Trials Involved in Teaching and Learning through Technology at Rural Areas

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Trials Involved in Teaching and Learning through Technology at Rural Areas

Roopa. R. Kumar1, Dr. M. Ilankumaran2

1Research Scholar in English, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay, Tamilnadu. India. 2Principal, Geetha Jeevan Arts and Science College, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India. ***

Abstract

Knowledge is infinite with power that makes each individual independent and confident. Wisdom is the only resource that makes every person equal and eligible in this competitive world. Technology is probably one of the most powerful factors shaping the educational environment today. Many schools support the improvement of classroom technology by providing technical assistance such as tablets and computers, improving their internet connectivity, and implementing new plans to improve the technical skills of teachers and students. Although teachers usually escalate the benefits of educational technology, they often find it difficult to integrate new fangled educational technologies smoothly and effectively. After the acquisition of new technical equipment to the adaptation of curriculum and educational technology to incorporate new didactic tools, technological incorporation poses significant challenges to all level educators in the educational system. The aim of this article is to outline the common challenges educators face while trying to bring technology into the classroom and to provide possible solutions to the existing difficulties The article has focused on the rustic zone people who always get neglected from the advancement and new structures of educational techniques. The development based on the training provided to the teachers on the new methods as well as the implementation of technological assistance in rural zone classrooms. Therefore, this article has an aim on the productive aspect upon the betterment of educational sector. Both teachers and learners have to be considered and trained for educational upliftment. Innovative ways of doing works using technical gadgets at very smart means have to be adapted.

Keywords Technology, Challenges, Benefits in Education, Advancement in Classrooms, Students of Rustic Zones, Teaching and Learning.

Introduction

The technology always brings about essential organizational changes that can contribute to substantial productivity gains. This technology is used to support both education and erudition, equipping classrooms with digital learningtoolssuchascomputersandhandhelddevices. Ithelpstodevelopexperiences,accesstolearningmaterialsand expand the course offerings. Building skills for the development of learning and teaching method using technology as it enables to increase both students and teachers’ involvement as well as motivation. Technology has the power to make teaching an effortless process through the introduction of its various models of teaching methods. It permits connection between both teachers and students with specialized content; resources and structures to aid students to improve education and to enable them personalized learning. Technology has influenced many aspects of life and plays an important role in the development of each and every person’s life. It permits people to automate multiple manual tasks andtoexecuteeasilyaswellasefficientlymorecomplicatedprocesses.Theintroductionoftechnologyhasmadeteachers toeasilyconveyknowledgetostudentstomakethemacquireit.Theuseofmoderndevicetechnologyandtools,improve student learning and interactivity. This article gives an in depth resource about the challenges and problems faced by studentsaswellasteachersinruralareasinintegratingtechnologyintoeducationandlearning.

1.Challenges

Faced While Using Technology

1.1 Budget Limitation

One of the major factors that intrude the use of technology in educational sector is the budget limitation or the inabilitytoaffordtechnicaltoolsanddevices.Budgets’cutsandconstraintsarethebiggestlimitingfactorsinteachersand managers efforts to provide educational technology to students. This is the major hurdle that advocates of educational technology have to overcome in order to efficaciously introduce technology into the classroom. According to a recent survey, 75% of people identified budget constraints as the biggest obstacle to the use of educational technology. Good

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technologytoolsforeducationarenotcheap,soitisespeciallydifficulttoovercomebudgetconstraints.Usingtoolswhich are expensive cannot be affordable by the school authorities. Tools like Google cloud are powerful educational tools, but schools need to make Chromebooks available to students because to the ease with which they can be adopted. Training sessions fund teachers who cannot handle tight budgets. Budget is a major issue in the case of rural area schools when comparedtoothers.Dailyroutinesandnormalclassroomcasesaresometimesunaffordableforthem.Insuchcases,some fundingmeasuresfromgovernmentoranyotherauthoritiesforthewellandembellishedformoflearningatmosphereare tobeensured

1.2 Inefficiency in Vocational Training

Advanced and more established form of techniques using technology has been developed day by day. Teachers have to get the knowledge about each new technique as well as tools in order to train the students and for their exceptionalproficiencyintheirteachingcareer.Classroomsareunlikelytobeupgradedwithshinynewtoolsthatneither teachersnorstudentscanusetoinfluencetheirchildren’seducationalexperience,anditisfrustratingandtimeconsuming for busy teachers to train themselves with these new instructional methods along with advanced devices or tools. Professional training for teachers and faculty can be time consuming and expensive, but it is significant if students are expected to benefit from their technical experience as well as assistance. Sudden impulse towards teachers to be progressive in technical platform is not practical. The teachers have to be given time and support to make themselves familiarwithsuchdevices.Toanextent,itisessentialforteacherstobetrainedabouttechnicalavailabilitypresentin the societywithregardtothefieldofeducation.Thisprovidesabeautifuldawninthepictureofeducationalsectorforever.In case of rural area students and teachers, it is an essential factor that cannot be avoided at any cost. The students and teachershavetobewellequippedandfamiliarizedwiththiskindoftoolsforthebettermenttheireducationalstructures.

1.3 Connectivity

If a school that does not have the network infrastructure provided with new technical tools, it will not have any positiveeffectforstudents.Networkconnectivityandhigh qualityWIFIconnectionsarebeingofferedalmostinallareas bydifferentcompanies.Schoolsaswellascollegeshavetobemaintainedwithgoodnetworkconnectionfortheteaching processaswellasfortheadministrativepurposesoverthere.Networkconnectionisnotjustfortheeducationalpurposes butalsoforthedataprotectionandsecurity,accesstodigitalresources,toreducethetimeconsumingandfinallytogeta great reach in world about the particular institution or subject. Molding a new design, structure and a strong network infrastructure is necessary for the effective, responsible, and ongoing use of technology in education and have to be completed with great attention and foresight. In case of rural areas, connectivity issue is a big deal due to their geographical conditions and unavailability of network connections. Such cases have to be discussed and repaired by the higher authorities. They are not the exceptional ones who are to be avoided due to certain lack of properties and potentiality.Thebarrierstheyhavetofaceisthricehigherthanthenormalones.

2. Benefits of Technology in Educational Field

Nowadays students from lower class level to higher grew up in an atmosphere surrounded by technology. This generation kids even do not know what it would be like to experience life without mobiles, computers, TV and other technicalequipment’s.Inspiteofbeingfamiliarwithtechnologytheincorporationofitintoclassroomhastobeexamined thousandtimesforthem.Technologyhasthepowertomakeeducationeasierandmoreequitable.Atseveralschools,the administrations have inaugurated the use of technical devices like projectors and other handheld devices for the developmentofeducationalactivities.Theysecuremoneyfromthegrantsanddonationsfromcommunitiesandbusiness partnersforthedevelopmentof educational technologyinclassrooms.Bothteachersand students will get profitedfrom technicalassistanceintheeducationalprocess.Someofthebenefitsarethefollowing:

2.1 Active participation

Students who use technology in classrooms are always engaged and active because they do not feel bored. Allowing students to have a device of their own at a ratio of 1:1 then it creates a new initiative where the teachers can interactandtakecareof each student. Theuseofinteractivesoftwareandothermodelsundertechnological versioncan enablestudentstobemoreengagingandtolistenlecturesdigitally.Thisprogramcanalsomakeuseofmanyopportunities like making use of games and other such applications for the active participation of students as well as teachers to have moreurgetoadaptthesedesigns.Incaseofruralareas,suchdevicesanduseofthemarenotprohibitedbutlackofitisthe

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problem. They have to be ready with devices to make students familiar and active during such learning and teaching conditions.

2.2 Teamwork and Collaboration

Teamworkisoneofthebestmethodstoelevateourconfidencelevelandlearningpower.Thiscriterionisalready presentinofflineclassesintheformofgroupwork,assignments,projectsetc.Thebackdropofitistheinabilitytoengage withalargegroupofstudentsisnotpossible.Incaseoftechnologyimplementedclassrooms,thestudentscanhaveavast groupofstudentstoengageinsameprojectsandfindtheirownresultseasily.Thiswillalsoenablethemtocommunicate withoutanyfear.Therural area studentsatthisconditionwill be thegreatbeneficiaries.Theycanengageorcollaborate with other students and take part in different activities to elevate their learning possibilities. This method will also ameliorate the teaching methods. They can be relaxed and concentrated on their work without pressure. Hence, this technicalassistancewillbeaboonforstudentsandteachersofruralareas.

2.3 Incorporation

This allows students to be included in the classroom in a way that is never heard or seen. Even the differently abled students can make use of this technical assistance for the betterment of their educational activities. Spelling mistakes,grammaticalerrors,punctuationsetc. aredenotedwhenitiswronglydonebystudentsinwordprocessor.Itis impossible to outcast a student or learner who is keen in the knowledge of technology because it is becoming the backbone of the world. Technology has the ability to enable the students have a better atmosphere to learn themselves throughagroupactivityusingthismedium.Incaseofstudentsfromruralarea,theyaregettingchancestobemotivatedto engageinlearningprocessusingthistechnologicalmediumineducation.

Methods Appropriate for the Use of Technology for The Educational Development of Rural Area Students.

World’s future is destined to the coming generations. They are the ones who build the nation. The children are always the future of any country, so it is essential to provide them resources that is needed to realize their potential. A modernized educational system has the ability to bring different possibilities for the recent development and future. To attain a better educational possibility certain condition, have to be followed which includes detecting outdated teaching methods, lack ofqualified and efficient teachers,inadequateteachingandlearning resourcesandfinallyhaveto improve theimbalancedstudentteacherratio.Thisconditionwilldefinitelyerasealargenumberofproblemsfromtheeducational system.Ruralareastudentsarehandlinglotsofissuesconcerningabouttheirgeographicallocation,lackofresourcesand opportunitiesetc.Thereisalargedropoutratioofstudentsfromruralareasineducation.Thisisoneofthemajorreasons concerning the educational system of rural as well as tribal areas. The people of rustic zones consider themselves as inappropriate to utilize the materials or resources of enlightenment. Use of technology in such regions helps to bring developmentinallsectormoresignificantlyineducationalfieldmitigatethemajorconcerns.

Digital tools like smart phones, laptop, LCD screens, videos etc enables the students to be more encouraged towards learning. Rural zone teachers also face certain encounters which include lack of exposure to technology, inadequate training in digital tools and trepidation of new modes of teaching. Hence, it is essential to provide teachers with appropriate technical training. Lack of inefficient staffs is a major problem in educational field. Therefore, technical skill learning programs have to be initiated by non governmental organisations and corporate social responsibility departmentsevenputforwardbygovernments.

Conclusion

Technology is that something which provides one all sources of knowledge and information. Information communication and technology is the field that has recently become more to explicitly expand the term to include electroniccommunications.Technologyobviouslyhelpsindividualtobecomediligentandimprovetheircareerprospects. Technology has definitely paved a very significant role in the development of people. Support for establishing technical organizationsandincreasingtheimportanceofnational technicaleducationisessential.Ruralareadevelopmentcanalso be done using the Information and Communication Technology (ICT). By establishing technology in rural areas, village families get ample access to innovative and up to date not only information and communication technologies but also educationandcommunicationtechnologies.Educationisanessentialfactorthatmakesallindividualspowerfulandwise. Hence,utilizingallsourcesofmethodssuitedfordevelopingknowledgeandimprovingthequalityofeducationhastobe

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accepted.Themajormotive behind this articleistoprovidea helpinghandtotherural area studentsaswell astoprove theefficiencyoftheICTinthefieldofeducation.Inruralareas,studentsmayfeelabandonedwhilecomparingwithurban and semiurban area students’ abilities and facilities. Hence, the students of rural area also have to get the opportunities similar to that of urban and developed area students and it can be made possible only by the use of technology in the education.Interventionoftechnologyintoallsectorhasdevelopedallsectors.Nopartialityorinaccuracyhavetobedone in the case of student’s education. All higher authorities or government officials have to take care of the facilities and lacking factors of rural area students to mitigate their limitations and be confident at their knowledge. Therefore, this article tries to interpret the major possibilities, merits and demerits of technology in education of students in remote areas.

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