ICT CELL – Welcome to HKCE

Chairperson	Prof.Varsha Gamare
Co-ordinator	Prof.Sanabano Shaikh
Student member	Sana Malik

While technology can play an important role in restructuring teaching and learning practices, teachers must take a leading role in designing appropriate learning environments that effectively incorporate technology to help their students learn well with technology. Computer technology, as a tools, could empower students with thinking and learning skills, and help students interact with complex materials. However, computers alone cannot realize many educators’ vision for technology to improve education.

Need and Importance of ICT Cell

NEED

Education is a lifelong process, therefore anytime, anywhere access to it is the need of our education system.
Education should meet the needs of variety of learners and therefore I.T. becomes essential to fulfil this need. It is a requirement of the society that all the individuals should possess technological literacy.
When we need to increase access and bring down the cost of education in order to meet the challenges of illiteracy and poverty. Hence I.T. is our answer.

IMPORTANCE

Access to variety of learning resources
Immediacy to information
Anytime learning
Anywhere learning
Collaborative learning
Multimedia approach to education
Authentic and up-to-date information
Access to online libraries
Teaching of different subjects made interesting
Educational data storage
Distance education
Access to the source of information
Multiple communication channels-e-mail, chat, forum, blogs, etc.
Access to open courseware
Better access to children with disabilities
Reduces time on many routine tasks

SIGNIFICANCE OF ICT CELL

Information Technology in Education, effects of the continuing developments in information technology (I.T.) on education.
The pace of change brought about by new technologies has had a significant effect on the way people live, work, and play worldwide.
New and emerging technologies challenge the traditional process of teaching and learning, and the way education is managed.
T., while an important area of study in its own right, is having a major impact across all curriculum areas.

HOW IS HUMERA KHAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION BLENDING ICT WITH EDUCATION

Humera Khan College of Education is not just implementing ICT in its Teaching-Learning process but is also motivating its student-teachers to follow suit. The following activities are conducted by HKCE to facilitate ICT in Education: