Given the option of e-education how do you visualize education system in next 20 years ?

From Nursery to PHD, it is a 25 years controlled hard journey of education with lots of subjects and lots of facts both related and unrelated. With e-education and all information available at the click of a button, how do you visualize the students of the fututre and their education system for a balanced growth of the society. 1 month ago Like Comment Unfollow Flag More

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Follow Rachit Rachit Joshi e-education surely has a bright future as it provides quality content with visuals though I think schooling will hold it's own importance as it teaches much more than education. 1 month ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Here is one example how education is changing.. My professor from IIT has shared a photo and link on face book ES at IIT Kharagpur: "This time the Open Book, Open laptop and Open Internet examination for the Embedded Systems Course is held in two halls popularly known as V1 and V2 . There were 20 people involved for invigilation and providing assistance to about 130 students. The examination is being held on Sunday the 21st April 2013 from 7 PM to 10 PM with full uninterruptible power backup by high power DG sets" Here is the link

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php? fbid=462800760466517&set=pcb.462800823799844&type=1&theater So what about other educational institutions ? 1 month ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan ." Full uninterrupted power backup by high power DG sets" Somebody is marketing something :) .1 month ago 3

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS .................................................................. Kartikeyanji, It is marketing education of IITs Here is the link for national programme on technology enhanced learning (NPTEL) http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ NPTEL provides E-learning through online Web and Video courses in Engineering, Science and humanities streams. The mission of NPTEL is to enhance the quality of Engineering education in the country by providing free online courseware Here is its link in youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd/videos?flow=grid&view=0 As on 1st April 2013, 692 educational institutions are using NPTEL. There are 260 courses already running and more than 1000+ courses are being proposed. Imagine what will happen in coming days...and after 20 years.....

We may have uninterrupted education ......any time ...any where ...with broadband availability in villages also 1 month ago Unlike 2

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Agreed Subrat . NPTEL is an excellent initiative and I have no second thoughts on the same , I have few good friends who are authoring few subjects for the same . The issue is the prerequisites even for the free course ware from our other brethren, that is called for like the language * , infrastructure * and few others . Finally how does that link with the efforts of Grass Root Innovators from Honeybee Network or Srishti !! .1 month ago 3

Follow Jayaramachandran Jayaramachandran (Aka) Jay, CISM e-education needs to only be an alternate. Being in a room physically and talking to each other is as important for education to be complete. Are we planning to live completely virtual life? The negatives of e-education is that it becomes individualistic in nature. Person A pays the money, goes to a portal, learns it - This aspect is individual in nature.He/She may interact using webcam and virtual board rooms later. Knowledge may be shared when the membership to the portals get shared which may be for a social cause but would amount to fraud due to controls and checks. 1 month ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ................................................... Kartikeyanji, thanks to all those professors who are contributing to NPTEL. I am seriously advocating to make them more interesting and user friendly. Educational institutes should open their infra for students to access their labs in off hours with a minimum price which can be affordable to very poor students also Language issue can be taken up in phase II, since now there are enough students who have already learnt English. But how we want at the out put ? What should be the time for the fruit to be ripe ? Can we prepare more experts who will be prepared may be in less time ? Can we redesign the educational subjects so that employability can be enhanced ? The Grass root innovators should concentrate on Indian languages since it is the main root for better communication. As a step let the team of professors of NPTEL make the courses available in all Indian languages also. But since the broadband network is going to be laid may be within next 6 months, we may have to give more stress on e-education contents in a time bound manner. 1 month ago Like 1

Follow Prof. Anil Prof. Anil Aggarwal In recent years the delivery of education has seen a rapid transformation on impact of information and communications technology. With e-education and all information available at the click of a button, one can easily visualize the unlimited possibilities and immense potential for imparting uniform and high quality education to

students of the future and their education system for a balanced growth of the society. We are made to believe that internet-based courses can be efficient and ultimately an inexpensive way to deliver quality education, and cater to the vast numbers of learners, anytime, anywhere, without any in congruence. Do we people really think and feel such kind of stuff relevant and actionable in Indian context? 1 month ago Like 1

Follow Prof. Anil Prof. Anil Aggarwal I agree with the Blog-post by Arun Kottolli that E-Learning has not taken off in India for several reasons that range from faulty technology to government regulations. The failure of E-Learning can be greatly attributed to wrong technology. The current PC & Web based technology is not suited for Indian conditions. The current technologies used in E-Learning were all developed in America and is not suitable for India & other developing countries. 1 month ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ................................................. Definitely yes Anilji... Indians should think about India. Innovators should give time for localization and innovative way so that all can be benefited. The work of pipe laying to bring quality water is already in full swing (laying for broadband network for high speed access of internet...) That is the reason we have to think all facets of education once the options will be available to all. 1 month ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS .................................................... How many people wake up early morning and do YOGA today as compared to 5 years back ? If a TV channel can change the habits of people and imagine the systematic impact of internet and eeducation if done in a planned manner for the development of a GREAT nation. You do not need more castle like buildings. May be e-education needs just the will to get learning. What are your thoughts ? Do you think we need to remember all the names of people in history or we need education which can develop this nation ? 1 month ago Like 1

Follow Jayaramachandran Jayaramachandran (Aka) Jay, CISM @ Subrat - The power of media is much more. Internet is a subset of media. And it may not need 20 yrs if the dissemination of information is understood well. 1 month ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ............................................. a) Education system throughout the world is being remodeled due to impact of ICT. How in India it can evolve ? b) Hierarchy of educational institutions are more dependent on the teachers of the educational institutions. With ICT can we have the access to the best teachers through ICT ?

c) conventional education gives more stress on examinations. Now many of the examinations are going to be online. So how it will impact educational system ? d) Whether education will give more stress on employment since students can always use internet to search the answers given connectivity ? 1 month ago Like 1

Follow Jayaramachandran Jayaramachandran (Aka) Jay, CISM Before considered education electronically, it may be important to consider education as a product/commodity. To elaborate on the perspective, we all know how a new mobile or a movie gets released globally within few days. If education can be considered as a product, before its given out, then all differences in education standards/levels will be decreased and then can be released in a service model. Using electronic communication would be helpful in dissemination. Considering education as a product and then developing technology around it may have global impact and hence would appreciate if global private players in technology can considered it further. The end objective of such a technology solution would be Learn anything, in any age, any time, any where - based on the person's assimilation strengths and adhering to age limits (laws) Additionally may have the potential to "break" the heirarchy within educaton - Complete Knowledge System 1 month ago Like 1

Follow Sandip Sandip Bhatia Education, whether in Gurukuls, Schools, or Universities has traditionally been instructor/teacher led. In fact Taxila and Nalanda are some of the oldest names that come to mind. For instance Taxila, which dates to 600 BC, in North West Pakistan that I visited 13 years ago required students to stay in the dormitories if they had to get educated.

Content was traditionally transferred through the word of mouth and thus training and education practice required physical presence of the guru and shishyas. The revolution that the printing industry created resulted in diminishing the role of the teacher as the repository of content. The teacher facilitated the transfer of knowledge and the students studied and acquired knowledge through books even at their homes. This is set to change yet again as the content, context, and interpretation that required a class-room setting can be improvised over the real time audio-video capability of the web. The consequence of this capability is that good education is not necessarily the purview of a few privileged. The content is no longer the king but the network to which one will belong. The network space will be the ultimate E-Learning value-addition and will call the shots. 1 month ago Like 2

ParveenUnfollow Parveen Bansal From academic perspective, Open contents policy followed by education institutions like IIT and stanford will make sure that availability of quality contents will not be a constraint. From experience perspective, loads of information is available in internet world about their experiences in diverse set of consequences. What will change in the next 20 years: From education provider perspective, selection of relevant contents from user perspective and its delivery. That means it will become solution oriented. From student perspective - what is valuable is the relevant contents and how it is presented. Challenge at the end of student will be to find and select suitable service provider / contents. E education and virtual conferences will reduce the need for face to face discussion but will not eliminate the same. Successful service providers will ensure mixed delivery system with the right proportion of e education and face to face education. 1 month ago Like

Follow Jayaramachandran Jayaramachandran (Aka) Jay, CISM In a complete knowledge system, education as in books, texts would all be electronic and will be free.Hence there will be no education provider for theory. There will be no teacher-student relationship. There will be no enforcement to learn something in a specific age (no grading, pass, failure issues), thereby taking away many societal issues. No controlling elements on quality of education. No concept of text book (text books limit the amount of knowledge that can be given, hence the concept of some deciding authority for "syllabus") 1 month ago Like 1

Follow Dinesh Dinesh Kumar Its the e-education, which is the ongoing trend atleast for the higher education now. Look at Stanford, Harvard, IIT's IIM's all have introduced either web based learning programs or some technology enabled sessions using VSAT and such technologies. They become important especially when the world is converging by technology, and people don't have time to quit jobs and at the same time they want to learn something new. However at the same time, these programs aren't well recognized by the industry. Though they never deny the legitimacy of these programs, but at the same time, these aren't given due credit either. The reason might be the selection process or the evaluation process of these programs. But whatever be the case, the e-education has made some impact already and there's a long way to go ahead. At the same time, i'll like to mention the e-education programs using cloud computing, in some of the southern states. I have been involved with one such program, that is a part of our CSR, but i can see some of the success and the real efforts are being put in for that. 1 month ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ................................... Acess device for accessing the e-education contents :::::: Many govt started initiative

Laying of the optical fibre for high speed broadband ::::::::::::::: continuing The education contents in all Indian languages::::::::::::::: PRIORITY ??? Any suggestions ??? 1 month ago Like

Follow Dinesh Dinesh Kumar Regarding the basic infrastructure, we do have it available in many Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities. However still the optical fibre connectivity of all the Homes (FTTH) is still a distant dream. I don't know why the work is stalling. Though many private builders are providing fibers direct to Flats, but the penetration rate is still very low. I think the high cost of laying fibers, coupled with the slow process of approvals could be one major factor in that. Earlier in my carrier i had worked as a Liaison for the approval of Fiber laying from different authorities, and believe me its a big pain in the neck. State owned, BSNL has existing infrastructure, which could had been used in many meaningful ways, but the Red tape restricts that, i think. If i had to put priority, i'll say that Basic infrastructure building should have foremost priority. If we have high speed internet available at the innermost villages, we can deliver the content. There are many content providers currently, and some of it is open sourced too. And once we have the basic infrastructure ready, the second priority should be to make the content available in regional languages. I was associated with Bharti Foundation some time back, and was doing volunteer work in translating the books for kids. So there could be many volunteers available, who can do the same. But the priority should be to establish strong basic infrastructure. 1 month ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS .......................................................... Thanks Dinesh, as the basic infra is going to be in place for accessing internet may be within 6 to 12 months, should we not focus on e-education contents ?

What should be our objective as far as our education is concerned ? How we should rate talent... when info just needs a search engine to get it ? How do you want to write a better essay on environment protection.... when all the best essays have already been written by all experts and is available for re-arranging. Should we give stress on more factual essay on environment protection or should we give importance to the students who are trying to implement the projects protecting the environment ? Should we give importance to the words or how those words can convey meaning practically ? Should the students experiment with objects directly taking the help of internet to design a product or still we will be stuck up in down loading them in the examination papers.................? Can we think of education on those lines with ICT ? 1 month ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS .............................................................................................. What the student wants to do in future..= Occupation How it can be done better by using technology ? = Skill Can somebody help him to do it better ? = Education Is he a part of community or is he alone ? = Organization 1 month ago Like

Follow Dinesh Dinesh Kumar @Subrat Sir, i totally agree with you. With Infrastructure in place, the next step is obviously the content. And the content itself is very important. I am of the favor of a revolution in our education system, which needs to be changed from class room

teaching to more experimental based education. The emphasis should not be on the words, rather on the applicability and practical aspects of those words. When a student has to write an essay on environmental protection, we shouldn't see the flowery language or the twist of the words, it should be practical lessons, that could be implemented. The practicals in the classrooms shouldn't be limited only to a formality, rather they should contribute in the development of students. Students should be allowed to experiment, they should be allowed to think beyond the conventional approach. For instance a farmer in India, tweaked many day to day usable gadgets, and he has many patents in his name. There are a lot of learning to learn from people around. From the farmers, from dabba wallahs of Mumbai etc. The e-education will be successful only when we'll be able to show the right direction. The concept of open book, open laptop, open internet exams is still a new one and only implemented in IITs currently, however it is a concept that can be taken beyond it. Students need to work on the approaches, fundamentals and applications, and not only cram the books and vomit on the day of exam. But still it has a long way to go, and i don't know when we'll see that day. 1 month ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS I think different educational TV channels and also e-learning websites which are either launched by government or by private should clearly earmark the following with a view to optimize the experience for students a) sequence of videos to be watched to learn and give exam on a particular subject. b) For skill upgradation which are the sequence of expertise c) For practical exposure when they will get time slot in lab through internet d) location of nearest lab for student who has enrolled in e-education e) the exam schedule to take up the online exam f) what are the sequence of courses and classes which can lead to a particular degree g) what is expected from a student who has learned a particular subject in certain language h) option of learning all Indian languages should be available to students

i) Like teaching YOGA by swami Ramdev in the early morning, the students can start doing yoga through TV in various halls and also in parks or open spaces j) involvement of community is definitely going to help k) The people who are tech-savy should tell even uneducated to learn through video l) The end objective should be focussed for skill upgradation m) rememebring of more and more number of people should be avoided. Even the e-education can be started completely free by volunteers using social networking in systematic and structured way. 1 month ago Like 1

Follow sweta sweta dargad Nowadays studies is online... colleges and schools are just the providers of resources and discipline so that students can fix their schedules and they get to know what to study else studies is always SELF STUDY...in higher education... 1 month ago Like 2

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Some startup Ideas well focused around Education , ........of course all Digital :) http://www.geekwire.com/startup-list/#education-1 .1 month ago

Follow Ramkumar Ramkumar Ganesan Technology is always an enabler and applying them in education and learning is not a bad idea. The blended model ( A class room for more of setting the objective of learning and clarificatory in nature to help student learn quickly and enable them to learn off classroom). However, this is not the main benefits of adaptive learning (more appropriate then e-learning) 1) The students can have more relevant assignments and assessments that leads to a smaller chunk of unlearnt thing that can be easily addressed by the teacher/coach/mentors 2) It is not possible to provide everyone a lab time during college or school time and this can be achieved through virtual labs/ code assist/ any other relevant tools 3) Collaborative learning and the ability to use the best resources available within college, across colleges in a country, across edu ins globally 4) In higher education, a student is expected to do additional courses or assignments or real time projects based on his / her career or life's ambition and if an education-cum-social-cum-political systems allows it, then we see a better tomorrow for all of us 5) When people talk about India, they still think of our limitations than our strengths. Please remember that we compete at global markets and let us not lag behind in our educational efforts. The reason that India is economically far better because of our IT strengths and we shall be prepared to use it in education too. 1 month ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS The examination is the gateway to employment. It is the water that waters the tree of education. By changing the examination pattern the education that follows changes ? Lot to tell but not now.

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Follow Vasan Vasan K S S Subrat, Yes. Education system in our Country really needs a complete change. Present system has affected the natural, socio economic, cultural & traditional values of our Country when we compare them with the Original equation of our Country. GDP, economic growth, inflation & so many other evolved terminologies are alien to us which are of no use to us when we compare them with the contented natural lifestyle our earlier generations experienced. There is a saying in Kannada language - Desha sutti nodu. Kosha odi thili - which means, roam the whole nation (to gain practical knowledge), read scriptures to realize. How appropriate it was ? No amount of alien influence either directly or indirectly can help us to revive & restore our original equation of our Country through education but, we will be further deviating from our path. So, we have to analyse the situation in its "as it is" state. One ten members team of the first generation of Indian Ambassadors have started an educational Institutions in ten different places in India but, these are all fractional participation compared to the magnitude of the situation. Mr. Siddarthacharri, Ex Ambassador & founder of one of the educational institution at Mysore says, present education is only INDUCATION. This system is trying to make everyone informative but, no amount of information can make a person THINK TANK. It can only make him/them INFORMATION TANK. Information without computing capacity which is reflected as nature is too far away to have any co relation with the induced & imposed system. I also remember vaguely about Henry Ford's daughter about her expressions when she was asked by her school teacher to write an essay about A LIFE OF A POOR PERSON. That child could not do any justification as she was not exposed to that environment at all. Likewise, we can depend on the technology transfer to exponentially reaching people both in rural & urban sector but, i am not sure about the relevance about the vision & expressions of IIT's in this regard to restore the situation. I am expressing with helpless feeling & not to jeopardize anyone's feelings. So, no offense meant. I remembered another sequence which was expressed in a movie. I watched the movie in 1983 "Whose life is it anyway", where a paralyzed artists remarks about beautiful breasts of a Doctor. There is no vulgarity but, helplessness in projecting it with his artistic sense. We need a rural based educational system where we can educate (not inducate) our younger generation to realize the QUALITY OF RURAL LIFE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE DIMENSION. vasan. The Five Elements. Mysore.

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Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ........................................................................ Change is only constant aspect in the world and also life. The education system will change, but how and when ? When you think the student should start specialization ? Can we think of Just in Time education ? An self sustainable ecosystem where education takes care of balanced life and balanced society. What are the options ??? 1 month ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Product or concept education through a movie.. Tell a story through a movie involving a product.. let the learner know about the product by seeing your movie People generally go to see a movie by paying the ticket fee which goes to movie makers. How about a movie which will be more like an advertisement and people will be paid for watching it. Can any product leader support such movie ? Where the audience is paid for watching and answering questions related to products at the end ? For example they will say how their product is made and where. What are its ingredients. How it is better than the products of the competitor. How the product will be helpful to the customer.

If you like this idea, please mail your suggestion on my mail ID subrat_prusty@yahoo.com 1 month ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Only two parties take such approach, .ie. ......paying people to watch the promotional material Missionaries & Political Big Wigs ?? .1 month ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ................................. But silently this has also been pushed by product leaders but with a ticket fee. May be ticket fee can be subsidized by the product leaders. 1 month ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Good Point there Subrat , That is excellence in marketing generally aided by the Product Strength & Demand . .1 month ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ................................................. Basically education has so many objectives. But one objective is remembering so many facts. But if we consider human brain as a computer, one of its objective in computer language is formatting and loading the operating system and required data and software. Conventionally we have given maximum emphasis on remembering and reproducing similar to copy, save and paste functionality in computer. But then what next ? Any thinking.................... 1 month ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ................................................ Education for the children of construction workers at the working site They generally come of from far off places Many times even their languages are different They stay in the site locations Construction workers, their families and their children.... they build big buildings... But whether any thoughts has been given how their children can get good education since they are migrant labourers generally in a different environment......?

How to design an appropriate educational curriculum so that they can also get good education may be in the construction sites.. Can we have e-education platforms to help them get educated....through govt or private 1 month ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Good Idea Subrat . Like big / medium companies ( PSU or private ) arrange for creche within their premises major builders & contractors could be motivated to arrange for a Play school along with facilities to learn basic language, maths , science through minimum *e- learning * facilitation ...........at the extremes, may be Govt can declare it mandatory !! .1 month ago 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ............................................ One size fits all may not be the answer for all our problems. We may have to think how education can help and how they can lead a better life. Can we understand them and their needs in a better way ? Can we make education a bit flexible................? Can we allow roaming from one school to the other absolutely freely ? Can our e-education enrolment will hold good irrespective of our location and bank balance ? 1 month ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .We have Central Board , State Board ( may be something else too ;), .... we can have one more Board which caters too " School Neutral Education " System . ..... with a small allowance for age criteria students straight away can take primary or secondary school certificate examination with a month's notice all round the year administered by the new board & the syllabus as specially prescribed by them in advance . .1 month ago

Follow Vasan Vasan K S S Subrath, We have to offer the knowledge to rural sector to empower themselves to live a responsible life. Rural sector is unfortunately not considered as a favourable or aspiring dimension in the youth section. Television, internet & so many other impositions which are the against the nature expressions by the Corporate Sector has affected. We have to utilize the same dimension as a thorn to remove the real thorn in them. This is a tough work but, we can succeed, when we our objectives are noble and our efforts are sincere. vasan. The Five Elements. Mysore. 1 month ago Like 1

Follow ilyas ilyas khan I think it has huge potential. M trying to work out an article on innovation in learning methods for quiet some times now. mostly to grasp learning patterns with reference to various factors for Indian students across region and

states. let see something interesting n beneficial outcome 1 month ago Like

ParveenUnfollow Parveen Bansal @Ilyas - Are y saying that a common method of delivering education, which can work across regions and states for Indian students? 1 month ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Have you seen the NPTEL videos on different technical subjects ? What are your suggestions for their improvements ? 1 month ago Like

Follow Debangshu Debangshu Ganguly This will answer all http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk60sYrU2RU 1 month ago Like

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subrat kumar prusty.ITS But can you elaborate your visualization for future of education and its related impacts on society ? 1 month ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .India is predominantly Cloud dependent Economy / Society , .so Education through Cloud answers All .........no more questions Please :) "" Hole in the Wall In an experiment conducted first in 1999, known as the Hole in the Wall (HIW) experiments in childrens learning. In the initial experiment, a computer was placed in a kiosk created within a wall in a slum at Kalkaji, Delhi and children were allowed to use it freely.[6] The experiment aimed at proving that children could be taught by computers very easily without any formal training. Sugata termed this as Minimally Invasive Education (MIE). The experiment has since been repeated in many places, HIW has more than 23 kiosks in rural India. In 2004 the experiment was also carried out in Cambodia.[7] His interests include Education, Remote Presence, Self-organising systems, Cognitive Systems, Physics and Consciousness. This work demonstrated that groups of children, irrespectively of who or where they are, can learn to use computers and the Internet on their own with public computers in open spaces such as roads and playgrounds, even without knowing English.[8] His publication was judged the best open access publication in the world for 2005 and he was awarded the Dewang Mehta Award for innovation in IT that year. The Hole in the Wall experiment left a mark on popular culture. Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup read about Mitra's experiment and was inspired to write his debut novel Q & A, which later became the movie Slumdog Millionaire. "" In a lighter vein , .....drill a hole in the Brain and pump data through Laser Light Modulation ?? .1 month ago

Follow Praveen Praveen Srivastava It has been great to follow the discussion. I feel the change is certainly needed but at what cost? Are we getting drifted away from the basics of education.?................... Coaching Institutes came up because teaching standards in schools have gone down. In Engineering Colleges, mainly it is the self study-----even IITs are 40 % less staffed. E-education came up because there is a shortage of good teachers at all levels and everywhere. All colleges are in cutting cost mode. However, abundance of material is available on internet. Too much of availability of knowledge also leads to knowledge paralysis----ie; how to manage the available knowledge. Along with these, the distrctions are too much. Students are losing humane approach in this rat race hence the generation is becoming intolerant in the competitive world what with the breaking up of joint family system where emotional support was available. Hence, a basic classroom teaching system is still relevant supported by additional inputs. Students should know the focus and relevant areas rather than getting bogged down by the irrelevant information. Every information is not meant for everyone. So managing the knowledge is important but it is not in everyone's capability. That is where they need to be guided by an able and knowledgable teacher. We have still not exploited the available of retired people who have time at their disposal to teach but are not considered fit enough to teach because they have attained the age of sixty years and donot hold B.Ed degree. Many of them are ready to teach without or minimal compensation. Their services can be utilised for teaching poor people. We must not forget that getting a good mentor or GURU is the requirement which very few of us get in our lifetime and the journey never ends even when we have finished our studies. So, before e-education and other add-ons, let us build up infrastructure to support the basics of education. EDUCATION must be separated from LITERACY. 1 month ago Unlike 3

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Good Posting .

" EDUCATION must be separated from LITERACY. " additional thoughts , ......... bit more elaboration on the above will do a lot good for better understanding Thanks. .1 month ago

Follow Praveen Praveen Srivastava Getting a degree is LITERACY which is just not enough. You can get it from anywhere. EDUCATION is all about the whole personality accompanied by degree. That is why when one goes for an interview for a career profile requiring Leadership qualities, they look for something more than a degree. Even many companies are so focussed that they want to employ people from a particular college only because of the culture of that college although it doesnot guarantee the existence of required qualities in the candidate but they are so convinced about the product. Many companies outrightly reject candidates if they have not attended full time MBA course hence degree through correspondence course is of no value as if it has been bought off the shelf. So, EDUCATION is the holisitc profile of a person and it includes:- manners, etiquettes, communication ability, handling of relationships, EQ, problem-solving capability, time management etc. This can be better achieved through good upbringing in moral terms, appropriate grooming and values of similar nature. It does not cost money but certainly consumes time and passion. 1 month ago Unlike 2

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Thanks Praveenji, According to you in coming years how the change may happen ?

Kartikeyanji, Instead of making hole in the wall,time has come to remove the wall altogether. The wall between rich and poor needs to removed at least in the field of education. Is there any wall for the cloud ? 1 month ago Like 1

Follow Praveen Praveen Srivastava I donot know as to what all changes will take place in the next 20 years but Of course, the experiments and changes will continue and I would rather focus on what is right/correct since it has become a practise to make a business out of education. India badly needs strengthening of Primary education for all whether in urban area or in rural. If the country cannot provide a good foundation in primary education, how one can expect good quality infrastructure in terms of educated young generation. For impatient and intolerant youngsters, life seems to be T20 match while it is not so. Life is like a SERIES with Test Matches in between and this needs to be drilled into everyone's mind. Quality EDUCATION can provide insight into their mind with long and short term strategies for their own life. Unfortunately, politicians are not interested in Primary Education as they apprehend that they will lose the vote bank if the population becomes more aware and educated-------they can be questioned. Have you ever seen any politician setting up any good primary school as a public service in rural areas, however, they can be seen setting up UNIVERSITIES and costly PUBLIC SCHOOLS in urban areas which acts as a milking cow. Even corporate houses run costly public schools. They can also establish good quality primary schools as a part of CSR activity. I believe-few are in existence. 1 month ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan ." they will lose the vote bank if the population becomes more aware and educated- " I doubt blaming the Politicians whole sale makes any meaning ??

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karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Subrat, I am sorry if you do not see the " Wall in the Cloud " ;) But education is highly fair w.r t ' Rich & Poor Divide ' in this Country and I can vouch for the same or any one can see with their own eyes !! .1 month ago

Follow Anand Anand Singla Sir the idea you have come up with is no doubt tremendous.... However, its a fight of pros and cons which make something successful and something getting rejected at the very first end...i have a very nice idea to deal with cons of e-learning... y we are just hovering around the idea of e-learning...we can modify this idea to e-bags... which can safeguard our traditional way of delivering education with additional wings... even e-bags can be given to peoples those don't have an access to it.... this idea can save and create lot many things with safeguarding the education system building blocks.. 1 month ago Like

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Can you please explain about the sytem - e bags ? vasan. The Five Elements. Mysore. 1 month ago Like 1

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karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Looks like another Jargon like E- Purse , ..........essentially a tablet PC or it's Clone

"" TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA OWNERS of independent schools participating in the first phase of the Supreme Education Councils muchhyped e-bag project, which was launched last month, have said that the project has stimulated students creativity and interest in learning. The owners have also called on students to make maximum use of the e-bags to hone their innovative skills. An extension of the elearning project that took off last year, the e-bag project aims to equip every student and every teacher in the country with a computer, educational aids and applications that conform to the national curriculum standards........>>......."" http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130319/content.asp?section=nation7_2 .1 month ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ............................................................. Every time we talk of some aim or ambition, it drills down to selling some products. But the objective is not to sell some more products but to make the ecosystem so that the ecosystem develops excellence locally with optimized electronic resources giving maximum benefit to students and community with minimum price............... 1 month ago Unlike 1

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .All the Best :) .1 month ago

Follow ilyas ilyas khan @bansal.. I will definitely get back to you.you can add me in this ilyas212@gmail.com there are lots of work in this direction already in India . But in a country of billion people e- education certainly can create more outcome based result. I liked the discussion,such discussion can build good consensus. 29 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Subrat, By now I am sure the Khan Academy is well known, A recent update with real Big Weights in Politics / Governments "" Sal Khan with Jeb Bush, Condoleezza Rice, and Laurene Powell Jobs April 22, 2013 at the Khan Academy office in Mountain View A Conversation with The Foundation for Excellence in Education "" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yxUfyX9oOk .29 days ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS In India, in the line of Khan Academy, there are many start ups who have started their own academy. But many are involved in cracking different competitive examinations like IIT JEE or Civil services examinations......... May be we need a step forward.... Organizations like NTPC,SAIL,BSNL,ONGC or even private companies etc should come up with e-education curriculum which can make students ready for future oriented employment. Doordarsan can make available all the songs, dances and educational curriculum for e-education purposes... May be state government can take the best teachers and make the contents ready specific to various Indian language learning courses with translation and scrolling in other languages to learn them...

There are enormous opportunities and potential which may make paradigm shift in education if done with systematic approach... Thanks 29 days ago Like

Follow Praveen Praveen Srivastava This is exactly what I have recommended in my previous posts in case of providing basic primary education. In addition, mushrooming of schools in every nook and corner must stop. It must be well evaluated based on present and future requirement . 29 days ago Like

Follow Vasan Vasan K S S Subrat, Though i am aware about Organizations you have mentioned, i have a strong feeling that they would commercialize our objectives in whichever way they can. I have witnessed it when my friend who got associated with Wipro Group in promote education in rural sector. After some time, he realized through the beneficiaries (children), Wipro was promoting much of their product range, in the name of hygiene. So, Doordarshan is a good choice. I never ever try to evolve any new infrastructure at all, as they are both time consuming & will only become parallel system to already existing infrastructure. So, why do not we explore the possibility of introducing new course curriculum on several aspects of rural sector, with a comprehensive approach to retain the rural children & youth in rural sector itself, with the help of the existing schools. We can include the dimension of functioning NGO's in this regard to strengthen the system. vasan. The Five Elements. Mysore. 29 days ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Thanks Vasanji, The students those who are reading in class 5th to class 10th in different schools will face the challenges of ICT and e-education as they will grow with technology. Doordarsan is also going towards convergence. Soon many of its contents will be available in internet also. For learning of classical dances, classical songs and classical traditional practices in Agriculture and other associated activities the recorded program can work like reference multimedia e-books for students. The architecture of different temples of India and their descriptions will give architects and civil engineers a reference guide for Vastu and other related technologies. What we need is to make the community of different professionals alive and connected through the internet as well as offline communities. The awareness of preciousness of all the resources that we already have is the starting point to gain confidence since there are many distractions which will come in the way. 29 days ago Like

Follow ASHOK ASHOK LAKHANPAL Knowledge and books have always existed and have multiplying eversince . E -education is only a mode of delivery system of academic knowledge with a facility of interaction amongst the teacher ,teaching material and the taught[s]. When you study at a school or even from a personal tutor sitting acroos the table ,it is a different form of eduction .Correspodence education mode has now existed for long and has produced brilliant scholars but the environment at a school or university has much more to offer for overall shaping or development of personality of a person .Inter human relations human touch and warmth are some of the many factors which are also important. E- eduction may supplement the cause of quicker spread of education but can't substitute the schools and universities from where education not only emnates but also refines the subjct , the system ,including the modes of delivery systems etc. 29 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS NPTEL videos may have included the views from industries with snapshots from practical applications of academic principles which could have given more insights to students. Academicians teaching to students with the collaborative inputs from industries could make education more fruitful and productive. Many times history and geography need to be experienced and understood instead of reading them only in the classroom. Geography needs to be told not only by the physical teacher present in the school but also by our friends in those geographical areas may be through their recorded videos. For example while studying about Russia we can refer to the videos of Russia. Google earth has really helped in many such aspects. But with growing number of expertises we may have students who will be studying the geogrphy in detail about a particular country or location. Stretching the period of education too far may loose its charm since students will demand greater freedom in pursuing the subjects as per their expectations and as per their requirements. For example the diamond merchants will focus more on geographies where such minerals available. This will give rise to development of expertise requiremets at an early age. Classroom education is just one part which can be enhanced with the learning network of students,teachers,industry professionals and also by and large the people of the locality. May be the education needs to evolve in many aspects............................. 29 days ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Unlearning is also a part of learning. Since the mind has limited capacity many concepts cannot be digested unless we unlearn som of the concepts.

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karthikeyan arumugathandavan .A naive query ?? How can e-education help in unlearning , ..........may be through playing interactive Games !! .27 days ago 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ............................................................... This sunday when I was trying to study geography using Google earth, I was recollecting the facts that I have read in school text books.... I opened my old geography book which was old and tried to learn something.. In many aspects I have discovered that I have to unlearn so many things which I have read in the books, since those are the observations by some third person.. With Google earth I was actually visiting the places and viewing them from the sky.. My fascination was Afghanistan's mountains, Sahara desert, Siberia and also Australia.. What I have learnt many things can only be learnt and may not be written in words.. There are so many things and so much to know about geography.. may be on that sunday I have to unlearn all other subjects like ICT etc which are my favourite and concentrate only on Geography.. Even may be the experts have to unlearn a lots of other things to learn in depth one subject through e-

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Follow ASHOK ASHOK LAKHANPAL Subrat, I agree that unlearning and learning are indeed continuous processes. Like they say 'the old order changeth..' This is true of technology from where internet has evolved, to other subjects and areas like social sciences to literature, history ,politics cinema and so on... E-education can certainly enhance knowledge but can not totally substitute the system of formal education as in a school or university environment, which offers much more than knowledge is already discussed. We all are however always enhancing our knowledge even while surfing the internet or through other soft modes. E-education is evolving We may have to wait for long bofore it can score to overtake the conventional modes. It contiues to supplement the cause 27 days ago Like 1

Follow Dinesh Dinesh Kumar Subrat Sir, the way you have explained the application to learn geography is indeed motivating, and highlights one of many applications of e-education. Just like that, we also use many eapplications like google earth, youtube etc. to learn about a lot of new things... 27 days ago Like

Follow Dinesh Dinesh Kumar Subrat Sir, the way you have explained the application to learn geography is indeed motivating, and highlights one of many applications of e-education. Just like that, we also use many e-

applications like google earth, youtube etc. to learn about a lot of new things... 27 days ago Like

Follow Krish Krish Mohan Hello...Have been following the comments...the present generation technology is good for learning after one acquires basic qualifications... To acquire basic qualifications the traditional style is most apt and successful, but for the quality of teachers who are employed for providing basic education...as praveen srivastav has rightly commented.... In a knowledge society, knowledge can be shared by involvement - both by the provider and the acquirer - as in the traditional guru shishya parampara... in our country we have forgotten the traditional styles and look for what is provided by the westerners... Recently i happened to come across a summer camp program for kids..where the organiser conducted classes for children in Indian History and geography...the organiser exploited the concept of story telling and the history and geography topics were very well accepted by the children... Hole in the wall OR no wall are good ideas..but learning value would remain at mere exploration rather than learning... 27 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Thanks , My question is how do you visualize educationsystem 20 years from now ? What are your views ?" 27 days ago Like

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ASHOK LAKHANPAL Dear Subrat , my views about future scenario are there in comments given above yesterday . Without restricting any time frame I feel E- eduction will continue to supplement the formal conventional streams at schools and universities 27 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS May be I want things in details. 27 days ago Like 1

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .School Leaders: Guiding Teachers into the Digital Age "" ......>.........* .Differentiate between "digital learning" and "digital plumbing." Digital learning is how we use technology tools. Digital plumbing is technology infrastructure. Prioritize both, but clearly distinguish between them in developing a technology plan..*. .....>>........"" .more ...>.... http://www.edutopia.org/blog/school-leaders-guiding-teachers-digital-age-anne-obrien .27 days ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ................................................ How to decide how much Mr. X should learn and how to get the learning tested so as to make a better society.....

For example Mr. X who has done MBA in water management is finding pollutted water everywhere in the cities... .His teachers have guided to write long essays on solving the water problem... Even after reading for 25 years he cannot get any thing about it... E-education is more about education than the prefix e--. How education can address the local issues which directly affect the local people taking inputs and innovations from all around. 27 days ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS .............................................. Dineshji, Some day we all have to think what should be the obectives of education from primary to PHD level ? In PHD level, how different thesis are being applied in different fields and how they are contributing to society. May be there should be a visualization of different subjects and their studies like trees...their branches and leafs.... May be the students need focussed guidance on the topics in which they should concentrate..... Our National Knowledge Network has already started lots of initiatives in those direction.. May be we have to think about improvement of our knowledge systems making local developments as our main focus.. Lots of initiatives have started.................. What we need may be discussing and meeting on these issues with various stakeholders..... Kartikeyanji, please give free open and detail views on the subject,

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Follow David David Wittenberg Although I'm working personally to improve the post-secondary education sector here in India, I'd like to see primary and secondary education improve as well. Digital technology can certainly help, but I think two other changes -- both attitudinal -- will be far more important if we are to achieve our potential to be counted among the world's leading countries in education: 1) Mr. & Mrs. Middle Class Urban India will need to start believing that it is their responsibility to assure that every Indian child, rural and urban, receives an excellent education. 2) Indian educationalists, parents and employers will need to start believing that the ability to think critically is more important than the ability to memorize facts. To the extent that these changes take place, we will see the number of schools and teachers increase and the quality of instruction be transformed. Within 25 years, e-learning will be a valuable and widespread tool, but it will not replace face-to-face teaching. The more important transformation will be studentcentered classrooms where children are engaged and learning to think critically. 26 days ago Like

Follow Ravi Ravi Singh e-education is exciting but I believe there is a difference between information and education. Learning needs environment. 26 days ago Like

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subrat kumar prusty.ITS Thanks. But how do you think is the present environment ? Is it up to your expectations ? 26 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Information is the starting point for any learning. Many times the info captured qualitatively and sometimes quantitatively by our seses. For example on the first instance our eye can tell whether there is impurity in the water or not. Next we may smell it or taste it to collect its appropriateness for drinking. But an educated person will take it to the laboratory to tell how much arsenic, how much sulphur and how much poisonous substances are there in the water. Another educated person may investigate how it has been pollutted in its way from Himalyas to Ocean. Another educated person may try to filter the poisonous substances using scientific instruments and there by producing the desired info that the poisons are under limit. In all the cases education teaches that for life somebody shouldnot drink poisonous water. But what happens on the side of the river, our educated students sing the beautiful songs ..... " Ram...teri....Ganga ..maili ho gayi..." Education teaches how to use information so that human beings can have sustainable life in this planet. May be conventional education needs to give more stress on these aspects............. 26 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS .Why not think of teaching Geography and Oceanography in one such ship

which will move around the coastal area around India. In cruise for our high end people there were YOGA programs by Swmi Ramdev sometimes back.. Software professionals and other businesses can also set up their offices physically delivering the products on coastal areas making people less dependent on trains and buses. Earlier in one discussion the boats through rivers has already been discussed. 26 days ago Like

Follow Roshan Roshan Narayanadasan I believe "Nothing is Impossible". E- Education sounds good but not practical in India as we are face with connectivity issues and there are places which suffers 12hrs power cuts. We need to first start focus on basic education model which itself is struggling to attain the target..EEducation can be implemented in future. I would like to connect with professionals to grow my business and to network with people from all functions in Industry. To Add/Connect me: roshan.systems@gmail.com 26 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS You believe "Nothing is Impossible" . believe also that you can make a better society.... We are giving 20 years for your beliefs.. Express what seems ideal to you...... Do not worry what is practical or impossible for you.. There are 1.2 billion heads to think and 2.4 billion hands to work 26 days ago Like

Follow Ranjan Ranjan Ghosh Dastidar i thought we are elite group discussing e-education here. those who need education most still do not have access to the basic needs of life. while i agree with the massive progress in e education, probably the elite group (those who have access to schools and colleges) will benefit tremendously, but we need to do some basic work for those who did not have the privilege of being born in families that could give them chance to be a part of the world we are in. would you agree there is a distinct divide in the world of education amongst the haves and have nots? and the gap is widening by every second. 25 days ago Like 1

ParveenUnfollow Parveen Bansal @Ranjan - E education is the medium, which will reduce / bridge the gap of education between elite group and non-elite group (those who do not have access to schools and colleges). I have watched you tube video posted by Debangshu Ganguly of Sugata Mitra's experience. This is about experimenting in self teaching. Conclusion of the video is that e education will eliminate the need to go to school and colleges to get education for persons, who are self learner. I myself is an example of this process. I have acquired knowledge in medical fields, which is no way connected with commerce field. This was possible only through google and you tubes. I am experimenting to create different experience for my customers by providing single window service provider. This is possible only through google and on line communities. 25 days ago Like

Follow Uma Uma Raghavan I feel E-education can help leveling the ' knowledge divide' especially in India.

For a country with huge population spread over a vast area, e-learning can become the biggest tool to eliminate Illiteracy. It is clear that students in big cities and towns who already have an e- access are going to gain more and perform better in future.But,we should be concentrating on those small pockets -The Villages of India for the real results. A programme like 'EACH ONE - TEACH ONE" can be floated wherein affluent educated people can E-ADOPT poor and uneducated persons .This knowledge sharing can certainly lead to a sustainable society. 24 days ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Input= Total man hour and cost dedicated for education + learning languages + learning local life skills + learning global skills Output = Total value addition and skill up gradation for development (locally and at various levels) + local development + development of self and of the organizations + development of the nation 24 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Education shapes and moulds the minds of children which becomes difficult to change in later years. There is a great thrust however on so many aspects, time can only tell how education system to evolve. 23 days ago Like

Follow Ranjan Ranjan Ghosh Dastidar while i could not agree more with the views subratji, "... which becomes difficult to change later... i felt it number of times while training adults. but the poser remains a big chunk of our population still does not have access to electricity. we need to work at two levels at least. at the elite level we develop content to suit these people, at the grass root level we need to work to let them know these are available. coming back to water, it is "harmful" to tell them that the water they are drinking is polluted without making an alternative available. then it would lke the story of the barber who could do complicated operation with his tool, could not move an inch when he was taught what all nerves and veins are there! 23 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS As we move away from core or center, a slight change in direction at the center gives a high degree of changes at periphery. A simple statement at center if not interpreted properly, makes a large scale disturbance at the periphery. For example How we understand the word " Secular " What is a secular character in a movie ? What is a secular name ? What are the secular dress code ? How the dead body of secular man will be treated after death ? What is the secular code of conduct for marriage ? Should a secular man should visit all or visit none....I mean the shrines ? What are the secular foods ? In the name of secularism what we want in education ? In the religion column, can an individual write "Secular" ? May be due to absence of clarity, people give colors even to names and stories in the epics as nonsecular. Any name of good quality in Indian languages is related somehow to some religion..

Education played a great role in understanding words. May be there are lots of dictionaries are in making which interprets the same words with many meanings. 23 days ago Like

Follow Varun Varun Meel E-education undoubtedly will bring revolution in the world especially developing countries where most of the childrem are unable to see the daylight in school. Only thing which we need to do is provide them with a computer. Check out this Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud.html It proves that if you pool the resources to the needy, they will self sustain them with an urge to learn which is extremely powerful. Initiatives like this can pave the way of a balanced world where east and west will become alike. Infrastructure is no doubt one thing, but I believe education is the panacea. Also, Salman Khan's " Khan Academy" has proved the potential of e-education. It is my personal experience, the way those tutorials explain, I haven't found such a great teacher in my school, college & business school who explains as wonderfully as Salman do it. I urge all the people to spread the word to their children, schools or any institutions they are linked to. Go and study from Khan Academy. It is the ocean of knowledge. When Bill Gates saw his children are learning from his website. He started fuding it. Check out his Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html Web Adress is: https://www.khanacademy.org/ 22 days ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ................................................ Employment scenario is changing first. Even in America and Europe governments are thinking to protect the jobs for their citizen.

With globalization requirements of expertise and related education is going to become a topic of research for policy makers. What a country should export from other countries and what it should manufacture on its own is becoming complex for the decision makers. With fast changing environment with generations of technology changing every year or so, the gap of industry requirements and the outputs from educational institutions are also widening. With the possible future scenarios learning the front end technology is becoming critical to thrive in the competition. In addition to competition, educational institutions and industries need collaboration with urgency. 22 days ago Like 1

Follow Vasan Vasan K S S Subrat, Job, employment, globalization in this regard & many other imposed dimensions are just the hype created by the Corporate Sectors with vested interests. Let us try to evaluate the basic existence of mankind in accordance with nature. This is the greatest education which should be realized, offered & practiced. vasan. The Five Elements. Mysore. 22 days ago Like 2

Follow Krish Krish Mohan Agree with prusty ... eduactional institutions need to collaborate more closely with industry... however in the current scenario, the time between research-development-production has reduced

drastically ..and as bussinesses compete with each other to gain the upper hand technology is fast changing...in such a situation its difficult for education to be closely following industry as todays requirements become obsolete tomorrow.. we need to understand that developing a curriculum to suit the industry requirements is painstaking and time consuming ...so rather than changing the curriculum either education institutions ot industry need to offer abridge courses over the basic courses... 21 days ago Like 1

Follow Krish Krish Mohan hello...Varun has brought out the relevence of online teaching by khan academy or the hole-in-the wall experiments... to reiterate, all the technology can be used to aid the teacher to teach better - i.e. technology can supplement but can not replace the physical teacher ....as in case of the example of learning how to cycle using a video tutorial... e-education is a good tool and offers two major advantages - firstly it standardises learning secondly it helps the teacher to reiterate what he/she has taught...so basic education needs to be provided by a teacher while the video tutorials can be used for higher learning,.... 21 days ago Like 1

Follow Vasan Vasan K S S Krish, This is unfortunately the basic mistake we all commit when we try to perceive the created crisis. Industry is the misleading terminology here & is maligned with commercialized values which are against the basic tenets of our Vedas. We always should bear it in our mind that we have not brought anything while coming to this world & are not entitled to take anything from here. Industry is a collective activity by the rural sector to offer food, water, shelter by a major section of society who are rural based. Rural sector should support the urban sector & not otherwise.

That is where the equation has been imbalanced. This is the major aspect which has been wrongly perceived by Western influence, which should see a change. vasan. The Five Elements, Mysore. 21 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS For elites education is a luxury. But for others education means better employment or more earning. E-education does not mean only internet, it also encompasses TV,Radio,DVD enabled educational contents.. TV and Radio show so many things.... But employment related education could help many. Elites have to develop the contents so that all those who are not so lucky can see and listen the education in their own languages with the use of minimum time so that they can upgrade their skills. Luxury education may be a hype. But if we think indepth lots of things can be done. Let us think of water again Elites can buy bottled drinking water paying a price.. But for poor, the natural sources of water should be unpolluted so that they can drink. Similarly elites can afford best teacher in best institutions which come with a heavy price. But for relatively poor we may have to think which can give the best content and curriculum may be free so that he/she can get also the best education at par with the elite. Thanks. 20 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS How the students and teachers will be assessed in the future ? What type of assessment we are following now ? How we want the assessment to evolve in future ? From summative assessment to formative assessment. Here is a link to know in detail about the subject. What are your thoughts ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leOMooSXFwE Introducing the Google APIs applications within the Computer Adaptive Formative AssessmentTM (CAFATM; Choi, Kim, & Yoon, 2012). CAFATM is a technology-based educational assessment and learning system focused on a formative assessment process. This system provides individually tailored diagnostics, feedback, and learning progress information to students, educators, parents, policy makers, and members of the community. This web-based formative assessment system integrates 1) various educational practices (e.g., standards-based curriculum, classroom instruction, and accountability system), 2) learning and cognitive theoretical frameworks (e.g., Cognitive Knowledge Maps), and 3) advanced psychometric models (e.g., Item Response Theory Models, Computer Adaptive Assessments, Diagnostic Assessment Models, Formative Assessment Models, Auto Item Generation Modules, and Multi-level Longitudinal Assessment Models). This presentation illustrates how the Google APIs (e.g., Android, Google Translation, Google Search, YouTube, Google Chart, and Google Image, etc.) have been utilized for various components inside of the CAFA TM system. A math learning application of the CAFA TM system, http://eMathTest.com which provides free computer adaptive math worksheets to K-12 students, will also be introduced to demonstrate the broad and practical impacts of the Google APIs to the global math education. How do you think that we can develop education in India with the approach of formative assessment ? How far with or without e-education we can achieve that ? 19 days ago Like

Follow Jozef Jozef Gaper Why think about what will happen in 20 years? Why not join the best ones in the industry now? :-) 19 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS What are your options for educationists now ? 19 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .One untouched dimension is , which kind of education is better for entrepreneurial drive / capability building - may be e-education ?? One article in that context , Top Entrepreneurs in India Who Didnt Give a Damn About IIT/IIM "" Most teenagers in India dream of getting into an IIT and/or IIM. Of lakhs of young Indians, who sit for the entrance exams, only a few hundred make it to these institutions. In addition to IIT, IIMs, the likes of BITS-Pilani and NIFT are popular too. While a plush job after graduation is one reason for this immense popularity, another reason is an ideal atmosphere that encourages entrepreneurship in India. A general perception is that most top entrepreneurs in India are from these top institutes. Whats more, a trend that has been observed these days is that it is easier for someone from an IIT or an IIM to get funding for their entrepreneurial dreams. The current startup ecosystem is dotted with success stories of top entrepreneurs who graduated from either an IIM, IIT, BITS and the likes. Nevertheless, as we said, there is a general perception unless you are an IIT/IIM alumni, it is tough to

be a successful entrepreneur. We have now drawn up a list of top entrepreneurs in India who have not been to any of these top institutes yet have gone on to create some wonderful companies and built great teams. ....>>...."" more..>>... http://www.sumhr.com/top-entrepreneurs-india/? goback=.gde_3088479_member_240013475 .19 days ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Thanks kartikeyanji for the new query : which kind of education is better for entrepreneurial drive / capability building ? Indian institute of Technology enhanced E-education (.....IITEE.....) No entrance exam...... No FEE.. LEARN and BE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE 19 days ago Unlike 1

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .That is great fact Subrat , ..........especially with two Great Innovators of this Century . Both Steve Jobs & Bill Gates used the University facilities to choose & learn what they preferred to study & read but never bothered to write an exam or pass / fail / marks Society's duty is to make the knowledge repository available for the asking & taking Let the student decide to pass or fail :)

Hope & Wish we do have great foundation on those Lines !! .18 days ago 1

Follow Shaikh Shamser Shaikh Shamser BE, MBA, CEA, CEM, PMP, P. Engr I think it is to be seen experience vs certification. With e-learing one can have access to every bit of information on any topic. Someone with good memorising power can easily take any exam and clear it but will be he have the desired experience? That is why we have so many certified but unemployable people. On the other hand someone with good hands-on experience can fine tune his knowledge by accessing the information through net without taking any exam but without certification we tend to discard that knowledge. Today there are many who fall in either of these two catagories and the employers need to change their attitude and have clarity in their own mind. Education gives knowledge and experience gives wisdom. As we grow in life we need to be wiser and not certificate holders. 18 days ago Unlike 1

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Shaikh Shamser , It is challenge to provide to " hands on experience " with e learning or e resources . I think some creative / constructive thoughts are most welcome, .... not only here, the world is looking for the same :) .18 days ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS It is the learner who has to learn seeing from the videos of experts doing the same thing. Only difference is that he needs to be physically have access to the equipments either in conventional institutions or in industries or purchased by the entrepreneur himself. 17 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan ."" Today, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law making the state the 10th in the U.S. to allow CS credits count toward graduation! "" Who We Are Launched in Spring 2012, Girls Who Code is a national nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in the technology and engineering sectors. With support from public and private partners, Girls Who Code works to educate, inspire, and equip high school girls with the skills and resources to pursue opportunities in computing fields. http://www.girlswhocode.com/ .17 days ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS ......................................... Thanks Kartikeyanji, that is a good one Last years theme of ITU has exclusively promoted the theme

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Follow Ramamurthy Ramamurthy Krishna Good topic, i feel e-education will become more dominant. Today inida is begining to use more comptures and we have more computer literate. Mbole phone and sat phones will all make the e-education more popular....will it give sufficiebt knwoledge,,,i belive not so...it can only supplment 16 days ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS One after the other different state governments are taking steps for availability of access devices. The content creation through NKN has already started. The broadband connectivity to villages are in progress. We need to now concentrate the core subject....... EDUCATION The colleges and universities are conducting virtual classes... So how do you perceive the change that is coming ??? 15 days ago Like

Follow Niranjan Niranjan Agarwal Very good points and extremely interesting discussion on e-education & Entrepreneurial drive.

Entrepreneurial drive and capacity building by: a) Experiential Learning: Education needs to be experiential and in line with the problems/issues faced in real industries or ecosystem. Being from Babson- this was something was found in our curriculum, classroom, cases and the complete ecosystem b) Involving people who have been there and done that: Entrepreneurial drive and capacity building can be driven hugely by people who are extremely passionate about it, been there and have done that. Who teach out of passion and to multiply the impact rather than only monetary benefits. About e-education: E-education in the form of education through various media(web, radio, TV etc.)- will act as a supplementary material or complimentary material to classroom learning in schools or K12 education. With EdX, CourseEra etc.- I think availability of quality education from some of the world's best is only becoming easier and far more reachable geographically.. 14 days ago Like 1

Follow Niranjan Niranjan Agarwal a) e-education policy should also be funded as a part of govt's budget for teacher's salaries, infrastructure etc or PPP should be encouraged for mutual benefits b) e-education body should be formed, which should include people from industry( content companies, e-learning, e-books, tablets, mobiles, ICT etc), government officials, and specialists. b) Assessment and measurement mechanisms for tracking impact of e-education on students skill growth, financing and benefits of e-education should be in place c) All schools should be connected and using ICT for teaching & learning d) Skilled and capable workforce to support inclusive growth via e-education should be recruited or trainede) Teachers need to be trained on usage of e-education resources f) Quality of content, localization of content for delivery e-education should be emphasized I believe the mechanism of e-education learning will be evolving over a period of time, until we see the benefits and real impact at grassroot level. 13 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Can we make available learning of let us say Tamil language in New Delhi

through e-education model ? Can we think of crowd sourcing model for content creation ? Rest of the queries later Thanks 13 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .This Years Thiel Fellows Include A Fashion Designer, A Poet, And A Harvard Dropout The 22 teens were awarded $100,000 each to quit school and start a business. "" Diwank Singh Tomer (19, Palo Alto, CA) dropped out of his college in India to work on an online platform for learning to code. Aside from his love of poetry, he is an exceptional hacker and engineer who was awarded the Mozilla WebFWD fellowship for his efforts to improve learning online. He has since moved to the Bay Area to further his efforts and is currently working on a collaborative learning platform. "" ..more ..>>.. http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682017/this-years-thiel-fellows-include-a-fashion-designera-poet-and-a-harvard-dropout#1 .12 days ago 1

Follow Niranjan Niranjan Agarwal @Subrat Yes with e-education, any language can be made available for students learning in any syllabi. The State Board or central board could explore options of collaborating with some of the online language learning platforms such as (www.livemocha.com or something localized)- the charges or tariffs could vary based on school type and usage.

And about crowdsourcingI think it is really a good idea, not sure if it is already happening for content development in education but do know that it happening in IT development. 12 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Some have already started online course for learning different dances and songs through their you-tube videos in collaborative manner. Next time you can find e-education teachers in plenty. We need to just make a system and process in place. Rest can be driven for the people by the people I mean 1.2 billion minds 12 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS How should be the new e-education policy be drafted ? 11 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Through Virtual Collaboration,

......... all Village Panchayat Representatives , Students , Corporate Captains, Lawyers , Pedagogy Experts , UGC representatives , Nasscom ....>>... can sit on a common platform and draft , then dart can go for many iterations easily before being presented in the Parliament I think a trial is demonstrated by Sam Pitroda involving students from prestigious institutions in a different context ? .11 days ago 1

Follow Shaikh Shamser Shaikh Shamser BE, MBA, CEA, CEM, PMP, P. Engr @ Subrata Policy, system, process is good only to talk about because in India back benchers control the actions of front & middle benchers. I do not know how many true professionals can disagree with this reality. 11 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS The school I was reading students sit according to their height. The students who sit in the front bench see the black board and teacher only. But those who sit on the back benches they see their friends along with black board and teachers. On class 8th I became taller and had to shift to the last bench. My experiences in last bench was really interesting, since you can easily see what were the human activities that were being done in different benches. On the front there is only education from book and blackborad. But on the back it is more experience of education.....

with some one sleeping....some one sharing a joke..some one doing a painting ....some one singing his favourite song...some one writing poem....two students fighting with each other A mini overview of the people and their activities 11 days ago Like

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS How do you think quality of education can be improved with or without ICT ? 8 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Provoking article on Education , Is K12 blended learning disruptive? ..An introduction of the theory of hybrids By Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, and Heather Staker May 2013 "" EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Clayton Christensen Institute, formerly Innosight Institute, has published three papers describing the rise of K12 blended learningthat is, formal education programs that combine online learning and brick-and-mortar schools. This fourth paper is the first to analyze blended learning through the lens of disruptive innovation theory to help people anticipate and plan for the likely effects of blended learning on the classrooms of today and schools of tomorrow. The paper includes the following sections: Introduction to sustaining and disruptive innovation There are two basic types of innovationsustaining and disruptivethat follow different trajectories and lead to different results. Sustaining innovations help leading, or incumbent, organizations make better products or services that can often be sold for better profits to their best customers. They serve

existing customers according to the original definition of performance that is, according to the way the market has historically defined whats good. A common misreading of the theory of disruptive innovation is that disruptive innovations are good and sustaining innovations are bad. This is false. Sustaining innovations are vital to a healthy and robust sector, as organizations strive to make better products or deliver better services to their best customers. Disruptive innovations, in contrast, do not try to bring better products to existing customers in established markets. Instead, they offer a new definition of whats goodtypically they are simpler, more convenient, and less expensive products that appeal to new or less demanding customers. Over time, they improve enough to intersect with the needs of more demanding customers, thereby tranforming a sector. Examples in the paper from several industries demonstrate the classic patterns of both types of innovation. .......>>>........"" http://www.christenseninstitute.org/publications/hybrids/ .8 days ago 1

Follow Vasan Vasan K S S We need not only be information tanks, subrath but we have to be think tanks. Whatever we try to do, that has to be in the constructive plane to educate our rural sector in an unbiased way to feed themselves & us. vasan. The Five Elements. Mysore. 8 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .One start-up to assist in the fact of life - expectation from any form of education, a Certificate or credibility ? "" What is Degreed?

The New Degree for the New World. Degreed is a free service that scores and validates your lifelong education from both accredited (i.e. Harvard) and non-accredited (i.e. iTunesU, Lynda.com, Khan Academy, etc.) sources. ......>>......."" ...more...>>... http://degreed.com/about ( from, The Finalist companies demonstrating at Launch: Silicon Valley 2013 ) .7 days ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Is there any age limit for getting any degree ? 7 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .............Life Time :) .7 days ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Education creates more intense feelings.... It gives colours to thoughts.. It tells you to be happy or sorrowful for some reasons....

It teaches you write good thoughts even when you are not feeling good.. It teaches you to read and remember poems whereas poems come automatically even without education... The great epics which were written in this soil were initially in complex Sanskrit language Afterwards it has been translated almost in all Indian languages and also in beautiful poems... Since education is mostly driven by employments, appreciating those poems and poets are gradually being forgotten... How to generate those instincts through education... for many Any suggestions ??? 4 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .I certainly object Your Honor, "" The great epics which were written in this soil were initially in complex Sanskrit language Afterwards it has been translated almost in all Indian languages and also in beautiful poems... "" ..........the reverse is the T R U T H ?? :) .4 days ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS The language which has been used by Vyasa and Valmiki was in Sanskrit. May be other languages can also have their contemporaries. 4 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Will anyone write a Poem in a language which is not spoken by the People , .........solve the M y s t r y , ......and then spread the M Y T H imho- :) .4 days ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS I think Sanskrit was also a spoken language. This language has advantages of remembering a lot of facts with minimum words since words are carefully designed with lots of interconnected words and meanings. 4 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .I am sorry to go back to the old reference , ........but that is the best thing I can do Now :) ......... http://lnkd.in/MUeesQ

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Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS But here point of discussion is use of e-education for promoting poems and poets and also focussing finer aspects of life through education. Pl give ur suggestions on that aspect. 4 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Nothing at present in the context of e-education & Poems , ..........something comes to mind or material I come across, I will surely share it Here !! .4 days ago

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Education is also to think with all parameters analyzed through facts and information Giving a typical type of thinking to a large group of people creates a force in the society For the past 1000 years we may not know exactly what has happened But depending on the educational input different people across the world think and behave differently

May be there is colored thinking also Critical thinking should take care of all human weakness and all human emotions analyzed.... Like the ball on the billiards table... .its speed and direction should always target the end.... though at times it may look like it is going in the opposite direction... Bouncing back from a major obstacle and subsequent change in direction of the ball is a calculated thought of the billiards player........ It is what the spy is trained for... Hence the test of critical thinking ........................ 4 days ago Like

Follow Gope Gope Suresh. H Education - Online - Home School - Expats - Traveler Greetings to all, Wonder about Expats and world Traveler Solutions for education of their Children, Specially who prefer their Children to know more about, Spirituality, Veganism, Ecology, apart from basic art, science, p.e, sports. because most schools, currently, a. charge high. b. still giving outdated or worthless / meaningless education. c. have strict rules and regulations. d. imposing thoughts of govt, companies who are supporting or donation funds like promoting dairy and meat , dividing pupil by religion, region and color. Hence, would like to know if there is any co-ordination of schools, online teaching, community, so that child can get best support if doing home schooling or traveling and can learn what parents and child want for their good.

i hope good skilled / experienced teachers around the world make an union along with good schools, where they can also teach online and visit any school of world to give classes to such students, and even child can visit school if traveling or learn online. 4 days ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS OPENNESS..........BOTTLENECK...............SURVIVAL FOR THE FITTEST

Visions are available in the country level ..... but a country is like a body....the cells of the body are the villages and city localities of the country...... our cells need to be healthy and prosperous....... they have all the inputs to be happy and healthy..... even without external influence..............we dont need to push foreign agenda to our cells.... let us have plans to use ICT......let survival for all be our vision with happiness.....let there be online education available in all indian languages so that they can grow and earn...without translation and re-translation............ 4 days ago Like 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS How do you think the youth of the country should use their time for education ... 2 days ago Like

karthikeyan arumugathandavan .Youth of the Country need to think beyond the Formal Education , ( mandatory one for getting a Job ) and find ways & means to educate themselves on some facts & figures which are illogical ?! .1. See the size of the US and Japan , .by geography & economy ?? .2. See the size of British Isles & the Indian Sub-Continent Question , * Why * should be predominant in the Minds of the awaken Youth Never rest till they find the answer , ........very clear picture of the situation and an actionable program to Educate themselves to bring things to a Logical Parity . .2 days ago 1

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS Every actor in a movie has a role to play. The director has his own thoughts in his mind. The script writer has written the script accordingly. The actor may not act independently with so many concerns. The two scripts RAMAYANA and MAHABHARAT Some role models who have shown us the paths what we call ideal the life revolves around the beautiful stories The confidence, the motivation, the inspiration....the determination above all enjoying, understanding, learning the life The youth.....the icon of energy....the seed of innovation It is not only to write the same old answers of old questions...

But to write something NEW to think independently... to do something timely..... so as to get maximum from the life.... and giving the best to the society.. So what is the plan for new education.....and what are the expectations ??? 11 minutes ago Like

Follow Niranjan Niranjan Agarwal why are we prolonging the same discussion forum- why not start a new discussion? 9 minutes ago Like Reply privately Flag as inappropriate

Follow subrat kumar subrat kumar prusty.ITS So what should be the theme of new discussion ?