I was talking to my wife's nephew the other day, and was pretty amazed to know that his college, MIT Pune, allows students to carry laptops, not just on campus but even during lectures. Professors share notes in PPT format before the class, and students follow him on the laptop...
Not only that, but they have online access to hours of video lectures from IIT Mumbai professors on almost every subject they have.
Sanam has assignments that include "Write a short note on Shreedharan, the Metro Man". And her teacher gives her a "good" when she names Ashok Kamte and Hemant Karkare as freedom fighters alongside Gandhi.
Pretty amazing, I must admit... a far cry from my own school days where we had nothing on current affairs, and where I had no Internet connectivity AT ALL until I graduated with BE Computers!
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In addition to laptops, some universities are also trying to unlock the mobile learning opportunities afforded by trendier gadgets. This fall Texas' Abilene Christian University distributed Apple's iPhones and iPod Touches to its freshman class; the student guinea pigs will be able to use them to receive homework alerts and in-class quizzes or locate professors' offices. In Ohio, Case Western Reserve University is giving a Kindle, Amazon's new digital book reader, to students in freshman seminars and introductory chemistry classes. The device eliminates the need to lug around expensive textbooks by allowing students to download them onto one 10-oz. gadget.
IITs have created resources like
http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses.php?branch=Comp
But they keep complaining that there are very few takers.
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