Abstract

We entered into 21st century with a pledge to transform it into a knowledge society. Knowledge society demands knowledge workers. It is beyond the acquisition of literacy and summary skills and functional social awareness.

The educational delivery system, through the ages, has been undergoing change. What started as oral instruction, with the advent of Audio & Visual gadgets has acquired innovative educational technologies for dissemination of knowledge and information. Further more computers and satellite based communication has totally changed pace and face of educational technologies. Today for that matter we are in an ICT era. We need to effect change in educational delivery system by optimally utilizing the available ICTs; for this would ensure flawless massification of education devoid of congestion in the flow of, be it information or skill transference.

In the process of evolving such an innovative ICT based educational delivery system, we have several stakeholders, whose initiative and dynamic interaction is required. The stakeholders include, the State (Provincial) Governments, Educators and ICT experts / industry.

This paper elaborates on the following aspects:

1. The present status of ICT from the point of view of available platform for offering education/training programmes.
2. The required strategies for designing and dissemination of content for the present ICT platform.
3. The strategy required for the networking and sharing of resources for optimizing the quality of distance education programmes, in terms of creating e-education through virtual classroom, virtual text books, etc.
4. “Learning and Teaching On-Line” – what it holds for the future distance education? Perspective and Prospects.

Key words: Information Communication Technologies; Distance Education

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Introduction


We need to prepare our selves to enter the fast-paced, ever changing and exciting environment called Information Technology to exploit its full potential for use in Distance Education. Even before we jump into this arena for exploitative exploration, let us note a bit the happenings around, the forces and the factors shaping the present and future environment, be it business, education or governance.

Today we are in the Information Age. It is an age where knowledge is power. To live and love the times we need ‘knowledge workers’. It is the endeavour of education system to prepare the individual to enter the knowledge society as a ‘knowledge worker’.

In the Information Age it is important to know/have the information appropriate to time, content and form. The information that is with the individual or the information that is to be given to the individual should be the information that is relevant to time; relevant in content; and is in the relevant form. This relevance of information is one dimension; whereas closely on heels we have level of information

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