Re: [MTC Global] What Is the Future of Higher Education?

Prof. Goel's say is the truth. Technology is a relative term because technology is always progressive as it is derived by one generation sitting on the giant shoulders of the preceding generation. But education is absolute and more or less it is technologically independent in the sense that technology is merely a tool, an accessory and one can do without it.

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Dr. P H Waghodekar, PhD (Egg), IIT,KGP, IE&M, 1985,
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Marathwada Institute of Technology,
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and
Chairman, Advisory Board, MTC Global, Bangalore.

Engineering & Management Education: An Engine of Prosperity.
Classroom teaching must match with Boardroom needs!

From: "Virendra Goel" <goel.virendra@gmail.com>
Sent: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:17:34
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Subject: Re: [MTC Global] What Is the Future of Higher Education?

Don't you feel that too much of technology in education has destroyed its human face whereas prime task of the education is human building?

Regards

Virendra Goel

From: join_mtc@googlegroups.com [mailto:join_mtc@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Prof. Bholanath Dutta
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 11:39 PM
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Subject: [MTC Global] What Is the Future of Higher Education?

Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX

Reason for despair: I am in the field of higher education, and I am continually reminded of how challenging it is to transform this world through technology. While we've seen technology revolutionizing so much of the world around us, and providing so much access to everything from entertainment to communication, the same cannot be said of quality education. Education is a basic human right, but has remained relatively resistant to technology, and continues to be either of poor quality, or simply out of reach for so very many people around the world.

Reason for hope: The progress we've begun to see in technology-enabled learning gives me reason to hope. Online learning has the potential to revolutionize education in both quality and scale, enabling anyone with an Internet connection and a will to learn access to an education. Experiments with MOOCs have demonstrated that quality education can be offered to millions of students worldwide at near-zero marginal cost. Recently, barriers to university credit for MOOCs have also begun to come down, giving me tremendous hope that soon people will be able to get an education and also a meaningful credential to showcase their work.

Education has also been recognized as one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations, so I'm hopeful that nations will now see a reason to invest more heavily in education.

Best Regards,

Educate, Empower, Elevate

Prof. Bholanath Dutta

Founder, Convener & President- MTC Global

An Apex Global Advisory Body in Management Education

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