Academic Papers

This is IDEA 2013 conference report conducted by MANUU. The report is published by EduComm Asia in its July, 2013 issue (Vol 17, No. 3). The report and full newsletter is available at  http://cemca.org.in/

A Ph.D. proposal was submitted to IGNOU by a candidate (Mr. Abdul Kareem). The draft copy is available at, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IKztAHVHT72HjPRc_h5K0tNlHy_9d_j157LGUyljE-8/edit

Abstract The Urdu is one of the major Modern Indian Languages, which is widely spoken in India. It is almost second largely spoken language in many states. At the same time, the readers and teachers of this language are in minority. Teaching of Urdu as a language may require some efforts, but teaching of all subjects in Urdu medium requires more creativity and labour of teachers. This means that training of teachers to teach in this medium needs a careful design of the programme, which should be tailor made for the requirement of the beneficiaries. That is why, there are issues and problems pertaining to academic, administrative and evaluation aspects of the teacher education programmes. The training of different types of teachers i.e. pre-service or in-service have their own priorities and issues to be addressed. The campus mode or distance mode programmes require their own infrastructure and facilities. The short term or long duration programmes have its own need and implicati

Few of the draft proposals and draft dissertation reports of M.Ed. (DM) conducting research under me are placed below and followed by their copy of dissertations. Asma Proposal  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQROVTRIaWJQWHkzNVk/edit Dissertation https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQROT25pNUpTLVgzTzQ/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQROTEhUTzVCREFJOVU/edit https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQROZF9GWGZUSEtDQTg/edit Obedul-Haq Proposal  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQROMUd4U3M4RTczNGM/edit Dissertation Combined proposal copy of Aravind, Kiran and Laxmi https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQROWDEwM0ZjYUVMV1U/edit Dissertation of Aravind https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQROQ2FHNzlqMGpTcVE/edit Dissertation of Kiran https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQROdUt5c2tIOUg3N2c/edit

Some of the articles reviewed are given below. E-LEARNING: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND DISTANCE EDUCATION can be viewed at following address. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQRORnIybU1qZUlfb00/edit IMPACT OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON THE SOCIAL SKILLS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS  can be viewed at following address. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQRONVJEbkhzNXQ1TkU/edit INFLUENCE OF METACOGNITION LEARNING STRATEGIES ON LEARNING TENDENCY OF LEARNERS  can be viewed at following address. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQROZzAyMjM0N1BTU3M/edit TECHNOLOGIES FOR LEARNING  can be viewed at following address. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzTU0wmWJQROcExkd2hxRmhVRU0/edit

Abstract The information communication technology (ICT) is playing vital role in present era dominated by technological innovations. The use of ICT is continuously increasing and the use of ICT involves dynamic processes including various concepts, methods, applications. Hence, there is no proper definition of ICT, but for simple understanding the three terms information, communication and technology guide us to make us understand ICT. Precisely this is use of technology for communicating the content and information to the intended communicatee or student.  Thus, ICTs are a “diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information.”  The ICTs have been exploited to larger extent by the learners in distance education, as lot of information is being transferred to the learner through use of innovative technologies. There are a large number of technologies listed under ICT. The technologies like radio, televisi