Role of IT in enhancing the quality of higher education

Role of

IT and its application

In Enhancing the Quality

of Higher Education

(Authors: Dr. Kiran Angra & Mrs. Rajni)

Abstract

Information Technology is the crucial part

of the education system today. In this 21st

century we need creative thinkers and

innovators. In this challenging

environment, educators are required to

modify their teaching strategies. The IT

and its application have brought drastic

transformations in…

the teaching learning process. The

growing use of IT changes many

strategies employed by teachers and

students in the learning process. The role

of IT in higher education is recurring and

unavoidable. In this age of Globalization

and competition we have to shift our

education system to world level. IT has

enabled us to monitor and evaluate what

is learnt, how it is learnt and when and…

where learning took place. IT has provided

e-learning an alternative teaching and

learning methodology. This technology

being added to the traditional teachers

centered model and students get

opportunity using the World Wide Web

(WWW) for developing their skills. To this

generation of the students communication

means E-mail, Online chats and Skype

(online video)…

Key Issue in higher education to

provide right pedagogies tools to ensure

that we produce the desired graduates. IT

and its application are going to play a vital

role in bringing qualitative change in

education. IT also helps the educational

management system to discharge various

functions such as conduct of exams.

Modern educational technologies based

on information…

technologies which plays significant role inthe modernization of education. IT hasfundamentally changed the working ofeducation. The enrollment ratio in highereducation is great problem in India and weneed to work on how to decrease this rate.Therefore we have to make use of IT ineducation in order to bridge the gap. Thischange in the education leads toinnovative solutions for futuredevelopment…

Last but not the least, teaching means

promoting students and successful

innovations, this will be provided by IT in

this modern world.

Keywords:

IT, Education, virtual education, Teaching,

Distance education, Higher education, E-

Learning, Innovation and Research.

Introduction

Education is the essential part of life and

learning is a continuous process. In

today’s scenario we need creative thinkers

and innovators. In new innovation,

education plays a major role. Education

is the backbone of a nation. The education

system provides us better living standard.

In 21st century …

information technology plays a vital role in

imparting education. At the start of internet

in 1990’s, a saying was in fashion “the

internet changes everything”. IT and its

applications changed the way of teaching

and imparting education. Our education

system is focusing on creating the

students who can face the challenges at

world level. Educational governing bodies

like UGC, AICET are doing…

great for improving the quality of education

but with great difficulties. But information

technology changed the style of education

system. It creates knowledgebase and

then makes it available when and where it

is necessary. It reduces the cost to provide

education on people’s door step. In 21st

century one can hardly find a country

where higher education through distance

mode is not…

available. But In present days with the

revolution of IT, the higher education

through distance mode is done by virtual

learning i.e., through internet. IT has

provided e-learning an alternative teaching

and leaning methodology. This technology

being added to the traditional teachers

centered model to give better results…

Definition of Terms:-

IT:- The term Information Technology (IT)

was coined by Jim Domsic of Michigan in

November 1981. Domsic created the term

to modernize the outdated phrase "data

processing". Information Technology is a

general term that describes any

technology that helps to produce,

manipulate, store…

communicate and/or disseminateinformation. Presumably, when speakingof Information Technology as a whole, it isnoted that the use of computers andinformation are associated. “InformationTechnology” as defined bythe Information TechnologyAssociation of America (ITAA), is "thestudy, design, development,implementation, support or managementof…

computer-based information systems,

particularly software applications and

computer hardware." IT deals with the use

of computers and computer software to

convert, store, protect, process, transmit

and securely retrieve information...

E-Learning:- E-learning is the computer and

network-enabled transfer of skills and

knowledge. E-learning applications and

processes include Web-based learning,

computer-based learning, virtual

education opportunities and digital

collaboration. Content is delivered via the

Internet, intranet/extranet, audio or video

tape, satellite TV, and CD-ROM. It can be

self-paced or instructor-led…

and includes media in the form of text,

image, animation, streaming video and

audio. E-Learning is mainly linked with

higher education and professional training.

The other name of e-learning is on-line

learning. In this we use network- the

internet, an intranet (LAN) or extranet

(WAN) for course delivery...

Distance Education:- Distance education

means separation of teacher and learner

in same time and place. Distance

Education has the potential to generate

new patterns of teaching and learning and

there is evidence that it can lead to

innovation in mainstream education, and

may even have effects beyond the realm

of education itself. It is also believed that

Distance Education plays a particularly…

decisive role in the creation of the global

knowledge-based society and will be an

important element of future education and

training system that have significant

pedagogical, economic and organizational

implications (UNESCO, 2002)...

Education is a two way communications

that allow learners and tutors to interact. In

distance education this is quite impossible.

Through IT, it can be possible. The use of

IT has extended the scope of offering

educational programmes at a distance.

The off-campus delivery was an option for

students who …

Technology Innovation in Distance

Learning for Higher Education

were unable to attend the classesregularly. Today, many students are ableto make this choice through technologyfacilitated learning settings. This makeavailable the education everywhere, it istime and cost saving also. The majorbenefit of ICT implementation in educationis it extending courses of choice tostudents of different backgrounds,cultures, perspectives. Learners are freeto…

participate in learning activities at their

convenience through online technologies.

Eminent teachers from different parts of

the country and abroad can be utilized for

teaching at their convenience through

mobile technologies and seamless

communication technologies that support

24x7 teaching and learning for instance

NPTEL (National Programme on

Technology Enhanced…

Learning, India,2007), EKLAVYATechnologies Channel, India, 2007, TataSky Active education classrooms etc. Allthese above technologies are the fruitfulresult of IT implementation in educationsector which provide a new direction inmodern education. All these education canbe provided through Teleconferencing,Videoconferencing, Web-basedconferencing, Audio conferencing andother IT applications…

Teleconferencing: It refers to “interactive

electronic communication among people

located at two or more different places.”

Audio conferencing: It involves the live

(real-time) exchange of voice messages

over a telephone network.

Video conferencing: This technology

does not use telephone lines but either a

satellite link or television network

(broadcast/cable)…

Web-based conferencing: Web based

conferencing as the name implies,

involves the transmission of text and

graphic, audio and visual media via the

Internet; it requires the use of a computer

with a browser and communication can be

both synchronous and asynchronous.

Technology, globalization and competition

have changed higher education worldwide.

In the recent time it has been adapted by

number of universities/ institutions in

higher education for quality. IT has

changed the way of education not only in

India but also world wide with the help of

internet we can access any …

Changing aspects of Higher

Education in the light of IT

information any time. There are good

numbers of western universities/

institutions offer IT based higher

education. Now in India also like Western

countries the higher education is

becoming more advance than before.

Recently commencement of online test for

common admission test for management

students…

Now a days educator are required to

modify their teaching strategies to adapt to

new active learning environment, IT helps

a great in this global changes also put

pressure on the educators. They have to

sharp their skills to produce innovations

that can face the world. However with the

introduction of IT in the classrooms all

over the world suggests that IT benefits

educational potential…

Information technology, e-learning

provides an alternative teaching and

learning methodology. The role of

information technology in education has

been peripheral, with new technologies

being added to the traditional teacher

centered model of instruction. Through the

use of IT students have learned to…

The Integration of

Network Technologies

into Higher Education System

evaluate information sources at an earlier

age. These generations relish the

opportunity to research, routinely using the

World Wide Web.

Creativity is an important concept in

modern learning situations. Creating a

learning environment that will motivate

learners is most important if we want to

serve the needs of times. For today’s…

generation of students, communicationmeans email, online chats and Skype(Online Video). It was discovered thatmost students are not satisfied with theconventional teaching method which islacking in interactive and more onmemorizing the theories in their referencebooks. Educators can be seen asinnovators who navigates teaching andlearning through innovations that couldassists the students...

IT based higher education is popular to

those who want flexibility in learning

process, the one who can do both study

and work together. The study reveals that

IT based higher education can maintained

quality. Delivery of instructions and its

reception by learners may be accessed 24

hours a day, seven days a week. IT based

education can be…

Impact findings of IT

in Higher Education

offered to the students learn anywhere,

anytime. This type of education is a

potentially powerful tool for extending

educational opportunities.

The most obvious advantages of using

Information Technology in teaching

learning is the flexibility. It is an old

proverb that “Teaching through rather than

sounds enhance learning greatly“…

In a nutshell the picture is worth more than

thousand words. It is easy for the teacher

to monitor the performance of the students

during the lesson and the learners also get

instant feedback…

Conclusion

Information Technology is a major factor inshaping the new global education andproducing rapid changes in it. The new ITapplications changed the due course ofeducation. They have the potential totransform the nature of education and alsothe roles of students and teachers in thelearning process. Continuous learning andimprovement are essential if we are tomeet the demand of the…

society. Both educators and students have

to engage as life long learners and create

opportunities to improve.

It is a challenge for the teacher to find new

innovative ways of enhancing students

learning. Teacher education institutions

should change in their strategies. These

institutions must plans to enhance the

teaching-learning process with the use of

new tools of IT…

The right blended learning which involved

the combination of human interaction and

computer interaction, to ensure that we

produce the desire graduates. Last but not

the least, teaching means promoting

students and successful innovations, this

will be provided by IT in this modern world.

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Use of Information and Communication

Technology in Enhancing Teaching and

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of Accountancy, Universiti Teknologi

MARA Sarawak, Kota Samarahan

Campus Jalan Meranek, 94300 Kota

Samarahan, Sarawak. Malaysia…

Role of ICT in Enhancing the Educational

Productivity Arti Bajpai, Lecturer

Rameshwaram Institute of Technology &

Management, Sitapur Road, Lucknow.

ICT in Education - UNESCO

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http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ICT_in_Educat

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