Role of E-Learning in the Quality Improvement of Higher Education

Abstract

Education is a light that shows the mankind the right direction to surge. The purpose of education is not just making a student literate but adds rationale thinking, knowledgeable and self sufficiency. E-learning holds particular relevance to India as the youth constitute its major population and there is no other way to take education in such a scale without the intervention of technology. ELearning includes all the forms of electronically supported learning and teaching including Edutech. In e – learning the instructional material and content may be delivered by any one of all electronic media including the internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, Satellite broad costs, audio video tapes. All lessons can be learned in just one click. Teachers who are giving online lectures are real with vast experiences, without going to school, without spending single rupee for enrollment that is the wisest thing to do if we are not financially equipped. ELearning can be divided in several different types. They are Web-supplemented courses, Web-dependent courses In Mixed Mode courses etc. ELearning Approaches are, Computer-Based Learning, Computer Based Trainings, Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, Technology Enhanced learning, etc. Communication technologies are generally categorized as asynchronous or synchronous. Asynchronous activities use technologies such as blogs, wikis, and discussion boards. Synchronous activities involve the exchange of ideas and information with one or more participants during the same period of time. Learning management system and learning content management system is software used for delivering tracking the managing training education Luskin says that the “e” should be interpreted to mean exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, emotional, extended, excellent, and educational in addition to “electronic” that is a traditional national interpretation. This broader interpretation allows for 21 century applications for the improvement of Higher Education. Rapid changes in the technologies are indicating that the role of E-learning in future will grow tremendously in education.