Assessment of current knowledge of e skills among students of b.ed. colleges

TITLE:

Assessment of Current Knowledge

of E-skills Among Students of B.Ed. Colleges; As Global Citizen

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What Happens in 60 Seconds on The Internet?

1 new definition is added on Urban Dictionary2 million searches on Google684,478 posts published in Facebook168,000,000 emails are sent6 new Wikipedia articles are published100.000 tweets 20 million photos viewed on Flicker $ 272,070 spent on online purchases370,000+ minutes of voice calls on Skype600+ new videos are posted to YouTube13,000+ iPhone applications are

downloaded

Advances in information technology, coupled with the

changes in society, are creating new paradigms for education

and training.

These massive changes have tremendous impact on our

educational and training systems .

To stay viable in this global competitive market, providers

of education and training must develop efficient and effective

learning systems to meet the society’s needs.

INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

Usage of new technologies, internet and e-learning in

higher education especially in teacher education programs,

can increase speed of development, and educate citizens

familiar with ICT and needs of living in 21century.

Globalization Definition

The process by which different parts of the world interact economically,

politically, and culturally.

19th Century

• Europeans discover the Americas

• European Imperialism

• Industrial Revolution

• Inventions– Transportation

– Telephone

– Telegraph

20th Century

• Free market capitalism– End of the Cold War

• THE INTERNET– Exchange ideas

– Transfer $$

– Share culture

– 24/7

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Fast-growing Economy.

“Destiny of India is now being

shaped in her classrooms”. D. S. Kothari

NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Teachers play a very important role in a student's life.

It is, to a great extent, the teachers who decide the

shape a student's life will take.

So, it is very necessary to be adequately equipped with

resources that will make the teacher a perfect role

model to the students.

To study the differences between/among the following categories of Students with reference to their

Current level knowledge on e-skills

• (a) Male and female students

• (b) Government, aided an un-aided colleges students

• (c) Science, Art and Languages subjects students

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There is no significant difference between/among the following categories of Students with reference to their Current level of knowledge on e-skills;

(a) Male and female students (b) Government, aided an un-aided colleges students (c) Science, Art and Languages subjects students

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E-SkillsWord Processing

Spread Sheets (Excel)Data Bases (Access)

EmailChatPowerPoint

SearchGraphic Software

Statistical SoftwareScannersDigital Cameras

Web BrowsersLMS (Learning Management System)

LCMS ( Learning Content Management System)

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Population of the Study

NO. OF

POPULATION

Type of College

GOVT. PVT. AIDED

PVT. UNAIDED

TOTAL

Students 100 882 2352 3334

Sample of the Study

NO. OF SAMPLES

Type of College

GOVT. PVT. AIDED PVT. UNAIDED

TOTAL

Students 20 70 284 374

TOOL USED FOR DATA COLLECTION

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Variables for Testing Name of the Tool Author of the Tool

e-Learning Needs

Assessment

Student E-Learning

Needs Questionnaire

Researcher

Reliability coefficient for scale

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Name of the Tool

Reliability Coefficient

No. of

Cases

No. of

Items

Alpha

Student E-LearningNeeds Questionnaire

374.0 45 .8980

VARIABLES OF THE STUDY

I. Criterion Variables:• Current level of E-Skills Knowledge

II. Background Variables:• Gender: Male and female

• Types of institutions (Governmental /Private-aided / Private-Unaided)

• Different types of subjects (Science / Art / Language)

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Statistical Techniques Used for Analysis of Data

• Descriptive statistics like Mean and Percentage have been employed to analyze the data descriptively.

• Independent samples ‘t’ test,

• one way ANOVA,

• and DMRT (Duncan’s Multiple Range Test)

Findings

A total of 374 Students were selected through

Stratified Random Sampling of which

143 were Male Students (38.2%)

and remaining

231 (61.8%) were Female Students.

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Skills Mean Rank

Word Processing 1.84 3Spread Sheets (Excel) 1.73 6Data Bases (Access) 1.55 7Email 1.86 2Chat 1.83 4PowerPoint 1.91 1Search 1.78 5Graphic Software 1.40 11Statistical Software 1.36 12Scanners 1.47 9Digital Cameras 1.42 10Web Browsers 1.54 8LMS (Learning Management System) 1.21 14LCMS ( Learning Content Management System) 1.27 13

Among e-skills current knowledge, Maximum knowledge observed for

PowerPoint (rank 1), followed by

Email (rank 2),

Word processing (rank 3), and

Chat (rank 4)

were observed, where Minimum knowledge was found for

LCMS (rank 13),

Statistical Software (rank 12),

Graphic Software (Rank 11) and

Digital Cameras (ranks 10).

Findings

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A non-significant difference was observed on gender differentiation and

types of colleges revealed that there was a

non-significant difference between students in their mean e-skills knowledge scores.

Analysis results showed that there is a significantly difference among students studying in different subjects (science / art / language) in their e-skills current knowledge levels

DMRT revealed that those students studying in arts and languages

had least knowledge scores and those students who were studying in

Science stream had highest scores and language students in between

EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

Findings of this study reviled to students, faculty

members ,management of B.Ed. Colleges and educators

to expand their own knowledge and proficiency in computer knowledge, e-skills, e-learning and Internet technologies and lead to more efficient utilization.

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EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

Based on the findings of Ranking and Hypothesis related to e-skills,

Decision makers and Heads can decide for the planning and

Designing workshops and Intensive courses for faculty members, based on

demographic variables.

EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

The findings in the present dissertation could also give Students

a better idea of themselves, etc., and they could be encouraged to take measure that would diminish their weakness e-skills knowledge.

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