs of Indian learners, over 4,000 courses now available in Hindi

Hindustan Times  

Coursera has announced the launch of several new initiatives in a bid to improve access to high-quality education in India and better serve the needs of learners and institutions in the country. Coursera launches new AI features, translates over 4,000 courses in Hindi to support the local needs of Indian learners. Additionally, Coursera also announced new enterprise and campus customers …

The link between a flexible approach to education and economic growth
1 year, 7 months ago

The link between a flexible approach to education and economic growth

Live Mint  

In a country as diverse and culturally rich as India, any ‘nation-first’ approach requires each of us to channel our energy towards honing the right skills so that we can assume greater responsibilities. While this will give India a huge competitive advantage in terms of its workforce and the consumption power of a young population to drive the economy, it …

How EdTech is Transforming Teaching and Learning in India - News18
1 year, 7 months ago

How EdTech is Transforming Teaching and Learning in India - News18

News 18  

Education Technology, popularly known as EdTech, has revolutionised the education sector in recent years. Growth in the Indian EdTech sector has been backed by growing demand as well as innovative learning models offered by homegrown EdTech startups, aided by a facilitative new education policy. EdTech involves the use of digital platforms, software tools, and devices to facilitate education and enhance …

Why is online learning becoming more prevalent in smaller cities?
1 year, 8 months ago

Why is online learning becoming more prevalent in smaller cities?

Deccan Chronicle  

There is no denying the distressed brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. With online learning becoming the most preferred mode of learning today, it has also given birth to other education concepts such as homeschooling. In addition, as opposed to standard textbooks and limited education material, online learning provides students access to media-centric content that not only facilitates their understanding …

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’ …

Digital education is the future, says expert
1 year, 10 months ago

Digital education is the future, says expert

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Digital education was the only way for the country to meet its goal of increasing the national gross enrollment ratio in higher education from 27 to 50 per cent by 2035, Jagat Bhushan Nadda, director of the Consortium for Educational Communication, said on Thursday. Nadda, who was in town for the launch of the 24th CEC-University Grants Commission Educational …

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 …

Top 5 higher education trends for 2023
2 years, 3 months ago

Top 5 higher education trends for 2023

India Today  

Online certification courses, ed-tech expansion, upskilling workplace competencies, and the rise of metaverse education models alongside gamification would be the top trends in the upcoming year. While metaverse is expected to bring in sweeping changes, certain courses like human resources, finance, marketing, machine learning, data science, cyber security, and UX UI courses are expected to be in high demand. Therefore, …

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 …

The case for online learning
2 years, 7 months ago

The case for online learning

The Hindu  

If teaching is talking, and learning is listening, then, does it make a difference whether you are inside a classroom or staring at your computer screen to share and gain knowledge? Creating opportunities Online learning is revolutionising education, and people are using it to further themselves, affirms Betty Vandenbosch, the former Chancellor of Purdue University Global. “India loves education, with …

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 …

EdTech: The new growth catalyst of Indian education industry
3 years, 1 month ago

EdTech: The new growth catalyst of Indian education industry

India Today  

The Education industry in India has witnessed maximum disruption during the pandemic. Coupled with the growing popularity of Massive Open Online Courses and distant education India’s EdTech industry is poised to reach $30 billion in the next 10 years. While the long-term impact of the pandemic on the education industry is yet to unfold, learning models are definitely going to …

Top ed-tech trends for 2022 that will make learning joyful
3 years, 1 month ago

Top ed-tech trends for 2022 that will make learning joyful

India Today  

Today, we are living in a world that is characterized by constant change. Holistic learning gives way for more multi-dimensional, practical and skill-based training, preparing individuals for the future world of work. Furthermore, post the pandemic, the flexibility of the workplace allowed many employees to work remotely, also driving better mental health, that in turn increased productivity. Immersive and experiential …

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

60% students do not have internet access in India: Report
3 years, 4 months ago

60% students do not have internet access in India: Report

India Today  

Over one-and-a-half years since the Covid pandemic broke out in India, the digital divide continues to pose challenges in remote teaching and learning, according to experts. Only 20 per cent of school-age children in India had access to remote education during the pandemic, of whom only half participated in live online lessons, according to a new national sample survey by …

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 …

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. In order to make quality education accessible to everyone from urban to rural areas, special emphasis has been laid on online and digital education in the new education policy, Mishra …

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 …

How online learning can revolutionise and reform Indian higher education
3 years, 7 months ago

How online learning can revolutionise and reform Indian higher education

The Hindu  

Despite an increase in literacy rate over the last decade, India’s higher education infrastructure relies on didactic transmission and is in need of reforms and revamps. India’s Gross Enrollment Ratio stands at 26.3%, which means that only that percentage of youngsters in the 18-23 age group are pursuing higher education. The UGC giving the nod to the top 100 NIRF …

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 …

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 …

What skills are Indians learning for 2021
4 years, 2 months ago

What skills are Indians learning for 2021

India Today  

Internshala Trainings, the e-learning arm of Internshala, has brought out a report highlighting the major skills that Indian students learned in 2020, preparing themselves for the career opportunities of 2021. To land lucrative jobs and fit in the drastically changing work environment, 26% of the total students enrolled for programming with Python training, 23% for digital marketing, and 22% students …

Revolution of Online Education: Advantages And Disadvantages
4 years, 3 months ago

Revolution of Online Education: Advantages And Disadvantages

India TV News  

The COVID-19 lockdown came as a "shock" for several students as coaching classes and schools closed abruptly after the government announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown from March 25 to check the spread of the coronavirus. However, in 2020, one of the most oft-used terms after the pandemic is the term “new normal.” And the new normal in education is the …

How Covid-19 paved the path for EduTech evolution in 2021
4 years, 3 months 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 …

How virtual connected classrooms can transform learning in rural India
4 years, 3 months ago

How virtual connected classrooms can transform learning in rural India

India Today  

Technology can become the "wings" that will allow the educational world to fly farther and faster than ever before-if we will allow it." The developments that happened in the field of educational technology are empowering educators to produce remarkable learning experiences for modern young minds, not just in urban areas but also in rural parts of India. But today, with …

Important tech trends that will reshape Indian Ed-Tech in 2021
4 years, 4 months ago

Important tech trends that will reshape Indian Ed-Tech in 2021

India Today  

With every aspect of our lives changing with the advancement in technology, it is inevitable to see the education technology industry evolving with the COVID-19 led digital transformation and beyond. Tech trends that will reshape the Indian EdTech industry in 2021 While the Coronavirus pandemic has already brought about major changes in the EdTech universe, 2021 has in store several …

Indian Learners Lead Online Education Boom Witnessed Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
4 years, 4 months ago

Indian Learners Lead Online Education Boom Witnessed Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

News 18  

The coronavirus pandemic has given many people around the world an opportunity to sign up for an online course and upskill themselves to keep up with the latest technology. Online education providing companies such as Coursera, Udemy and Udacity have observed a boost in business in India amid the pandemic and increased dependence on online learning. Among all the courses …

5 problems you can face in online learning and how to deal with them
4 years, 4 months ago

5 problems you can face in online learning and how to deal with them

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic and the prolonged lockdown induced by it has made working as well as studying from home the new normal. All stakeholders, including students, teachers and institutions are forced to overcome challenges that have come with this sudden and often hastily executed online learning programmes. In online learning, assessing students through a Multiple-Choice Question mechanism is still feasible …

Explained: Will online classes blur the lines of quality of education between govt schools and private schools?
4 years, 5 months ago

Explained: Will online classes blur the lines of quality of education between govt schools and private schools?

India Today  

The unprecedented Covid-19 situation has severely impacted more than 1.5 billion learners across 190 countries. Among other transformations, online education will level the playing field for students both in government and private schools. In India, whether in modern metropolitans, developing towns or at a rural level, the quality of education is significantly different in government schools and private schools. The …

Devi Kar | Surprising outcomes as schooling goes ‘virtual’ in COVID times
4 years, 5 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 …

Debunking five common myths about online-learning
4 years, 6 months ago

Debunking five common myths about online-learning

India Today  

Amid Covid-19 pandemic, online learning is taking over the world because of its availability, accessibility, convenience, and flexibility. Online learning is shrouded in myths that make it difficult for learners to accept it as a better alternative to traditional classroom education. Online-Learning is complicated and incomplete Students stay away from online courses because they believe that the instructor is never …

Why adoption of tech enabled solutions as part of mainstream education, is the way forward for Indian schools
4 years, 6 months ago

Why adoption of tech enabled solutions as part of mainstream education, is the way forward for Indian schools

India Today  

The Indian education system has recently realised the significance of technology adoption, in the face of the pandemic. When the lockdown forced the closure of physical classrooms, schools turned to technology enabled solutions for conducting virtual classes, which has helped accelerate the growth of edtech sector manifold, within a short time span. Why adoption of tech enabled solutions as part …

Class of 2020: Meet the educationists making e-learning accessible
4 years, 6 months ago

Class of 2020: Meet the educationists making e-learning accessible

Live Mint  

When India announced a nationwide lockdown on 24 March in a bid to check the spread of the covid-19 pandemic, most schools and colleges were forced to terminate classes in the final months of the academic year. “The offline system is straightforward,” says Mubeen Masudi, founder of RiSE, a Srinagar-based coaching institute for Indian Institutes of Technology entrance and class …

Online higher education tipped to grow ten-fold post-Covid, NEP
4 years, 7 months ago

Online higher education tipped to grow ten-fold post-Covid, NEP

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Online opportunity in higher education has an opportunity to grow 10-fold by FY25, benefitting from tailwinds caused by Covid-19 and regulatory developments, including the new education policy. Online higher education space can become a $5 billion market by then, finds RedSeer Consulting. The overall online higher education market will benefit from the new reforms, including the increase in public …

At least 27% school students have no access to smartphones or laptops for online classes, finds NCERT survey
4 years, 7 months ago

At least 27% school students have no access to smartphones or laptops for online classes, finds NCERT survey

Firstpost  

According to the survey, over a quarter of a total of 34,000 students and parents cited intermittent electricity or a lack thereof as a major hindrance New Delhi: At least 27 percent students do not have access to smartphones or laptops to attend online classes, while 28 percent students and parents believe intermittent or lack of electricity is one of …

Top 6 Ed-Tech trends in India post Covid-19
4 years, 7 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: …

India's Online Education Landscape Has Changed Because Broadband Was Ready - News18
4 years, 7 months ago

India's Online Education Landscape Has Changed Because Broadband Was Ready - News18

News 18  

The Covid pandemic has proved to be the biggest change agent for the education system. In India, the technology impetus within education is irreversible and the New Education Policy has also laid emphasis on this with the proposed creation of the National Educational Technology Forum. The lack of physical or facility-based instruction across the globe has created a fertile ground …

Online education not substitute for school education, to keep the learning process moving: Sisodia
4 years, 7 months ago

Online education not substitute for school education, to keep the learning process moving: Sisodia

India TV News  

Online education is not a substitute for school education and its purpose is to keep the learning process moving, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday. Sisodia, who is also Delhi's Education Minister, interacted with teachers and parents at a government school in Chirag Enclave to review the online and semi-online education system enforced in view of closure of …

In Delhi, remote learning during COVID-19 leaves less well-off grappling with digital divide and teachers ruing lack of training
4 years, 7 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 …

It is time to move India’s higher education online | Opinion
4 years, 8 months ago

It is time to move India’s higher education online | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

Education plays a dominant role in addressing the challenges a country faces and coming up with possible solutions. In 2020, the Internet penetration rate in India is 50%, and is rapidly increasing Covid-19 has given us the opportunity to reflect upon what should be the structures of higher educational institutes, and in what forms we can ensure accessible education during …

Covid-19 impact: How coronavirus crisis opened gates to new educational opportunities in India
4 years, 8 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 …

Online education has a mountain of problems in India but it can become accessible, inclusive if states are more proactive
4 years, 8 months ago

Online education has a mountain of problems in India but it can become accessible, inclusive if states are more proactive

Firstpost  

The online education space in India has been catching up for a few decades now but it has been largely used for skilling and is buoyed by self-learning. Earlier, the mute button was at the teacher’s end and we could mute students who interrupted class but with the new Microsoft Teams for education app, some children play truant and won’t …

Can online education be made accessible to all?
4 years, 8 months ago

Can online education be made accessible to all?

India Today  

The nationwide lockdown in response to covid19 has forced more than 300 Million Indian students to stay at home. Although many of India’s shuttered schools and colleges have started online classes for their students, there is still vast numbers of kids who have been left out in the cold. However, if the Indian government wants to truly enable online education …

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