1. Role of
IT and its application
In Enhancing the Quality
of Higher Education
(Authors: Dr. Kiran Angra & Mrs. Rajni)

2. Abstract
Information Technology is the crucial part
of the education system today. In this 21st
century we need creative thinkers and
innovators. In this challenging
environment, educators are required to
modify their teaching strategies. The IT
and its application have brought drastic
transformations in…

3. the teaching learning process. The
growing use of IT changes many
strategies employed by teachers and
students in the learning process. The role
of IT in higher education is recurring and
unavoidable. In this age of Globalization
and competition we have to shift our
education system to world level. IT has
enabled us to monitor and evaluate what
is learnt, how it is learnt and when and…

4. where learning took place. IT has provided
e-learning an alternative teaching and
learning methodology. This technology
being added to the traditional teachers
centered model and students get
opportunity using the World Wide Web
(WWW) for developing their skills. To this
generation of the students communication
means E-mail, Online chats and Skype
(online video)…

5. Key Issue in higher education to
provide right pedagogies tools to ensure
that we produce the desired graduates. IT
and its application are going to play a vital
role in bringing qualitative change in
education. IT also helps the educational
management system to discharge various
functions such as conduct of exams.
Modern educational technologies based
on information…

6. technologies which plays significant role in
the modernization of education. IT has
fundamentally changed the working of
education. The enrollment ratio in higher
education is great problem in India and we
need to work on how to decrease this rate.
Therefore we have to make use of IT in
education in order to bridge the gap. This
change in the education leads to
innovative solutions for future
development…

7. Last but not the least, teaching means
promoting students and successful
innovations, this will be provided by IT in
this modern world.
Keywords:
IT, Education, virtual education, Teaching,
Distance education, Higher education, E-
Learning, Innovation and Research.

8. Introduction
Education is the essential part of life and
learning is a continuous process. In
today’s scenario we need creative thinkers
and innovators. In new innovation,
education plays a major role. Education
is the backbone of a nation. The education
system provides us better living standard.
In 21st century …

9. information technology plays a vital role in
imparting education. At the start of internet
in 1990’s, a saying was in fashion “the
internet changes everything”. IT and its
applications changed the way of teaching
and imparting education. Our education
system is focusing on creating the
students who can face the challenges at
world level. Educational governing bodies
like UGC, AICET are doing…

10. great for improving the quality of education
but with great difficulties. But information
technology changed the style of education
system. It creates knowledgebase and
then makes it available when and where it
is necessary. It reduces the cost to provide
education on people’s door step. In 21st
century one can hardly find a country
where higher education through distance
mode is not…

11. available. But In present days with the
revolution of IT, the higher education
through distance mode is done by virtual
learning i.e., through internet. IT has
provided e-learning an alternative teaching
and leaning methodology. This technology
being added to the traditional teachers
centered model to give better results…

12. Definition of Terms:-
IT:- The term Information Technology (IT)
was coined by Jim Domsic of Michigan in
November 1981. Domsic created the term
to modernize the outdated phrase "data
processing". Information Technology is a
general term that describes any
technology that helps to produce,
manipulate, store…

13. communicate and/or disseminate
information. Presumably, when speaking
of Information Technology as a whole, it is
noted that the use of computers and
information are associated. “Information
Technology” as defined by
the Information Technology
Association of America (ITAA), is "the
study, design, development,
implementation, support or management
of…

14. computer-based information systems,
particularly software applications and
computer hardware." IT deals with the use
of computers and computer software to
convert, store, protect, process, transmit
and securely retrieve information...

15. E-Learning:- E-learning is the computer and
network-enabled transfer of skills and
knowledge. E-learning applications and
processes include Web-based learning,
computer-based learning, virtual
education opportunities and digital
collaboration. Content is delivered via the
Internet, intranet/extranet, audio or video
tape, satellite TV, and CD-ROM. It can be
self-paced or instructor-led…

16. and includes media in the form of text,
image, animation, streaming video and
audio. E-Learning is mainly linked with
higher education and professional training.
The other name of e-learning is on-line
learning. In this we use network- the
internet, an intranet (LAN) or extranet
(WAN) for course delivery...

17. Distance Education:- Distance education
means separation of teacher and learner
in same time and place. Distance
Education has the potential to generate
new patterns of teaching and learning and
there is evidence that it can lead to
innovation in mainstream education, and
may even have effects beyond the realm
of education itself. It is also believed that
Distance Education plays a particularly…

18. decisive role in the creation of the global
knowledge-based society and will be an
important element of future education and
training system that have significant
pedagogical, economic and organizational
implications (UNESCO, 2002)...

19. Education is a two way communications
that allow learners and tutors to interact. In
distance education this is quite impossible.
Through IT, it can be possible. The use of
IT has extended the scope of offering
educational programmes at a distance.
The off-campus delivery was an option for
students who …
Technology Innovation in Distance
Learning for Higher Education

20. were unable to attend the classes
regularly. Today, many students are able
to make this choice through technology
facilitated learning settings. This make
available the education everywhere, it is
time and cost saving also. The major
benefit of ICT implementation in education
is it extending courses of choice to
students of different backgrounds,
cultures, perspectives. Learners are free
to…

21. participate in learning activities at their
convenience through online technologies.
Eminent teachers from different parts of
the country and abroad can be utilized for
teaching at their convenience through
mobile technologies and seamless
communication technologies that support
24x7 teaching and learning for instance
NPTEL (National Programme on
Technology Enhanced…

22. Learning, India,2007), EKLAVYA
Technologies Channel, India, 2007, Tata
Sky Active education classrooms etc. All
these above technologies are the fruitful
result of IT implementation in education
sector which provide a new direction in
modern education. All these education can
be provided through Teleconferencing,
Videoconferencing, Web-based
conferencing, Audio conferencing and
other IT applications…

23.  Teleconferencing: It refers to “interactive
electronic communication among people
located at two or more different places.”
 Audio conferencing: It involves the live
(real-time) exchange of voice messages
over a telephone network.
 Video conferencing: This technology
does not use telephone lines but either a
satellite link or television network
(broadcast/cable)…

24. Web-based conferencing: Web based
conferencing as the name implies,
involves the transmission of text and
graphic, audio and visual media via the
Internet; it requires the use of a computer
with a browser and communication can be
both synchronous and asynchronous.

25. Technology, globalization and competition
have changed higher education worldwide.
In the recent time it has been adapted by
number of universities/ institutions in
higher education for quality. IT has
changed the way of education not only in
India but also world wide with the help of
internet we can access any …
Changing aspects of Higher
Education in the light of IT

26. information any time. There are good
numbers of western universities/
institutions offer IT based higher
education. Now in India also like Western
countries the higher education is
becoming more advance than before.
Recently commencement of online test for
common admission test for management
students…

27. Now a days educator are required to
modify their teaching strategies to adapt to
new active learning environment, IT helps
a great in this global changes also put
pressure on the educators. They have to
sharp their skills to produce innovations
that can face the world. However with the
introduction of IT in the classrooms all
over the world suggests that IT benefits
educational potential…

28. Information technology, e-learning
provides an alternative teaching and
learning methodology. The role of
information technology in education has
been peripheral, with new technologies
being added to the traditional teacher
centered model of instruction. Through the
use of IT students have learned to…
The Integration of
Network Technologies
into Higher Education System

29. evaluate information sources at an earlier
age. These generations relish the
opportunity to research, routinely using the
World Wide Web.
Creativity is an important concept in
modern learning situations. Creating a
learning environment that will motivate
learners is most important if we want to
serve the needs of times. For today’s…

30. generation of students, communication
means email, online chats and Skype
(Online Video). It was discovered that
most students are not satisfied with the
conventional teaching method which is
lacking in interactive and more on
memorizing the theories in their reference
books. Educators can be seen as
innovators who navigates teaching and
learning through innovations that could
assists the students...

31. IT based higher education is popular to
those who want flexibility in learning
process, the one who can do both study
and work together. The study reveals that
IT based higher education can maintained
quality. Delivery of instructions and its
reception by learners may be accessed 24
hours a day, seven days a week. IT based
education can be…
Impact findings of IT
in Higher Education

32. offered to the students learn anywhere,
anytime. This type of education is a
potentially powerful tool for extending
educational opportunities.
The most obvious advantages of using
Information Technology in teaching
learning is the flexibility. It is an old
proverb that “Teaching through rather than
sounds enhance learning greatly“…

33. In a nutshell the picture is worth more than
thousand words. It is easy for the teacher
to monitor the performance of the students
during the lesson and the learners also get
instant feedback…

34. Conclusion
Information Technology is a major factor in
shaping the new global education and
producing rapid changes in it. The new IT
applications changed the due course of
education. They have the potential to
transform the nature of education and also
the roles of students and teachers in the
learning process. Continuous learning and
improvement are essential if we are to
meet the demand of the…

35. society. Both educators and students have
to engage as life long learners and create
opportunities to improve.
It is a challenge for the teacher to find new
innovative ways of enhancing students
learning. Teacher education institutions
should change in their strategies. These
institutions must plans to enhance the
teaching-learning process with the use of
new tools of IT…

36. The right blended learning which involved
the combination of human interaction and
computer interaction, to ensure that we
produce the desire graduates. Last but not
the least, teaching means promoting
students and successful innovations, this
will be provided by IT in this modern world.

37. References:-
 Use of Information and Communication
Technology in Enhancing Teaching and
Learning By Siti Maliza Hj Salleh, Faculty
of Accountancy, Universiti Teknologi
MARA Sarawak, Kota Samarahan
Campus Jalan Meranek, 94300 Kota
Samarahan, Sarawak. Malaysia…

38.  Role of ICT in Enhancing the Educational
Productivity Arti Bajpai, Lecturer
Rameshwaram Institute of Technology &
Management, Sitapur Road, Lucknow.
 ICT in Education - UNESCO
 www.google.com
 http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ICT_in_Educat
ion.

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