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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2019, Volume : 7, Issue : 6
First page : (176) Last page : (183)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7821

Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Transforming Higher Education in India: A Review

Anil Kumar Malik^1*, Krishan Yadav², Sube Singh³ and Ashok Kumar^4
1Senior Research Fellow, ²Associate Director (Extension), ^3,4Assistant Director (Extension Education),
Directorate of Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana-125004
*Corresponding Author E-mail: malikanil100@gmail.com
Received: 3.09.2019  |  Revised: 14.10.2019   |  Accepted: 20.10.2019  

 ABSTRACT

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are being used now-a-days in very creative and effective way in higher education. Apart from making the learning and teaching more interesting, the ICTs offer opportunities to the teacher and taught to gain information, ICT not only make learning attractive and interesting, but also increase retention on part of listener. Through the integration of these technologies, the teaching turns out to be more target audience, learner’s centric and two way communication. Usefulness of ICTs can be measured by way of its usage in making teaching and learning more appealing. At the same time, ICTs also provide challenge to teacher and students in terms of subject specific ICT resources for enhancing use of it in different kinds of activities. Moreover, ICT provide more interactive and less didactic approach, where the class can interact with the content and context of the lessons digitally through the ability to capture, combine and manipulate information from a brand of sources. The purpose of this review article is to discuss the benefits of ICT use in education, for the enhancement of teaching and learning. It also highlights the impacts and benefits of ICT in education, its limitations and challenges to education systems in the present scenario.

Keywords: ICTs, Higher Education, Impact and benefits of ICT.

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Cite this article: Malik, A.K., Yadav, K., Singh, S., & Kumar, A. (2019). Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Transforming Higher Education in India: A Review, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 7(6), 176-183. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7821