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PAPER ID:IJIM/V.2(VI)/ 95-99/13
AUTHOR : Vinod Kumar Gautam and Ravi Ranjan Kumar
TITLE: CHANGING TRENDS OF EDUCATION: A STUDY OF E-LEARNING INITIATIVES OF INDIA
ABSTRACT: In the early period sages and scholars imparted education orally but after the introduction of alphabets writing developed on Palm leaves and barks of trees after that Gutenberg’s invention of printing replaced the oral education process of the ancients, so, too, has Charles Babbage’s invention of computers replaced paper with the paper-less world. The mode of delivery of education has changed from the oral to the written to the printed and now to the electronic. The internet has completely changed the way of storing, processing and retrieving information; it has also made its exhaustive effect on teaching and learning. The method of classroom teaching is transformed to E-Learning. The present study will focus on the development of education system of India from ancient to present period. In this study, changing modes of education and learning will be focused. A descriptive study on e-learning initiatives that were taken by scientific agencies, research institutes/centers, academic institutions and government, will be presented.
KEYWORDS:Education, E-learning, Distance mode, Gyanpedia, Sakshat.
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