1. An emerging economy like India has to accept the role of Internet of Things (IoT) in education- beyond
information and communication technologies (ICT) . With the global spread of the internet and the attraction that the web holds for the youth, education
needs to capitalize on IoT if it is to seek skill development to meet the Make
in India objectives. The reach of
technology should help strengthen relevant skills for the twenty-first century.
2. Education has to move to eliminate
the obsolete and archaic methods of
delivery. It has to upscale conventional methods to integrate ICT with learning
and teaching processes. Good teachers make good students. There is a serious
need to put teachers in India back on teachers’ professional development. The
purveyors of knowledge have to be
equipped with new sources of information as much as the learners.
3. New technologies must lead to teacher
and student motivation. Capacity building has to be accompanied by objective assessment
and an ongoing learner monitoring mechanism. Technology has to continuously interact with the learner and the teacher over
a range of areas. Accessibility into remote and sociologically , geographically
or economically weaker sections need the support of technology.[1]
There is an element of 'educational inclusion' called for.
4. Corporates like Infosys seem to be
waking up to the need to leverage on the technological shift to the Internet of
things.[2] Infosys is set to identify and incubate about
a dozen new ideas that could potentially bring $100 million each and a total of
over a billion dollars in incremental revenue annually over the next few years,
as part of a deliberate innovation strategy . Cisco has advanced quite a bit on
education in the scheme of IoT.
5. The Government of India has to
seize the technological moment. It must evolve an organized mechanism by which
it identifies new Internet of education ideas based on artificial intelligence,
school delivery automation and Internet of Things. The Government of India
needs to have national policies in education encompassing::
a - Big
Data Analytic:. With the advent of big data, the accumulation,
inventorying and interpretation of education statistics would be a key issue. Student behaviour and teacher value building all would be converted
to data bytes which need interpretation from a futuristic and additive
perspective.
b - Robotics- there is likely to be a dis-intermediation of human
intervention in teaching in more routine areas. Subjects that need vast
tutorial elements like mathematics can better be handled by artificial
intelligence. This is likely to excite young minds and avoid monotony to the
deliverer of learning.
c- Internet
of Education : Smarter classrooms through sensors measuring receptivity and
feedback dashboards. According to Cisco, the increased
deployment will affect in many ways. The Internet of Everything (IoE)
"is revolutionizing the way ... It's resulting in better, more reliable
service, consumer empowerment and improved capacity and efficiency ..."[3] The Internet of Education has to capitalize on the digital developments.
d - Microelectromechanical Systems
(MEMs) – transfering information between the worlds of the physical
and the digital.
e- Nano-technology
: Miniaturization of devices. As nano-material availability increases,
miniaturization will thrive.
f- Working towards a cloud platform for the education industry.
g - An ecosystem of partners from education providers to technology
providers
h- Applying Mobile
technology to spread education.
Countries like Taiwan, Korea are able to become leaders in the electronic
industry but India has to cover a longer ground although it has more
entrepreneurs than these countries, along with skilled labor force.[4] Taiwan,
Korea and China have massive government funding of strategic industries. Government and corporates need to finance IoEd
university research, finance breakthrough research, help in education patents, and
help in setting up a massive ecosystem for education.
[1] http://www.unicef.org/education/files/Making_Education_a_Priority_in_the_Post-2015_Development_Agenda.pdf
[2] http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-07/news/60902939_1_ceo-vishal-sikka-michael-reh-navin-budhiraja.
Vishal Sikka's strategy sees Infosys shift focus to Internet of Things and
artificial intelligence, Anirban Sen,
ET Bureau Apr 7, 2015, 02.49AM IST
[3] http://www.smartgridnews.com/story/50-billion-connected-iot-devices-2020/2015-04-21
[4] India Insight,
Ecosystem for “Make in India” does not
exist: Rajeev Karwal of Milagrow
By Reuters Staff http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2015/02/25/ecosystem-for-make-in-india-does-not-exist-rajeev-karwal-of-milagrow/
February 25, 2015
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