Technology based education: A Nostrum during Covid 19 Pandemic | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

ABSTRACT

The objective of this paper is to understand the purpose of technology based education. The paper also discusses the problems associated with technology based learning. An educational institution in India is primarily based only on traditional pedagogy of teaching and learning. They follow the traditional set up of face-to-face lectures in a classroom. But many academic institutions have initiated blended form of learning. If we observe the current status lot of them are still continuing with the old procedures. The sudden outbreak CORONA VIRUS has brought the entire world to a standstill situation. It has been declared as pandemic by the WHO. The education system is also adversely affected by this crisis and is facing lot of challenges. This situation has forced the education platform to opt the online mode of teaching. Earlier the academic institutions that were rigid to change their traditional pattern of teaching are forced to make a shift to the online pattern of teaching. This paper deals with the relevance of technology based education and includes the suggestions on how to tackle the challenge.