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ANNEXURE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Case Study 1: Technology changing the face of education
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Technology is changing rapidly with new innovations and discoveries being made
across the world. The change has touched our lives, directly and indirectly. One of
the core aspects of an individuals life is education and today, technology through the
availability of expansive data and information is bringing about a revolution in this
world.
Technological advances like e-learning, internet; educational cds, digital classrooms,
etc. are being embraced by several educational institutions to provide the students
with large amounts of relevant information. The institutions today can have classes
with lecturers from across the world or even virtual classrooms where skills and
learning can be put to practical use to the extent unimaginable a few years back.
Also, the delivery of the information through these mediums is in a much more
interactive and creative manner than textbooks, resulting in there being a shift in the
culture of learning from memorizing to understanding.
The usage of technology has already become an integral part of higher education
and has been rapidly trickling down to touch the students at the beginner level.
Recently, a school in Mumbai informed all the students from medium school onwards
to purchase electronic tablets for their educational purposes. This is a display of the
drastic change in the educational patterns and processes.
In such age of technological change, the role of teachers is also changing. They are
no longer the bearer of knowledge, the one and only point of contact to provide
information and solutions. The students are faced with a different problem today, the
issue being the excess of information available to the students. There is need for the
teacher to be a mentor and guide the students through the chaotic bombardment of
information in a structured manner.
There have been several issues identified in the form of rising costs, accessibility to
technology, etc. However, as put by Mr. Arnab Ganguly, former chairman of CBSE,
Technology is playing a vital role in education in developed countries and this is the
fact we can not escape from.
individual is in touch with in the virtual world increases drastically, it is seen that the
individuals personal interaction with individuals reduces. The virtual contact creates
a false sense of being in touch with others, though the personal one on one
interaction with individuals which are vital to any form of relationship is reduced.
About twenty years ago, the British anthropologist, Robin Dunbar, observed an
association between the sizes of primate brains--specifically the size of the
neocortex--and the number of social contacts. Chimps can process a smaller
number of contacts than humans. Dunbar concluded that humans can handle regular
contact with a number of friends somewhere between 100 and 200, and 150 became
the standard Dunbar number for our species. So, though the social networks tend to
give the perception of an increased friend circle, the individuals are actually in touch
with much lesser. There are also cases of enhanced loneliness amongst individuals
since the only interaction with their friends might be through the virtual media.
Another sector which is looking at benefiting from FDI is the retail sector. There have
been discussions about FDI being opened up in retail which has drawn a lot of
support from international retailers like Walmart and Tesco. It is also being seen as
the means to put a structure in place to the highly unorganized retail structure
prevalent in the country. The additional benefits in the form of lower costs and
enhanced technologies make it an attractive proposition.
However, the policy decision is faced with some resistance from internal organized
retailers as well as some representatives of the unorganized sector. The entry of new
competitors in the retail sector is being viewed as a threat by current players in the
market.
resources could produce efficiently and then proceeded to trade. It was observed
that the world productivity levels improved massively.
The world today is shifting from demanding a jack of all trades to demanding the
master. The abundance of information in todays world leads to any person adept at
internet search skills is able to provide a general perspective about any topic under
the sun. The need is to be able to provide an in-depth idea about the topic. Also, the
level of competition in todays world leaves no scope for error and thereby, comes
the demand for specialization. With a team of such specialists, the performance
delivered tends to have been scrutinized from the different perspectives, leaving
lesser scope for flaws.
The shift to specialization has influenced the growth of new industries and markets. It
has also influenced our lifestyle, career choices and decisions. The need of the hour
today is to hone the skill that exists nowhere but in yourself and thereby making
oneself indispensable.