Students Perception and use of ICT(%).
ROLE OF ICT IN ENHANCING TEACHING, LEARNING AND EVALUATION
Dr. V. S. N. Raghava Rao
Konkan Unnati Mitra Mandal‘s Vasantrao Naik College Of Arts & Commerce, Mhasala-40 2105, Dist. Raigad [email protected]
Abstract
A quality of higher education system has become a need of developing countries. IQAC established in the institutions is one of the important units in the system ICT works for maintaining the quality of H.E and enhancement the use of ICT in education transforms more student centered learning process. But rapid change in the world of it, the role of ICT becomes more important and it denotes the sound effects of it in the field of education. The effective use of ICT will help to enhance tub broad level of scholastic performance in the teaching learning and evaluation process, quality and accessibility of education and digitalization ICT will also sustain the sound rapport with the quality assurance is directed and expected in the assessment and accreditation process of the college by NAAC.
Keywords: Transforms, Rapid, Accebility, Digitization
Introduction:
Globalization has brought about an immense change in every walk of life right from the habits of eating to habits of working. How education sector can be exception to this alteration? It has gone through a great change in the country like India. We have moved from our ancient heritage education system of Gurukula to the modern day techno-savvy university education system. Today, education has become all inclusive process covering almost all aspects of life—social, cultural, political, economic, national, etc. Present is the era of information communication technology (ICT) which made transmission and spread of information most reliable and easiest. The Indian education system is striving to impart the overall development of individual and society and enabling the teaching- learning community to compete the global market with sustainable growth and development. Teaching-learning and evaluation is the base and center of our education system. The monitoring agency like National Assessment and Accreditation, more popularly known as NAAC often emphasizes and signifies the process of teaching-learning and evaluation considering one of the major criterions of 350 points/ marks among seven indicators of assessment.
Many researchers like Maki (2008) and Clarke-Okah et.al (2009) have stated that ICT can be implemented in effective administration of educational institutes. They state that the help of ICT records can be processed quickly and meticulously. It can help to generate reliable and consistent records. ICT helps to save space, money and human resources as well. Krishnaveni and Meenakumari (2010) opines that using ICT help in better planning. Setting standandards effective change and monitoring results of the core functions of universities.
The paper aims at exploring the avenues available using information and ICT in the Quality assurance as well as newer Digital Technologies such as computer and Internet have been touted as potentially powerful enhancing tools for education change and reform.
21stcentury is the age of Information and CommunicationTechnology. All over the globe, there is a
trend to use ICT in the teaching learning process. The teacher and learner must gain access to technology for improving learning outcomes. Educational reforms include successful designing and implementation of ICT in teaching learning process, which is the key to success.It involves use of computers, computer software and other devices to convert, store, and process, transmit and to retrieve information and includes the services and application associated with them.
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ICT is an acronym that stands for: 1.Information-it covers the topics such as meaning and value of information; how information is controlled; the limitations of ICT;legal considerations; how data is captured, verified and stored for effective use; the manipulation, processing and distribution of information; keeping information secure and designing networks to share information.2. Communication-networks of sending and receiving equipment, wires and satellite links. (a) Internal networks-Local Area Network (LAN)(b) External networks-Wide Area Network (WAN). 3. Technology-collection of techniques, knowledge of how to combine resources to produce desired products, to solve problems, fulfill the needs or satisfies wants; it
includes technical methods, skills, processes, techniques, tools and raw materials.
The Provision for the use of ICT enhancement of teaching process and as a well conceived Plan for continuously monitoring the student progress. The institution needs to have an effective mechanism to recruit adequate qualified faculty. The student evaluation processes are reliable and valid further have an open and participative mechanism for evaluation of teaching and promoting work satisfaction of the faculty. The teachers need to have opportunities for continued academic growth and Personality Development. The ability of in situations in having sustainable good practices in teaching learning and evaluation to achieve academic.
―Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are a diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information. Communication and the information are at the very heart of the educational process, consequently ICT-use in education has a long history. ICT has played an educational role in formal and non-formal settings, in programs provided by governmental agencies, public and private educational institutions, for profit-corporations and non-profit groups, and secular and religious communities.‖ (unesco.org).
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) took a path breaking policy decision to launch a dedicated educational satellite, in which the use of ICTs can make substantial changes both in teaching and learning.
Change of scenario:
Traditionally learning was hard, based on deficit model of student, and process of transfer, and reception was individualized and facilitated by division of content into small units and a linear process, but introduction of ICT has changed the traditional concept.ICT defines learning as neutral, social, active, linear or non-linear, integrative, and contextualized, based on ability and strength of students.Use of ICT in teaching-learning environment can bring a rapid change in society. It has the potential to transform the nature of educationi.e. Where and how learning takes place and role of learners and teacher in the process of learning.
It is essential that teachers must have basicICT skills and competencies. It is for the teacher to determine how ICT can best be used in the context of culture, needs and economic conditions. Good teaching is not simply adding technology to the existing teaching and content domain rather it should cause the representation of new concepts and requires developing sensitivity to the dynamic, transactional relationship between the three components of knowledge: Content, Technology and Pedagogy.
Role of ICT in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation process:
ICT helps in improving the quality of education stating that information and communication technology is an important instrument that can transfer the present isolated, teacher-centered and book-centered learning environment into a student– centered environment. ICT can change the traditional concept of learning process and the components of ICT should be integrated in the education programme in such a way that teaching should be enabled to face the new demands and
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improve the efficiency and effectiveness of education at all levels in both formal and non-formal settings.
According to the definition, the role of ICT tools is very wider and has multidimensional and multifunctional task as it can be used to ―communicate‖, ―to create‖, ―disseminate‖, ―store‖
and ―manage‖ information on diverse levels—teachers-students, teachers-management,
students-management, teachers-students-administration, teachers-students-public, etc. The tools and resources of ICT include all modern day inventions in the field of internet, software and hardware tools which are used to communicate through satellites, computers, mobile phones, tablets and similar devices and also the old day tools like telephone, television and radio. It has enhanced the progress in education sector rapidly. Most of the institutions use it at its best to reach a wide diversity of social communities or public. ICT must become a priority in the Indian colleges diversely spread over vast rural geography, as it is in most of the European countries. It‘s a challenge for the country like India but can be achieved. The present Hon. Prime Minister of India often talks about digitization of education system and emphasizes the need of skilled manpower production from the educational institutions promoting the world level digital teaching and learning. Many steps have been and being forwarded in this connection by University Grants Commission (UGC) and NAAC.
Usage of ICT in teaching is student centric:
The process of teaching-learning has become more student centric and its set aim is to produce skilled work-force. The traditional approaches and methods of teaching learning have witnessed a reformative transformation and its place is occupied by ICT tools such as online smart-boards, projectors, laptops, android systems, PCs, online lectures, tablets, cellular phones, e-readers, web resources and many other software and hardware devices. Education satellites also have made its stake in the process of teaching-learning and evaluation; e.g. India has launched world‘s first education satellite called EDUSAT in 2004 to impart distance learning to millions of Indians and have developed virtual digital classrooms. The use of ICT tools and resources is highly increased in recent years even the main focus is to promote such learning by reaching at every nook and corner of the country. To implement this type of teaching-learning program, highly qualified and well trained man power is needed and hence teacher education becomes an issue of the first attention. The significance of teacher education/ training is highlighted as:
―The quality of basic education provided to our children is largely influenced by the quality of our teachers in the schools. As no nation can afford to provide poor quality education, it is necessary that we build a strong system of quality teacher education—on which depends the quality of the teacher and ultimately the Nation‘s education.‖
Hence teacher training programs have an immense importance in the transaction of teaching-learning and it needs to be imparted by using ICT resources with a wide range. The access to ICT tools for teachers and students provide an interesting and mutual communication while teaching and learning. It benefits both teachers and students on a greater scale. Here an example/ model of how to use ICTs in literature classroom is furnished which can also be exploited in other streams of study. British Council has developed a lot of tools and online courses to educate teachers all over the world and they offer special kind of programs on demand. In addition, use of various multimedia tools helps learners use various learning styles and develop creativity and critical thinking. They make them acquire and practice the language skills. Some of them also promote collaborative learning. They provide automatic examples of the target language and culture.‖
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Conclusion:
ICTs save large amount of time, money and energy making the process of teaching learning and evaluation more fascinating and all involving with a smoother application. In the country like India, we need to have abundance of resources and at the same time an expert teacher community to implement and to reach at the very rural outset where most of the illiterate population resides. And this target can only be accomplished through the impressive and active use of ICTs in education. Adoption of ICT in Higher Education will change over all the scenario in the Higher Education system. Implementing ICT in the Higher Education will need time to time training to the staff. Implementation of ICT will definitely assure the Quality of Higher Education the purpose for which the IQAC is formed in Higher Educational institutions if we wish to implement ICT in. administration and academics effectively we must provide more ICT facilities, equipment and tools to the administrators and faculty. Management and authorities should take quick decisions for implementing ICT in educational institutions.
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