SHIFT FROM SMART CLASS ROOM TO ONLINE EDUCATION IN GEOGRAPHY

ICT has become popular support system in teaching and learning tool in the last two decades. In the last decade smart class rooms were set up in schools and colleges to take support of ICT for education. Now suddenly in the month of March 2020, with the entry of COVID 19 in India and then subsequently with notifications of lock down, curfew etc. a sudden development has taken place all over India from School Level Education to University Level Education in various streams of Education. However it is very early to reach to conclusion to benefits of the shift from ICT to online education. Traditional methods of teaching and learning cannot be replaced completely, neither by ICT nor online education. None the less ICT has given strength to teaching and learning and online has become a substitute for temporary situation. Haryana Government has given links on Higher Education Department website for the help of the teachers and the students to use the curriculam related material for teaching and learning and Siksha Setu app for the help of both teacher and students. Present paper is an attempt to know about shift from ICT to online education in the Education of Geography subject among students and teachers while staying at home. Sample of 50 students has been taken. It has been found that the students under study are using online published maps, diagrams, books, vedios related to Geography  subject for their course work related material from internet as a supplementary material but they are not creating learning material on powerpoint or microsoft word. Students coming from rural area or low economic backgrounds have less access to internet facility at their home. For basic curriculam learning students are using and relying on basic text books in lock down period.

 

Keywords: Education, ICT, Online Education and Geography, Siksha Setu App.


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