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 them individual or collaborative work, assess learners' understanding as it evolves during the lesson and make changes in the teaching strategy to improve overall learning outcome-formative assessment and evaluate their learning at the end of chapters/unit for grading purposes-summative assessment, provide individual learners with feedback on their work for further improvement. This app features a host of useful applications that can help teachers streamline online classroom work, track learners' progress, and better engage them in online learning activities. In fact, online tools along with Google's Classroom app has helped streamline and automate much of teachers' administrative work so that they are now better able to assess learners, provide them with better-differentiated support and guidance. Challenges in executing study plans The primary challenges we faced at the start of our remote teaching programme included: finding an appropriate class duration training teachers, students, and parents in the use of digital tools incorporating formative assessments in virtual classroom practice implementing active learning strategies ensuring students' online safety and privacy With over three weeks of rigorous experimentation and experience with digital tools, we have been able to address these issues to the satisfaction of our teachers, students, and parents.

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Overcoming Common Challenges in Online Learning with EdTech
2 months, 2 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.

How to design better online learning to replicate the essence of the real world
8 months, 2 weeks ago

How to design better online learning to replicate the essence of the real world

The Hindu  

You can learn a lot about pottery in an online class. Once we know what we miss, even in the best virtual learning environments, we can factor in those aspects in the course designs. While replicating scents in the virtual space remains a future possibility, we must explore reintroducing sensory elements into the learning process. Virtual environments often lack the …

The role of AI and blended learning in shaping the future of education
1 year, 5 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, 6 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, 8 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 …

National Education Day: Here's why it is important to develop skills outside the classroom
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Schools are going online in disasters, worsening disruption
2 years, 3 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 …

Learning process: Online vs traditional
2 years, 7 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, 8 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 – …

Back to School: Teachers Stressed, Overworked as Schools Function in Both Online, Offline Modes
2 years, 10 months ago

Back to School: Teachers Stressed, Overworked as Schools Function in Both Online, Offline Modes

News 18  

After the reopening of schools following the third wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, schools have allowed students the option to choose between online and offline classes. Many schools across states have reopened their campus for students, however, attending offline classes is no compulsion and online classes are also being offered. For example, offline students submitted their work in hard copy …

How Covid-19 pandemic has changed the education system, forever
2 years, 10 months 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, …

A recap of what we have learnt from Internet education
2 years, 11 months 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 …

Covid-19 curbs: Teachers playing the role of counsellors as well
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19 curbs: Teachers playing the role of counsellors as well

India TV News  

Highlights Teachers play an important role in supporting children's learning both online and offline Children may face trouble concentrating or want additional time to get into the learning process Children can make recommendations, help with encouraging slogans and work in small groups What’s changed? But on the interesting part, teachers play an important role in supporting children's classroom learning, especially …

Online lectures increasingly used to cut costs: Student unions
2 years, 11 months ago

Online lectures increasingly used to cut costs: Student unions

NL Times  

Colleges and universities increasingly use online education as a cost-cutting measure instead of due to the coronavirus rules, student unions ISO and LSVb said to BNR. Students increasingly tell ISO that they are getting more online lectures even though in-person education is possible under Covid restrictions. The umbrella organizations for higher education institutions told BNR that the coronavirus crisis indeed …

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 …

Universities Minister Michelle Donelan says online learning mustn't be used as cost-saving measure
3 years, 1 month ago

Universities Minister Michelle Donelan says online learning mustn't be used as cost-saving measure

Daily Mail  

Online learning must not be used by vice chancellors as a cost-saving measure or 'for convenience', the Universities Minister warned yesterday. Michelle Donelan said institutions must become 'more transparent' about the return to face-to-face learning. Universities Minister Michelle Donelan said: 'During the uncertainty of Covid-19, face-to-face learning was rightly put on hold. However this temporary change in learning must not …

10 popular trends to deal education crisis post pandemic
3 years, 1 month 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, 2 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, 2 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 …

43% teachers unhappy with online mode of teaching in pandemic: Survey
3 years, 2 months ago

43% teachers unhappy with online mode of teaching in pandemic: Survey

India Today  

Around 43 percent of teachers said they were not satisfied with online teaching during the pandemic, while nine percent of them expressed complete dissatisfaction with the mode of education, according to a survey. A total of 220 school teachers participated while 20 people, including eight teachers, were interviewed for an online survey published in the Delhi Commission for Protection of …

Online Education Has Arrived with COVID-19. But Quality, Accessibility Gaps Must be Fixed
3 years, 2 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 …

How learning techniques have evolved with better learner outcomes
3 years, 3 months ago

How learning techniques have evolved with better learner outcomes

India Today  

As the nature of work is changing in a digital economy, so too are approaches to learning to meet both the needs and demands of those requiring flexible, collaborative, and digital solutions. In a flipped classroom approach, the learner activates their knowledge in their own time, typically using online materials such as activities, videos, and texts; and in the class …

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

How can teachers make online classes more engaging for students?
3 years, 4 months ago

How can teachers make online classes more engaging for students?

The Hindu  

Over the past year, teachers and students have been adapting to new modes of teaching and learning. Apart from the planning and fortitude required to deliver online content, efforts are required to reimagine human connections and interactions to aid learning. Here are a few ways in which a teacher can help personalise online learning: Engage with students: Teaching online does …

Not just students, teachers too had their share of struggles switching from offline to online classes
3 years, 4 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 …

How is the pandemic changing ways of teaching?
3 years, 5 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, 6 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 …

10 quick teaching skills for teachers to engage students in online classes
3 years, 6 months ago

10 quick teaching skills for teachers to engage students in online classes

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic significantly altered the teaching-learning dynamics in higher educational institutions, influencing how educators and students interact. Learning online is dependent on internet access and devices, which many students may not have access to, or may face system disruptions and errors. Moreover, online learning process comes with its own set of challenges for students, including decreasing motivation to attend …

The Balancing Act of Online Schooling
3 years, 7 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 …

No fun in their virtual classrooms?
3 years, 8 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 …

Top 5 edtech trends in the turn of the decade
3 years, 9 months ago

Top 5 edtech trends in the turn of the decade

India Today  

In recent years, education has evolved to incorporate more innovative technologies in the classroom. Here are some of the online learning trends to look out for in 2020: 1) Improving engagement and productivity via gamification Games empower learners, enrich learning experiences and boost learner engagement in the course material, they helped their learners stay focused and develop effective studying habits …

84% of teachers facing challenges during online classes: Survey
3 years, 9 months 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
3 years, 9 months 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 …

As Many Parents Fret Over Remote Learning, Some Find Their Kids Are Thriving
3 years, 10 months ago

As Many Parents Fret Over Remote Learning, Some Find Their Kids Are Thriving

NPR  

As Many Parents Fret Over Remote Learning, Some Find Their Kids Are Thriving Enlarge this image Jessie Casson/Getty Images Jessie Casson/Getty Images Bobby is a sixth grader at North Brookfield Elementary School in western Massachusetts. "Whereas with remote school, they usually send videos, so he can rewind it as much as he wants and all the information's right there so …

Learning in a pandemic: An online education executive shares tips
3 years, 10 months 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
3 years, 11 months 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
3 years, 11 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 …

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

Government joins hands with education portal for online courses
4 years 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 …

Impact of Covid-19 on student achievements and what it means for educators
4 years ago

Impact of Covid-19 on student achievements and what it means for educators

India Today  

The current year presented some new challenges to each industry; it not just forced people to change business cycle, lifestyle but had a deep impact on daily activities which people do to live their life and are considered as basic necessities. Different modes of education Covid-19 made students comfortable with different modes of education and as results, parents, educators of …

Revolution of Online Education: Advantages And Disadvantages
4 years 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 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 …

What challenges do online classes pose?
4 years ago

What challenges do online classes pose?

The Hindu  

With the pandemic forcing the teaching and learning process to migrate to the online mode, the education system has faced an upheaval like never before. G urumurthy Kasinathan: We are now changing our gaze from online education to digital education, which is a much broader canvas. Also, training needs to be imparted both to teachers and students on how to …

Major edtech trends of 2021 you should keep an eye on
4 years ago

Major edtech trends of 2021 you should keep an eye on

India Today  

Pathbreaking technological innovations like online classes, learning management systems, etc., are now becoming a part and parcel of our education system. Virtual and augmented reality Artificial intelligence has transformed the education industry by empowering the system through the automation of learning resources like online classes, assessments, homework tracking, and more. Online learning platforms offer a flexible learning environment by empowering …

5 Things We've Learned About Virtual School In 2020
4 years, 1 month ago

5 Things We've Learned About Virtual School In 2020

NPR  

5 Things We've Learned About Virtual School In 2020 Enlarge this image Carson McNamara for NPR Carson McNamara for NPR Deborah Rosenthal starts her virtual kindergarten class on Zoom every morning with a song — today, it's the Spanish version of "If You're Happy and You Know It." Rouse, in Joliet, calls its training "pretty fabulous" and essential to her …

5 innovative ways of teaching online to engage students better
4 years, 1 month ago

5 innovative ways of teaching online to engage students better

India Today  

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a lot of unprecedented changes in the world. Online teaching requires teachers to understand various aspects of the technology ecosystem and unlike the classroom, online teaching may prove ineffective for a teacher to gauge the learning levels of students. To address these challenges, here are 5 innovative ways of teaching online …

Study highlights online education woes
4 years, 1 month ago

Study highlights online education woes

The Hindu  

A field study by the Azim Premji University on the efficacy and accessibility of e-learning has found that more than 60% of the respondents who are enrolled in government schools could not access online education. More than 80% surveyed said they were unable to maintain emotional connect with students during online classes, while 90% of teachers felt that no meaningful …

5 problems you can face in online learning and how to deal with them
4 years, 2 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 …

How to ensure that students get the best of conventional and online learning
4 years, 2 months ago

How to ensure that students get the best of conventional and online learning

India Today  

In the wake of current disruptions and massive closure of educational institutions, education systems around the world are facing an unprecedented challenge. The World Economic Forum reports a surge in the use of language apps, virtual tutoring, video conferencing tools, and online learning software in the last 6-7 months. Millions of students from government schools and colleges, especially in rural …

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