IMPACT OF ICT ON THE SOCIETY
SCOPE OF ICT IN EDUCATION
- WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) IS UPDATING THE KNOWLEDGE WAREHOUSES FOR STUDENTS,TEACHERS AND SCIENTISTS DUE TO TREMENDOUS PROGRESS OF ICT.THE PERSON FROM VILLAGE ALSO CAN REFER THE LATEST INFORMATION AND RESEARCH EVERYDAY.OPEN UNIVERSITIES AND DISTANCE EDUCATION THROUGH ICT ARE OPENING FOR WORKING PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE,KNOWLEDGE SITTING AT HOME.
- TELEVISION BROADCAST IS ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNICATION MEDIA TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS,FARMERS,SPORTSMAN WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION ALONG WITH VIDEO CLIPS.THE DIFFICULT EXPERIMENTS ADVANCED SURGERY FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS,ETC CAN BE VIEWED.
- THE CURRICULUM, INFORMATION ABOUT TEXTBOOKS,REFERENCE BOOKS,REFERENCES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET.
- AUDIO CASSETTES,VIDEO TAPES,AUDIO AND VIDEO CDs,VIDEO MULTIMEDIA INTERACTIVE CDs ARE AVAILABLE IN MARKET FOR STUDENTS FROM KG (KINDER GARDEN) TO PG (POST GRADUATE).
- LCD PROJECTORS CAN BE USED FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING FOR LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
- THE MANPOWER,THE HUMAN MISTAKES CAN BE AVOIDED BY ON-LINE EXAMINATION.VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS CONDUCT ONLINE EXAMINATIONS LIKE MAHARASHTRA STATE BOARD.NOW A DAYS MOST OF THE UNIVERSITIES ARE CONDUCTING ON-LINE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION.
ICT AND CHANGING ROLE OF EDUCATORS TO PROMOTE LITERACY:-
IT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY EASY TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE ON-LINE WORLD IS INTEGRATED WITH THE PHYSICAL CAMPUS.TO LEARN SKILLS OF USING ICT IN EDUCATION,THE PROFESSIONAL ROLE OF TEACHERS AS MENTORS,TO IMPART THE WISDOM THAT ONLY EXPERIENCE CAN PROVIDE,WILL BE PROMINENT.
FOLLOWING ARE FEW KEYS WAYS IN WHICH EDUCATORS WILL NEED TO MENTOR AND GUIDE LEARNERS IN THIS ICT ENVIRONMENT.
- LEARNER : THE GROWTH AND PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IS RAPID.IN COMPUTER INDUSTRY,NEW HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ARE DEVELOPED WITH ADDED FACILITIES IN A VERY SHORT SPAN OF TIME.
- PLANNER : THE MAXIMUM USE AND BENEFIT OF COMPUTER IS POSSIBLE ONLY WHEN PROPER PLANNING AND ITS EXECUTION ARE STRICTLY FOLLOWED.
- TEACHING : COMPUTER AIDED TEACHING IS VERY IMPORTANT,AS FAR AS POSSIBLE EVERY STUDENT SHOULD USE AS MANY SOFTWARE PROGRAMS (OFFICE SUITE MEDIA PLAYER,TALLY,ETC) AS POSSIBLE FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING.
- EXAMINER : EXAMINATIONS ARE IMPORTANT AND CRUCIAL PART OF EDUCATION,SETTING OF THE QUESTION PAPERS FOR TUTORIALS,UNIT TESTS,TERMINAL EXAMINATION AND PREPARATION OF QUESTION BANK CAN BE DONE WITH THE HELP OF ICT.
ICT AND CHALLENGING SKILL REQUIREMENTS :
EDUCATION SYSTEM IS FACED WITH A NEED TO PROVIDE FORMAL INSTRUCTION IN INFORMATION,VISUAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AS WELL AS IN HOW TO CREATE MEANINGFUL CONTENT WITH LATEST TOOLS.EDUCATION SYSTEMS NEED TO DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH METHODS FOR TEACHING AND EVALUATING AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION.
BASIC SKILLS :
AS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND INCREASED GLOBAL COMPETITION ACCELERATE THE RATE OF ECONOMIC CHANGE,THE NEED FOR READING HAS INCREASED CORRESPONDINGLY.BECAUSE OF COMPUTERIZATION,THE USE OF ABSTRACT MODELS NOW OFFERS MANY JOBS AND HAS TURNED MANY PEOPLE INTO MATHEMATICS COMMUNITY.
ADVANCED SKILLS :
IT INCLUDES EXPERT THINKING,THE ABILITY TO SOLVE AND DISCUSS PROBLEMS THAT,UNLIKE ALGEBRA, LACK EXPLICIT RULES-BASED SOLUTIONS.
COMPLEX COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
- MAKING EFFECTIVE USE OF COLLECTED INFORMATION FROM SOURCES AVAILABLE ON INTERNET.
- LEARNING E-BASED APPLICATION
TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT OF ICT :
THE CAPACITY OF ICT TO REACH STUDENTS IN ANY PLACE AND AT ANY TIME HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROMOTE REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES IN THE TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL MODEL.
- TO AVOID CROWDED CLASSROOMS,A SCHOOL MAY ADOPT A DUAL-SHIFT SYSTEM WITHOUT REDUCING ITS STUDENT'S ACTUAL STUDY TIME.DUE TO THIS TEACHERS GET SUFFICIENT TIME TO IMPORT KNOWLEDGE WHICH INCREASES INTELLECTUAL LEVEL.
- ICT CAN PROVIDE COURSES THAT SMALL RURAL OR URBAN SCHOOLS CANNOT OFFER TO THEIR STUDENTS BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THOSE INSTITUTION TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN SPECIALIZED TEACHERS,PARTICULARLY TO TEACH MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE.
- SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT NEED A FULL-TIME PHYSICS OR ENGLISH TEACHER CAN USE RADIO,TV,OR ONLINE INSTRUCTION,USING ALREADY DEVELOPED MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS AND SHARING ONE "TEACHER" AMONG SEVERAL SCHOOLS.
- DUE TO ICT AN EXPERT PERSON WHO LIVES HUNDRED OF MILES AWAY CAN CONDUCT SEVERAL SCHOOL.
- VIDEOCONFERENCING IS CHANGING THE WAY GOVERNMENT IS WORKING BY BRINGING EXPERTS,DECISION MAKERS AND CITIZENS FACE TO FACE WHO ARE SPREAD GEOGRAPHICALLY.
- TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO PRACTICE BASIC SKILLS IN THEIR OWN TIME AND AT THEIR OWN PLACE,
- TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO USE THE INFORMATION THEY ACQUIRE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
- TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO WORLD WIDE INFORMATION RESOURCES.
- TO OFFER THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE (AND IN SOME CASES THE ONLY) MEANS FOR BRINGING THE WORLD INTO THE CLASSROOM.
