Disadvantages: Unless successfully planned and executed, blended learning could have

disadvantages in technical aspects since it has a strong dependence on the technical resources or tools with which the blended learning experience is delivered. These tools need to be reliable, easy to use, and up to date, for them to have a meaningful impact on the learning experience. IT literacy can serve as a significant barrier for students attempting to get access to the course materials, making the availability of high-quality technical support paramount.Other aspects of blended learning that can be challenging is group work because of difficulties with management in an online setting.Reportedly the use of lecture recording technologies can result in students falling behind on the materials. In a study performed across four different universities, it was found that only half of the students watched the lecture videos on a regular basis, and nearly 40% of students watched several weeks' worth of videos in one sitting.This has further implications for the educator and in how much online resources need to be revealed to the student but also ensure it is at the right level for the intended student. From an educator's perspective, most recently, it has been noted that providing effective feedback is more time- consuming (and therefore more expensive) when electronic media are used, in comparison to traditional (e.g. paper-based) assessments.Using e-learning platforms can be more time consuming than traditional methods and can also come with new costs as e-learning platforms and service providers may charge user fees to educators. Another critical issue is access to network infrastructure. Although the digital divide is narrowing as the Internet becomes more pervasive, many students do not have pervasive and ubiquitous access to the Internet – even in their classrooms. Any attempt to incorporate blended learning strategies into an organization's pedagogical strategy needs to account for this. This is why learning centers are built with goodwi-fi connections to make sure this issue is addressed.

References:

1. https://www.mindflash.com/elearning/what-is-blended-learning 2. Blended learning - Wikipedia

National Level Seminar on Advanced Trends of ICT in Education

M. V. P. S. Adv. Vitthalrao Hande, College of Education, Nashik Page 130 ROLE OF ICT FOR SKILL BASED EDUCATION

Mr. Santosh S. Rukari

Assistant Professor, Ashoka College of Education Nasik., [email protected]

Abstract

In the world of 21st century Creation of knowledge based society is the begets task in front of education system. Lord Macaulay has introduced content based teaching learning methods to our country. We have established different universities for giving education to the society but today we are finding so many problems in education system. Compare to the world education progress we notice so many problems in education system of India. Today ICT plays important role for making knowledge based society. Researcher has observing the use of ICT in education plays important role in various aspects. ICT is effective in administration, teaching – learning, admissions, library, exam work, staff attendance, on line exam, absents reports, SMS to the parents etc. This study has described how ICT plays important role in higher education.

Key words- Skill, ICT, Higher Education

Introduction: Information and communication technologies (ICT) have become commonplace entities in all aspects of life. Across the past twenty years the use of ICT has fundamentally changed the practices and procedures of nearly all forms of endeavour within education, ICT has begun to have a presence but the impact has not been as extensive as in other fields. Education is a very socially oriented activity and quality education has traditionally been associated with strong teachers having high degrees of personal contact with learners. The use of ICT in education lends itself to more student-centred learning settings and often this creates some tensions for some teachers and students. But with the world moving rapidly into digital media and information, the role of ICT in education is becoming more and more important and this importance will continue to grow and develop inthe 21st century. This paper highlights the various impacts of ICT on contemporary higher education.

Objectives of the paper

1) To explain the concept of ICT

2) To explain the role of ICT. In Higher Education 3) To determine the problems for using ICT in rural area

4) To suggest some suggestions for effective use of ICT in Higher Education

Concept of Skill: A skill is the ability to carry out a task with pre-determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain- specific skills. For example, in the domain of work, some general skills would include time management, teamwork and leadership, self-motivation and others, whereas domain-specific skills would be useful only for a certain job. Skill usually requires certain environmental stimuli and situations to assess the level of skill being shown and used.

Concept of Information & Communication Technology: Information Technology is any equipment or interconnected system or sub system of equipments that is used in the acquisition, storage manipulation, managementtransmission or reception of data or information-

Definition of InformationCommunication Technology: Information Technology is a scientific, technological and engineering discipline and management technique used in handing the information, it‗s application and association with social, economical and cultural matters.-UNSECO

Information technology is a systemic study of artifacts that can be used to give form to facts inorder to provide meaning for decision making, and artifacts that can be used for organization, processing, communication and application of information-Darnton

Characteristics of Information&Communication Technology: Information Technology has the following Characteristics:

National Level Seminar on Advanced Trends of ICT in Education

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* Easy availability of updated data

* Connecting Geographically dispersed regions * Wider range of communication media

Role of ICT in Higher Education- Globalization and technological changes have created a new global economy powered by technology, fueled by information and driven by knowledge. Higher education is drastically changed after the use of ICT. New methods of learning plas important role for progress of education

Role of ICT in Admission Process

Online Admission Application System has been accepted with widespread praise and as such several institutes have approached us for implementing a similar system for them.

Use of ICT in Current Admission Process:- A. Acceptance of Forms :

 Institutes are only giving short add for admissions of various courses & then collect online applications forms. It is very essay to collect data of interested students for admissions in various course