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IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that it is collaborating with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to support their Online BSc Degree program and augment select courses on the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) platform. IBM experts will be co-offering a Quantum Computing course on the NPTEL Platform and augment select NPTEL courses such as Data Science & AI with technical inputs that will help provide students with a current industry perspective. They will also conduct technical sessions for NPTEL partner colleges through their local chapters and for the IIT M’s Online BSc Degree program. These sessions will be free of cost and made available on the NPTEL & IIT M’s online platforms. The engagement will further strengthen IBM’s & NPTEL’s commitment on various initiatives to bring top-tier courses & new-collar employability skills to any student from a rural or non-urban area in India. Mona Bharadwaj, Global University Programs Leader, IBM India ...

 -Reshma Ravishanker Even as Karnataka has reopened schools for classes IX-XII in districts with less than 2 % positivity rate of Covid-19, half the schools in the state continue to offer only the online option to students. Data released by the department of primary and secondary education on August 24 indicates that even as in-person classes commenced on August 23 in batches, 50.21 % schools continue to give only the online option to students. Out of the 14,956 schools, 7447 schools have started entering attendance data on the education department’s portal. The number of schools offering just virtual teaching-learning methods is highest in the North Karnataka region, with around 81 % in Vijayapura and 82 % in Gadag, 72.49 % in Koppal and 93.37 % in Davanagere districts. In Bengaluru, a large majority of schools where students and teachers have made a seamless shift to online teaching with no challenges of access to technology, only online classes are offered. Shashi Kumar, general...

Today it’s really hard to imagine the world without technology. We live in a knowledge-based society where technology acts as a tool for empowerment and is entwined with almost every part of our life. The new digital revolution in education has been introduced by technological devices such as the smartphone, tablet and computers. This has changed the dynamics of teaching and learning process in the classroom and beyond. Technology in classrooms can be used to expand access to knowledge, better student engagement and learning and also wider growth. E-learning is the practice of using online methods within a classroom and beyond. It also provides learning opportunities that they’d otherwise not have access too, through online tutorials and distance learning programs. Now, technology is advancing the education industry to be way more effective. Teaching and learning is becoming so easy, due to the availability of apps! This has transformed the face of education and educational activities...