New circumstances and realities require new initiatives. The recent rise in epidemics and pandemi... more New circumstances and realities require new initiatives. The recent rise in epidemics and pandemics necessitates that we are ready with alternative modes of quality education whenever and wherever traditional and in-person modes of education are not possible. In this regard, the National Education Policy 2020 recognizes the importance of leveraging the advantages of technology while acknowledging its potential risks and dangers. It calls for carefully designed and appropriately scaled pilot studies to determine how the benefits of online/digital education can be reaped while addressing or mitigating the downsides. In the meantime, the existing digital platforms and ongoing ICT-based educational initiatives must be optimized and expanded to meet the current and future challenges in providing quality education for all. In this paper an attempt has been made to describe concept of online education, different kinds of online learning and teaching. It focuses on major key initiatives of online education recommended by national education policy-2020 elaborately.
The Internet has emerged as one of the most powerful media of communication. The Internet and ass... more The Internet has emerged as one of the most powerful media of communication. The Internet and associated technologies have created a global environment that has transformed the world into a global village defining the limitations of geographical boundaries. It has become a universal publishing, distribution, real-time communications and broadcasting medium. It can also be used to gather information, now it is easier than ever for individuals to collectively contribute with ideas, time, expertise, or funds to a project or cause with a collective mobilization is called as crowdsourcing. It is considered as the new sensation of the digital era. This approach leverages the collective knowledge and skills of the crowd, often leading to faster, diverse and innovative results. It can be used in various contexts, such as product development, problem-solving and data collection etc. In this paper an attempt has been made to describe the origin and concept of crowdsourcing. It enumerates various aspects and major platforms of crowdsourcing. It elaborates briefly about the major advantages and challenges.
Higher Education in India is undergoing a transformation due to rapid changes happening in the en... more Higher Education in India is undergoing a transformation due to rapid changes happening in the environment due to socio-economic changes and drastic technological advancement. The current pace of accelerated growth of Indian economy, significantly accompanied by surge in growth in certain sectors, primarily services, puts tremendous pressure on the need for human resources to keep up to the momentum and pace of change and growth. The challenge then to the higher education system in the country is to create a skilled resource of the young population it has, to unleash their potential to take on the baton of change and growth. In turn, the Government has a key role to play in aiding to give impetus to provide adequate and high quality education system. In this paper an attempt has been made to describe the major role of Internal Quality Assurance Cell in maintain quality assurance in higher education. It emphasizes the composition and goals of the IQAC. It describes the major function...
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