Pune: In the era of technology, evolution of socio-cultural paradigms and human race as a whole sprinting forward at breakneck speed mankind has offered itself, amongst other newly evolved ideas, the practical implementation of imparting education through modern classrooms. “Back in the Nineties this idea, though spectacular, seemed like a trend of the west. It seemed rather far-fetched for Indian students like me.” says Manoj Azad an IITian and an employee in the IT department of Barclays India Wealth Management Services in Pune. Manoj, a local resident of Magarpatta City, adds that the very notion of modern classrooms, fully equipped with a multitude of technological amenities have made technology a crucial part of the education system today.
Khusboo Ramchandani, a first year student at Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (UG) supports the idea. “Even the so-called boring subjects have a have become appealing as the general experience of studying in a modern classroom is more interactive.”Khushboo’s colleague Aastha Srivastava says, “Access to the Internet, and online text is a huge advantage. A professor or teacher as skilled as he or she may be, cannot be expected to know everything. A quick query over the internet, on a big screen that everybody can see, always helps.”
Aditya Akash, a third year student at Symbiosis School of Law comments, “Certain subjects are best explained with the help of examples and evidences which are otherwise difficult to produce in normal classrooms. In modern classrooms however this is achieved easily.” One can relate to Aditya’s logic. After all it is virtually impossible to become a learned student of Chemistry without conducting experiments in a laboratory. “It would be laughable, if I were to say that I’m a Surgeon but I’ve never performed surgery in my life. I therefore require a practical surgery session and it is a lot better if I’ve had an Audio-Visual session prior to my actual session. This saves time and other hassles as opposed to viewing a dissection when performed in a crowd, performed by a Professor.” says Mayank Nair of Armed Forces Medical College.
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Deepankar Kapoor, a senior third year student from Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (UG) however chooses to state otherwise, “Having experienced education in a fully equipped modern classroom for three long years I would say that there some huge gaping holes in this system. With the introduction of Internet as a medium of education and assignment submission both in and out of class students has become lazier, due to the copy-paste culture. Air conditioners will put you to sleep no matter how hard you fight with your physical instincts, after a hearty lunch. Staring at a virtual projection has an adverse effect on the eye-sight as opposed to a good old fashioned black board or whiteboard.”
Everything said and done, Raymond Kurzweil the Dean of the Singularity University, funded by NASA and Google, and the spear-header of the Singularity movement has already stated that due to the exponential growth of Artificial Intelligence over the past decade, it is speculated via mathematical calculation that AI would surpass human intelligence by the year 2023. Human technology is learning faster than the human mind. It seems only apt that technology aids us in our learning process. Welcome to Education 2.0.
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~The RED Indian~
