E-Technology.
E-Technologies
About
us-
This paper describes a
study of educators at Mahatma Gandhi
University who are using E-Technologies in their teaching. The perceptions
of the educators of the technologies are discussed as well as how they believe
these technologies help students to learn. Outcomes from the study offer
suggestions of how appropriate e-Technologies can be incorporated into online
learning environments for effective teaching. Particular emphasis is made of
e-Technologies which support active learning by students, one of the goals of
the principles of good teaching practice in undergraduate and post graduate
education.
Keywords: E- technologies, active learning, engagement, higher
education.
Lack of resources-
The 1980s and early
1990s provided a period of enormous change in the Indian education system. High
school retention rates more than doubled during the 1980s, increasing to 77% in
1992. Changing community expectations, a
depressed teenage labor market, and government policies encouraging students to
complete their secondary education were all contributing factors to the
increased retention . Restructuring of the Higher Education sector by the
Government followed, with the aim of enabling wider participation and creating
a better educated and highly skilled population. The number of students in
higher education rose dramatically in the space of twenty years. In 2009 the
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations reported that there
were a total of 978,062 students enrolled by higher education providers throughout
India.
In 2008 a review of
the higher education sector set new targets: the percentage of 25- to
34-year-olds completing an undergraduate degree to rise from 29% to 40% by 2020
and 20% of students enrolled in higher education to be students from low socio-economic
backgrounds . These targets reflect the view that “the reach, quality and performance
of a nation’s higher education system will be the key determinants of its
economic and social progress”
This paper describes a study of faculty at Mahatma Gandhi
University who are using E-Technologies in their teaching and discusses their
perceptions of how these technologies help students to learn. Outcomes from the
study offer suggestions of how appropriate E-Technologies can be incorporated
into online learning environments for effective teaching. Particular emphasis
is made of E-Technologies which support active learning by students.
Literature Of MGU.
Active learning is not
a new concept. In 2012 in their Mahatma Gandhi University proposed the Seven
Principles for good teaching practice in undergraduate higher education:.
1.
Encourage contact
between students and faculty
2.
Develop reciprocity
and cooperation among students
3.
Encourage active
learning
4.
Give prompt feedback
5.
Emphasize time on task
6.
Communicate high
expectation
7.
Respect diverse talents
and ways of learning
The Study
The blog described here was undertaken as part of a 2012 Mahatma Gandhi University Strategic
Teaching and Learning Grant project that sought to inform pedagogies and
practice for teaching and learning online. Online teaching is an important
component of Mahatma Gandhi University’s overall pedagogical approach since the
needs of diverse cohorts of students across five campuses have to be
accommodated as well as the needs of off campus students who do not attend a
physical campus. Further, the modern students wants “just-in-time” education,
the ability to access resources any-time, anywhere and to study in a flexible
manner.
The first phase of the project was an extensive profile of
tools used in online teaching as de-scribed in current news paper (Times of India).
In this, the second phase of the project, faculty from Mahatma Gandhi
University with expertise in teaching with a particular E-Technology were
identified and interviewed. The faculties were from a wide range of
disciplines.
E-Technology Category & E-Technology
Tools
1)
Assessment and Survey
Tools (Quiz
2)
Podcasts, Vodcasts and
Streaming
3)
Virtual Worlds
4)
Synchronous
Communication
5)
Shared Documents
6)
Wiki
7)
Photo sharing
8)
Social Networking
E-Technologies is a manufacture of Ethernet and Power products that increase solutions while reducing cost for Integrators’-Technologies focus on the ability to bring high performance across wired networks, while providing solutions to Ethernet networks not normally accessible with previous technologies.
E-Technologies in Engineering
Education
Conference which will take place at
the Mahatma Gandhi University of
Technology on April 30th, 2014.The goal of the conference is to popularize the
latest E-technology in engineering education and to popularize good practice
and methodology within this scope.
We address our conference to:
A.
University employees
teaching classes at technical faculties and using e-technologies in education,
B.
Companies producing
and using latest e-technologies or running courses, seminars and workshops,
C.
Experts developing
tools for online education or mobile education,
D.
Companies developing or
supplying software and hardware to aid virtual laboratories, as well as
employees at virtual laboratories,
E.
Students at technical
faculties interested in using e-technologies to broaden their education,
F.
High-school teachers
interested in using the Internet, multimedia and other modern technologies in
education,
G.
E-learning platform
administrators (Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas/Instructure, Drupal, WebCT, etc.).
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