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“ It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent-but the one most responsive to change”

-Charles Darwin

What is E-Learning?Learning facilitated and supported through the use of information and communications technology.

E-Learning uses technologies such as:

• E-Mail

•Bulletin Board Systems

• Electronic Whiteboard

•Chatting

•Video Conferencing

•World Wide Web

E-Learning means-E-Learning means-• Exciting• Energetic• Enthusiastic• Emotional• Extended• Excellent• Educational

E-Learning has following strengths:

• Accessibility for individuals who wish to learn at their own pace, place and time

• Provides a platform for virtual learning

• Augments un-interrupted learning through distance mode

• Reduces the distance between the teacher and the taught

• Permits flexi-timings for learning

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E-learning is an Interesting Classroom

E-Learning encompasses of on-line Self Paced Courses & online-line Virtual Classroom

Easy making of Assignments & Project work

Flexibility to learn Anywhere, Anytime

On Demand Access

More convenient for Students , Instructors and Administrators

Higher Retention

Individual Attention &Feedback by Instructor

Greater collaboration

Means for Life-Long Learning

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E-learning is Not a Solution for Everything

Social Interaction is Reduced

In Corporate Learning, employees are expected to work even in their own free time

Students need to be extremely focused and disciplined

To download high-density graphics and interactive videos, broadband network is preferred which is costly

E-learning poses Updating and Maintenance difficulties

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A Teacher Training Institute can create its own Website or Students & Teachers can create their own Blog

Writing of Lesson Plans & its Approval by Teachers Online

While trainees are away from the institute for teaching practice, teachers can keep them up-to-date through SMS or E-Mails

Students can also share information regarding their progress in schools with teachers through E-Mails

Assignments can be submitted Online and Feedback can be provided by teachers Online

The Class Presentations & Notes can be made available Online for students who couldn’t make it for the day

In Simulated Teaching, the lessons of the students can be recorded through Digital Camera

Micro Teaching skills like Questioning, Blackboard Writing, Stimulus Variation etc can be explained through case study videos

The Experiments on which Learning Theories are based can be shown through Videos

Using ‘Hot Potatoes’ software, an interactive web based teaching exercise, teachers can bring novelty in Formative Evaluation

Conclusion:Technology is being used in every sphere of education-be it Medical, Engineering or Management. So why not in Teacher Education. It is high time & we cannot afford to be left behind. It is, therefore, strongly recommended that E-Learning should be incorporated in Teacher Education in the form of Blended Learning i.e. for Better Learning & Teaching.

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