Technology in Education, Can India Show the Way?

Via Digital Divide Network

7/1/06

Integrating Technologies in education involves comprehensive and coherent frameworks, policies and processes, which can determine why and how technology should be utilized in education. Otherwise, the potential of technology in transforming education and influencing development will remain undermined. ICT in education encompasses policies, processes, information, applications, partnerships, standards and stakeholders that can together transform the process of education from ‘instructing’ to ‘learning’.

In India, the challenge for education policymakers is to develop an education system that supports sustainable economic well-being without losing sight of the wider social consequences. While India has moved ahead of many of its Asian neighbours in its IT workforce, the basic issues of quality, equity and access to education still remain unresolved. The policy-makers are still apprehensive of the real value of integrating technologies in education to address these critical issues. Again decision-making in technology integration in education is often affected by lack of adequate information on the demonstrated value of technology in enhancing the quality and reach of education. Where technology has succeeded in influencing the education outreach and quality, supporting processes and frameworks that can sustain such efforts have not emerged. A lack of adequate knowledge sharing among key stakeholders has also delayed the process of using technologies as enablers of learning.

Digital Learning India 2006

Realising the critical importance of education in development, in the last few years, India has increased its investment in education and have taken several positive steps towards exploring the potential of technologies at all levels of education. These investments and initiatives have come from government, private sectors and well as civil society organization. However there are still processes that need to be puts in place, synergies to build, collaborations to be developed to make the best use of technologies in education. Knowledge sharing is essential to learn from best practices and finding commons solutions to common problems.

In August 2006, join the ICT in education decision-makers from government, Industry leaders, practitioners and academicians to share experience and build strategies for transforming education in India at the Digital Learning India 2006 conference.

Date:
Aug 23, 2006 - Aug 25, 2006

Location:
Hotel Taj Palace
Sardar Patel Marg, Diplomatic Enclave
110 021
New Delhi
India

Sponsor Organization:
Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS)

RSVP Information:
Himanshu Kalra
himanshu@csdms.in
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