For
Participating at India Innovation 2010 Competition
Field of the Invention/Innovation
Education
Title of the Invention/Innovation
Role of Mobile Phones in School Education
Submitted by
Atul Daulat Pawar
Bldg A/5, Flat No. 23, 6th floor, Bramha Aangan Society,
Salunke Vihar Road, Kondhwa, Pune – 411 048
Mobile No : +91 976 224 1900
Email ID: atulp04@gmail.com
Introduction
Today, education is not just limited to classrooms. In today’s competitive edge, the technology has evolved into many facets of education that encompasses eLearning, computer & web based learning or training. At the same time the law on Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 which came into force on 1st April 2010, will raise the need of educators in every corner of the country. And the technology will play a vital role in bringing up uniformity of information download. In remote areas, it could be a challenge in building up the technological platform as well as maintain the same in order to provide non-obstructive flow of online educational content. There is continuous bandwidth requirement in order to pull the desired information from various websites. However, the dependability till date, on computer technology is very high and crucial too. It looks challenging because of non-availability of technical expertise at the remote locations.
Proposed Solution
So, can there be any other alternative that will be cost effective, user friendly, less serviceable and can fetch interesting information even after teaching hours? Yes. The “M-Education” - ” i.e. Education through the mobile telephony can be the answer for tomorrow’s challenge to educate every individual in the country. No doubt, today, there is challenge of faster bandwidths. But that will not be the case now as 3G services are recently launched in India. So, speedy content downloads will motivate to develop more pedagogical content using mobile technologies.
Challenges
There are
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