Role of ICT in Higher Education Trends, Problems, and Prospects

This new volume provides an informative collection of chapters on ICT and data analytics in education, helping to lead the digital revolution in higher education. The chapters emphasize skill development through ICT, artificial intelligence in education, policies for integrating ICT in higher education, and more. The book focuses mainly on technological advancements in ICT in education, the perceived role of ICT in the teaching-learning transaction, pedagogy for teaching-learning in the 21st century, student-centered learning based on ICT, learning analytics, online technologies learning, tools for technology enhanced learning, distance education and learning, the effective use of ICT in management education, experiences in ICT for technology-enhanced learning, influence of ICT in research development in higher education, role of teachers in direct classroom teaching in web-based education system, and role of ICT in innovation capacity building. The case studies help to illustrate the ideas and concepts discussed in the chapters.

1. Identifying E-Learning Facilities for Teaching and Learning Office Technology and Management Courses in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions Ammani Abubakar 2. Students’ Perspective towards Online vs Offline Mode of Examination Tamanna Goel 3. Perception of Students towards Use of PowerPoint Presentation as a Teaching Tool Sunitha Ravi and Savita Waswani 4. A Cloud-Based Solution for Smart Education: An Extended Version M. Afshar Alam and Anam Saiyeda 5. Impact of E-Resources in Higher Education Institutions Deepika Arora 6. Application of Learning Analytics Model in Outcome-Based Education Pooja Chaturvedi and A. K. Daniel 7. Higher Education Elaboration through ICT Malavika Srivastava and Ambalika Sinha 8. Student Perceptions on ICT Usage in Higher Education: A Study Bhatt Komalben Arvindbhai 9. Role of ICT in Research and Development in Higher Education Sunita Negi 10. Blended Learning Strategies for Management Students in a Metro and Non-Metro City Renu Choudhary and Daisy Kurien 11. Effectiveness of Developed Electronic Module in Terms of Achievement in Educational Administration of MEd Students Akanksha Gupta and Rama Mishra 12. Changes, Innovations, and Reforms in Education from Traditional Learning to 21st Century Learning Jyoti Bhambhani 13. Anytime Learning vs Classroom Teaching: A Comparative Perception Study Himanshu Matta 14. Learners’ Satisfaction of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): A Cross-Sectional Study Gopal Singh Latwal and Leena Gupta 15. Survey of Awareness of Massive Open Online Courses in Delhi, India Sudhir Kumar Sharma and Ashish Kumar Nayyar 16. Online Students’ Feedback Management System for Higher Education Sudhir Kumar Sharma and Gaurav Kumar 17. The Role of ICT in Higher Education: Emerging Issues and Challenges Pallavi Pal and Rakesh Kumar 18. Comprehensive Tool to Improve Program Outcome Attainment by Integrating Indirect Internal Assessment Anitha Senathi, Kshipra Tatkare, and Sujata Oak 19. An Appraisal of Constructive Learning Process Environment Using an Intranet-Based E-Content Management System for Engineering Education B. Manjunatha 20. Comparative Study of Four Options of ICT Systems in Management and Administration of Educational Institutions Naman Jain and Bhuvan Unhelkar 21. Effectiveness of Developed Learning Management System in Terms of Achievement of Bed Teacher Trainees Diwya Joshi and Shanti Tejwani 22. ICT in Education and Sustainable Development: Prospects and Challenges Sunakshi Chadha 23. ICT-Persuaded Educational Platform: A Pragmatic Study on Asian Countries Vikas Bharara 24. Role of ICT and Education Level in Financial Inclusion of Rural Population Himanshu Agarwal and Rashid 25. Role of Information and Communication Technology in Developing North-East Region of India and Some Aspects of E-Governance Hiren Kumar Deva Sarma 26. Integration of Human Resource and Knowledge Management Initiatives in Higher Education Aleena Ilyaz 27. College Automation Security Management Kaushal Mehta, Anmol Sharma and Lakshya Bhalla 28. Impact of ICT on Leveling the Ethnicity Divide in Order to Promote Student Engagement in the Education Sector Tejal Nathadwarawala and Bhuvan Unhelkar 29. Comparative Study of Four Options of ICT Systems in Management and Administration of Educational Institutions Naman Jain and Bhuvan Unhelkar 30. Higher Education in Capacity and Capability Building for the Information Economy Keith Sherringham and Bhuvan Unhelkar 31. ICT in Higher Education: Overcoming the Challenges Vaishali Dubey and Vinod Kumar Kanvaria 32. Fostering ICT-Based Education for Sustainable Development of an Inclusive Classroom Setting Fr. Baiju Thomas and S. Logesh Kumar

Gopal Singh Latwal, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at the Institute of Information Technology and Management, New Delhi, India. He has more than 14 years of academic and industry experience. He has authored two textbooks and edited two books and has published research papers in journals. He has also delivered expert lectures at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, and regularly delivers lectures for faculty development programs. Sudhir Kumar Sharma, PhD, is a Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the Institute of Information Technology and Management, affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India. He has published several research papers in international journals and at international conferences and is an associate editor for the International Journal of End-User Computing and Development and editor of the proceedings of ICETIT–2019. He is a convener of ICRIHE–2020. Prerna Mahajan, PhD, is Director and Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Institute of Information Technology and Management, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India. She has worked on several research projects funded by the Indian government and private bodies. She has a wide range of experience both in academics and administration and has published and presented research papers at conferences and in international and national journals. Piet Kommers, PhD, is an early pioneer in media for cognitive and social support and has been developing educational technology for teacher training since 1982. He is an Associate Professor at the University in Twente, The Netherlands, and an adjunct/visiting professor. He coordinated the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Cognitive Technologies and several Joint European Research Projects on multimedia, web-based learning, teacher education, virtual 3D worlds, constructivist learning, social media, web-based communities, etc.