CAN E-CONTENT REPLACE TEACHER IN CLASS ROOM?

Education

National Seminar On "Adroitness in e-Content Development for Higher Education"

Since independence the education system has relied on class room, teacher, Black Board, Duster etc., but from last two decades with technological evolution, the tendency of educationist is to put more stress on using ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and professional e-Boards, Projectors, Multimedia in order to provide education to the student in higher education. More and more tools are in fray to be used in class room to provide education to the knowledge hungry student. Internet, Cell phone, tablet, e-boards etc. are very popular tools for imparting training. The class room is getting fast transformed in virtual class room. The aim of the study is to understand can really teacher be replaced with this technological gadgets. Today’s youth is lashed with latest technological gadgets of computer and Communication technology and have access to the virtual content available on internet, and more and more teachers transforming their skill and knowledge in e-content. So the student can get best industry standard knowledge using internet. In this scenario what should be the future of class room and teacher. Can Laptop, projector and internet connection solve all the queries of the student? Can student learn mathematics, Psychology, Sociology, Medicine, Geo-informatics by just reading e-content? Can all these technological apparatus inculcate required knowledge to the student?

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