Use of collaborative web 2.0 concept in educational environment
A learning system that supports formalised teaching with the assistance of electronic resources is known as elearning. In other words, eLearning is learning utilizing electronic technologies to access educational curriculum outside of a traditional classroom E-learning may be termed as a network-enabled transfer of skills and information, and therefore the delivery of education is created…
Abhyuday is the social body of IIT Bombay which aims at sensitizing the youth towards the issues plaguing the society. We involve the youth in awareness and impact-driven campaigns, competitions and events throughout the year. We also organize our Annual Social Fest in the month of January every year. Our College Representative Programme (CR) is…
If you have a 3 year old at home, you may see them asking “why” for most of the things. Questioning is the way we learn things. With the proliferation of the information on the internet space, It’s time for us to question what we hear, read and see. Questioning is a skill that…
Is India ready for learning online? It is from past couple of years that world is thinking and talking about using Social Networks or Social Media for Education. The evolving world of communication and technology offering tags, blogs, podcasts, file swapping – all at finger tips, is offering revolutionary ways to connect, create, learn, think…
Social learning – Can it enable pull strategy for e-learning courses? In today’s world most people are connected to each other through a web of activities on the Internet. People of similar thoughts and ideas connect through forums; people with similar career choices connect through LinkedIn and friends connect through Facebook. But if you look…
In their article, “Schooling as a Knowledge Profession,” Jal D. Mehta, Louis M. Gomez, & Anthony S. Bryk, point out various flaws with the current educational system, the greatest of which being that we are still operating within a paradigm that mirrors the antiquated trends of the industrial age. Today, the biggest challenge in the…
Stanford seeks to change the way courses are taught, with three free computer science classes to be taught this fall. Introduction to databases Databases are incredibly prevalent — they underlie technology used by most people every day if not every hour. The course covers database design and the use of database management systems for applications….
e-learning has been emerging for more than a decade and has caught up with the market. There are lot of e-learning content providers out in the online space claiming to be better than the other. What is e-learning? “E-learning is essentially the computer and network enabled transfer of skills and knowledge. E-learning applications and processes…
