Director and Professor at Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Tiruchirapalli, India
A US$300 Billion global Ed-Tech industry is witnessing good VC interest and several mergers and acquisitions, especially in North America and APAC. As education gets commoditized and institutes start playing the volume game (Institutes with high enrollment and offering multiple disciplines enjoy an advantage with NIRF and NEP), Ed-Tech takes center stage. It was so disturbing to hear statements like, 'Our university has so many thousand students, and Ed Tech, therefore, is a must.' It sounds as if you are in a fish market. The Higher Education narrative is slowly losing its core purpose by recklessly increasing the scale with a cookie-cutter approach to education. We blame the students, but are the teachers ready for the new world order? I argued that a successful Ed-Tech implementation has more to do with the generation of learners, the learning lifecycle, accessibility, serious or fun-based experience, personalization, and eliminating the digital divide. The ed-Tech landscape must expand beyond MOOC, Moodle, Smart Boards, and MS Teams, and soft nontech issues must first be addressed! In short, Ed-Tech must be humane first and tech later. Bharathidasan Institute of Management Tiruchirapalli
The first panel discussion of the day on “EdTech Trends: Innovations Shaping Modern Classrooms” at the 7th Education Leaders Conclave & Awards, hosted by ObserveNow & Unstop , explored the transformative impact of educational technology. This session marked a pivotal moment in the education revolution, highlighting the importance of embracing change and collaboration. • Dr. Nagarajan Ramamoorthy, Director, Indian Institute of Management Amritsar • KARTIKEYA A, GM- Investment Promotion, Education & Skill, REAPEDB, Government of Andhra Pradesh • Dr Girish J, Chairman, Governing Council; Director Education, GMR Institute of Technology; GMR VARALAKSHMI FOUNDATION • Dr. Asit K Barma, Director, Bharathidasan Institute of Management Tiruchirapalli • Nishant Priyadarshi, Chief Business Officer, upGrad Campus Jeet Sharma For more info: 🔗https://lnkd.in/gb9gRzJ2 #ELCAHyderabad #EducationConclave #HigherEducation #innovation #Edtech #ObservenowEducation #Education #Hyderabad #Technology #learning #knowledge #university #onlinelearning #educationforall #Educationsector #advancedtechnology #ObserveNowEvents
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Assistant Professor-Economics & Faculty Chair- International Relations and Accreditations, Chairperson-MDP at Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM) Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
5moThought-provoking discussion. Congratulations 👏