1. The Role of Technology in Improving the Quality of Education Abraham Tharakan General Manager, NIIT Ltd.

2. Changing paradigms Space Time Speed Communication Media Learning

3. Society

4. Highly specialised Becoming specialised The fount of all knowledge No one knows anything anymore... All knowledge through technology? 1800 1900 TODAY 2000 +

5. The Blossoming of Knowledge

6. Not the strongest Not the most intelligent Those most responsive to change Charles Darwin

7. The Role of Technology

8. Learning Design and Technology Differed Waves enabling technology Change of personal attititudes & models Changing Paradigms • • Levels of collaboration ( ) • • Interactivity( ) •••••• NewMillenium: Collaborative Technology objectives Growth of abilities & Knowledge ••• 90s Hypertext Technology •• Transfer of rules/ facts/ procedures 80s Multimedia Technology 60s: Behaviourist 70s-80s: Cognitivist 90s-00s: Constructivist models

9. NCF Recommendations on ICT Equipment Driven Programs Do Not Work

10. Quality of Education - Touch Points

11. The Learning Ecosystem

13. Education Delivery

14. Educators – Teaching/Learning Communities

15. The Pillars of Education Curriculum Learning of Individual Teachers Experience of Individual Teachers

17. World Wide Web School Home Ecosystem Child

18. Learnings

19. Thank You