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With the shift towards the
knowledge society, the change of working conditions and the
high-speed evolution of information and communication
technologies, peoples' knowledge and skills need continuous
up-dating. Learning, based on collaborative working, creativity,
multidisciplinary, adaptive ness, intercultural communication
and problem solving, has taken on an important role in everyday
life. The learning process is becoming pervasive, both for
individuals and organizations, in formal education, in the
professional context and as part of leisure activities. Learning
should be accessible to every citizen, independent of age,
education, social status and tailored to his/her individual
needs. Promoting digital literacy will encourage the acquisition
of new skills and knowledge that we all need for personal and
professional development and for active participation in an
information-driven society. It will also address ICT�s
contribution to learning, especially for those who, due to their
geographical location, socio-economic situation or special
needs, do not have easy access to traditional education and
training. �Department of
Information Technology Project'
'training of trainers in elearning� initiative
aims to step the the training drive at all levels, for promoting
universal digital literacy and general availability of
appropriate training for teachers and trainers, including
technology training as well as courses on the educational use of
technology and management of change. The elearning initiative
encourages the teachers to make real use of digital technology
in their lessons, emphasizing on creating appropriate conditions
for the development of content, services and learning
environments.
The objective is
to train teachers for implementing e-Learning in schools/
colleges/ universities/institutes/organizations of their
respective areas for better educational methodologies
(pedagogies) by
- Introducing the fundamentals
of e-Learning and hardware and software associated with
e-Learning
- Introducing tools and
technologies employed for content creation in e-Learning for
implementing e-Learning in education
- Developing skills in
teachers to locate and reuse the course content in e-learning
The Project has been
implemented by the DOEACC Centre
Aurangabad for teachers from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa,
Chattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh. At DOEACC Centre Kolkata, teachers
have been trained from West Bengal, Orrisa, Sikkim, Bihar &
Jharkhand. The total duration of the project was of 18 months.
240 teachers has been trained till date in Phase - I. |
