1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 OVERVIEW

Today we live in the world where access to information is just a click away. The World Wide

Web has transformed the complex web of our society. The transformative and unavoidable

march of the Information and Communication Technology has influenced almost all spheres

of the life. Be it governance, economy, entertainment, business, education, etc. no human

endeavor remains untouched by the profound implications of the Internet and ICT.

The internet has emerged as a powerful tool for dissemination of education through its

worldwide access, transparency and seamless flow of information. It has revolutionized the

life of an ordinary man to the extent that words like Surfing, Chatting, Browsing,

Downloading, have become the part and parcel of the daily verbatim. Surfing & chatting

have become a child’s play today. Social messaging sites have made the world too small. The

web has emerged as the new GURU, and its wings are continuously expanding to reach the

unreached.

1.2 CONCEPT OF LEARNING

The action or procedure of obtaining information or expertise by contemplating, working on,

being taught or encountering something is called Learning. Advanced Education Learning

implies getting information on the university or college level. In 1956 Benjamin Bloom

recommended the three areas of learning viz. Intellectual: mental abilities (Knowledge),

Affective: development in sentiments or enthusiastic regions (Attitude), Psychomotor:

manual or physical aptitudes (Skills). The scientific categorization of learning practices can

be considered as "the objectives of the learning procedure." That is, after getting education ,

the learner ought to have gained new information and a change in his behavior .

By 2030 India will have 140 million individuals in the college going group. One in each four

graduates on the planet will be a result of Indian Higher Education System (According to

FICCI Report 2013 "Advanced education in India Vision 2030"). The use of instruction as

the rate of GDP has expanded from 0.64% in 1951-52 to 4.17% in 2011-12 (according to a

report from MHRD on Educational Insights 2014) According to the summit controller of the

advanced education in India UGC; there are 44 Central Universities and 310 State

Universities in India.

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To meet the growing demands of education, the internet and online education are the need of

the hour. The National Mission on Education through ICT seeks to bridge the digital divide

that is the gap in the skills to use computing devices for the purpose of teaching and learning

among rural and urban fraternity. The creation of online or web friendly educational content

along with the infrastructure to facilitate this has been initiated. Development of new and

Innovative ICT tools, appropriate pedagogy of e-learning is underway.

E-learning may be defined as “instructional content or learning experience delivered or

enabled by electronic technologies” (Ong, Lai and Wang, 2004, page 1). Some definitions

limit e-learning to content delivery via the Internet (Jones, 2003). E-Learning is the

experience that is conveyed or executed via electronic means. The conveyance of learning or

knowledge can be over the intranet, extranet or the Internet, using CDROM, smart TV, or

Satellite.

We can use online communication as sound/video (online radio and TV channels) composed

(online particular magazines, sites) specific sites as music/video, (for example, YouTube)

databases; word references thesauruses Google devices and so forth. Cell phone applications

and Virtual learning situations, in auxiliary instruction dialects can be taught; sentence

structure can be explained to the students and elocution vocabulary can be delivered.

More recently, the advent of the Internet has enabled tremendous innovation in the delivery

of post secondary education (Gunasekaran, McNeil and Shaul, 2002; Teo and Gay, 2006).

As time goes by, more and more people gain access to the Internet, the cost of computer

ownership decreases, and overall computer literacy increases (Huynh et al., 2003 The

legislature of India and besides state governments and training powers need to utilize online

networking and new media to convey lessons on dialects to class educational modules so that

the students become more acquainted with dialects better and comprehend dialect intricacies.

Like MIT course product on different subjects, advanced education powers can get quick

dialect lessons utilizing new media and can give it school skills and to various schools in

advanced education, new media can be employed to tell subjects and point by point lessons

can be passed to the students, and they can chip away at it.

One can get to online databases, lexicons, thesauruses Google instruments and so on. One can

likewise utilize online networking devices, for example, Face book, Skype yippee answers

and so on. Composed specific magazines and web journals could be used successfully and

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also practical learning situations could be likewise and be used as a part of advanced

education. Students can use writing board and can transfer their task in these frameworks.

The College of Applied Sciences utilizes progressed instructive innovation devices of

Blackboard to submit and get assignments at lone ranger level itself, and the students can

present their assignments using these. Comparable programming are in operation in cutting

edge nations, and this could happen in near future in our country too.

The e-learning does not appear to supplant the traditional classrooms with chalkboards, yet it

seems to coincide with the effectively existing framework. This framework rather guarantees

to reach too far-removed provincial regions of India where access to knowledge, availability

of teachers with respect to taught is still not adequate. According to All India Survey on

Higher Education Data 2014-15 - Pupil Teacher Ratio in Colleges and Universities of India is

21. This target can be accomplished by giving access to online instructions using computers

and internet connectivity with the broadband association.

1.3 E- LEARNING

E-learning poses to be an important element in the instructive development of the education

system of any country. It is all set to play a vital role in setting up another era of instructors

by overhauling their abilities to utilize the new apparatuses and advancements in technology

for methods for learning. So it is an agent supporting the evolution of the new pattern of

teaching, instruction and learning. These advancements especially the web/internet is

expanding the domains of knowledge not restricting it to the four dividers of the classroom.

E-learning is a method for training that consolidates self-inspiration, correspondence,

effectiveness, and innovation. It is an adaptable term used to depicting a method for

Educating through electronic means. It simply is "instructional substance or learning

knowledge conveyed or empowered by electronic advancements." E-learning alludes to the

utilization of Internet advancements to convey an extensive exhibit of arrangements that

upgrade information and execution.

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Figure 1: E-Learning

1.3.1 Challenges to E-learning

• It is dependent on the availability and access to technology i.e. machines

computers etc as per the e-learning material provider and high bandwidth of data

transfer in a time bound way.

• E-material designed for one system may be non functional for the other as the

software and technology versions change fast.

• E-learning requires high degree of self discipline, self motivation and time

management at the part of the learner.

• IT skills for the learners are a prerequisite to use the medium and inherent

message efficiently.

• Lack of immediate and face to face interaction and feedback. Moreover some of

the queries can be lost in the process of requests and inquiries.

• Designing of e-material and its impact has to be sufficient enough to retain the

interest of the learner.

• The harmful effects on physical and mental well being of the participants. Vision,

posture related and a solo virtual environment for the participants can lead to

many problems.

1.4 HIGHER EDUCATION SCENARIO IN INDIA

India with a population of around 1.27 billion is the second most populous country in the

world. Our nation has an unrivalled youth demographics with 65% of its population 35years

or below and half the population under 25 years of age. By 2030, India will be amongst the

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youngest nations in the world with nearly 140 million people in the college-going age groups.

One in every four graduates in the world will be a product of Indian Higher Education

System. The expenditure on education as percentage of GDP has increased from 0.64% in

1951-52 to 4.3% in 2015-16 (As per a report from World Bank, UNESCO Institute for

Statistics). According to the apex regulator of the higher education in India UGC (Jan 2016),

there are 47 Central Universities and 342 State Universities in India (Table 1.1).

Table 1: University List (Jan 2016)

Institution Type Count

Central Universities 47

Deemed Universities 123

Institutes of National Importance 68

State Private Universities 143

Private Universities 237

State Public Universities 342

Autonomous Colleges and Affiliated Colleges 31,000 (approx.)

Institutions established under State Legislations 5

(Source: UGC and MHRD Reports)

Despite all social, economical, regional and gender disparities, India has created the largest

formal education system in the world. It has more than 20 million students enrolled in higher

education and 9.5lakh faculties. Nevertheless, one can still witness disparity in the gross

enrolment ratio across states, different communities, gender and urban-rural divide, said as

under:

i. Inter-state Disparity - 47.9% in Noida vs. 9% in Assam

ii. Urban-Rural Divide – 30% in urban areas vs. 11.1% in rural areas

iii. Differences across communities -14.8% for OBCs, 11.6% for SCs, 7.7% for ST

and 9.6% for Muslims

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iv. Gender Disparity -15.2% for female vs. 19% for male. (Source FICCI Higher

Education Summit 2013)

The scenario of excellence and quality of Higher Education in the Country is also alarming.

“There is 40% shortage of the faculties in state universities and 35% in the central

universities whereas 62% Universities, and 90% colleges are averagely rated or below

average by NAAC accreditation in the year 2010” (Higher Education in India: Twelfth Five

Year Plan (2012–2017).

The gross enrollment ratio at the end of eleventh five year plan period (2007-12) was 17.9%

(E&Y, 2012). It has gone up by 23.6% by the end of the year 2015. It apparently requires and

calls for the revival of the entire education system by adopting new ways of imparting

education addressing the core issues of Expansion, Equity, and Excellence. In this context

“ICT application constitutes an absolute necessity, given a huge dispersed populations in sub-

continent, inadequate resources and mind boggling needs’’ (Dr. Usha V Reddy Role of ICT

in Education).

1.5 THE INTERNET AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Presently the Internet is being proposed as the favored medium to enhance guideline, expand,

get to, and bring efficiency in higher education. School and college teachers now routinely

post their syllabi and course readings through the World Wide Web. A couple of user

addresses and other instructional materials are accessible on the Web in their particular

courses. Increasing numbers of educational institutions have started offering some expansion

or degree-credit courses over the Internet.

In "Patterns in Educational Technology", as the second pattern, Ely expresses: "The Internet

has turned into a noteworthy wellspring of data for students and instructors. In advanced

education, the utilization of the Internet to convey guideline has been consistently

developing" (Ely 2002:9). Citing Gilberts, Ely specifies that: "these calls. Ely see a few

issues like hesitance of the teachers to stay aware of the innovation, unwillingness of the

establishments to give adequate workforce and financial help to adapt to innovation”.

In spite of all this, the Internet has turned into an unprecedented and inevitable source of

information and data in the sector of education. In fact, an exploration of the Pew Internet and

American Life Project brings up that the students begin utilizing the web right on time as well

as use it broadly (Jones, 2002). The study contends that the undergrads are all the more much

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of the time on the web, checking their messages, downloading music records and utilize texts

along with using the web for the sake of entertainment (surfing the Internet).

The Internet has been utilized for interacting with the teachers, leading examination and get

ready undertakings with their companions and getting access to scholastic relevant messages.

Moreover the undergrads utilize the Internet for social correspondence and stay in constant

contact with their peers. Since these improvements and potential guarantees, the Internet has

been considered to start an 'outlook change' in training (Goetz 2004:2).

Correspondingly, it is proposed that: The worldview that has represented our universities is

this: A school is a foundation that exists to give direction. Inconspicuously yet significantly

we are moving to another worldview: A school is an organization that exists to deliver

learning. This movement changes everything. In the Instruction Paradigm, the mission of the

school is to give guidelines, to educate. The technique and items are one and the same. The

methods are the end. As per the learning paradigm, the mission of the school is to create

learning. The technique and the items are isolated. Notwithstanding Internet's role as data

supplier in routine for supplementing education; it has likewise been utilized as an instrument

for a complete medium of instruction. Since the advancements, it has even been suspected

that the Internet would supplant the colleges. For instance, the colleges work in the capacity

of being the proprietors of the libraries; also, as the spot where academicians meet and as the

institutions which confer the Degrees to the students.

Internet, as of now, can meet these characteristics and consequently, can supplant the

colleges. The undergrads "may well be more proficient, inventive, and socially gifted as a

result of their familiarity for usage of the web, including their experiments of creating

personality online". However there are views about utilization of the Internet in instruction.

“Gaining from the Internet will supplement as opposed to supplanting education” ... “the

Internet may not replace the traditional methods of classroom education, in any event for a

long time to come. However it will enhance or supplement the instructive decisions for the

most part accessible to all classifications of learners”.

Thus, the Internet is an astounding innovative development that will ease the procurement of

data, new correspondence advancements and a medium of mass communication which from

one-to-numerous has become numerous to-numerous. By expelling the limits of time and

place, the Internet has additionally lifted the restrictions that hindered achieving the data.

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It additionally modified the customary significance appended to the “media” as the supplier

of one-path data from the essayist/originator/maker to the group of onlookers. “Great quality”

or "dependable" sources made "guards" for 'quality sources.' Then again, the offices of the

new data advances have impacted the media monetarily and politically, as well as, both

locally and universally. As it were, as the limits of correspondence vanish, the expense of the

media organizations' fall, and, thus rich media supporters begin to consume the media

establishments.

Late in 1990's instructors around the globe were confronted with the uncommon reality of the

birth of digital grounds. Now a day’s Rising Internet Technology has given the worldwide

access to data assets in an economical way. It is propounded that the Internet outperforms

even the Sun!

The Sun can just sparkle its light on half of the world at one time, while Internet can cover

the whole globe, all day and all night for the dissemination of data and interaction amongst its

users. Despite the inherent weaknesses about issues of quality, uprightness, realness,

unpredictability and non-refereed nature of data sources, the Internet is a predominant

medium for data transmission. Everything that is required for educating and learning, viz,

course books, indexes, reference books, magazines, daily papers, insightful diaries, databases,

photographs, online courses, etc all have been made accessible on the Internet. It offers a

bright environment for enhancing, improving, and reforming training through intuitive

hypertext, feedback, online interaction and a great deal more than one can dream.

The Web has made stunning measures of data effortlessly available and for all intents and

purposes, free Internet has been seen as an essential medium and vehicle of data that can help

students in the compatibility of information, learning, look into, and expanding their ability

for social communication. The Web is seen to advance request and imagination through

association of different types of learning, for example, content, sight and sound,

representation, photographs, music, video, sound, activity so as to say the Multimedia

Components and so on.

Various studies have been done on the socio-mental impacts of Internet on instructing and

training. The limitation of the Internet include confusion due to loads of data available; over-

augmented presentation, online access to full content archives and computerized pictures

which may lead individuals to obtain material which is not worth and has negligible

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premium. The information overload may lead to indigestion of knowledge. (Scott Thomas J

(2000)).

Despite this entire Internet serves to enhance the teaching learning by providing access to

sources of information and democratization of knowledge throughout the globe.

2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE / TASK

Li et al. (2003) pointed out: "Initially, electronic guideline presents data in a non-direct style,

permitting students to investigate new information through searching and cross-referencing

exercises. Second, online showing underpins dynamic learning forms stressed by

constructivist hypothesis. Third, the electronic instruction is upgraded understanding through

enhanced perception. Lastly, the comfort, it could be utilized at whatever time, at wherever".

The second group of financial writing plans to assess the effect of the instructive inputs on

the students' execution, given informative creation capacity. The beginning stage was that the

more students’ advantage from the physical environment of instruction the better is their

accomplishment. Along these lines, expanding environmental interest in training must

prompt better results and execution.

Leuven et al. (2004) inferred that there is no confirmation for a relationship between

expanded instructive utilization of ICT and students' execution. They discover a reliably

negative and insignificantly noteworthy relationship between ICT use and some student

accomplishment measures. Students may utilize ICT to build their relaxation time and have

less time to ponder. Internet gaming and expanded interchanges channels don't as a matter, of

course, mean expanded accomplishment. Numerous different clarifications were displayed.

Sansanwal (2009) in the eighties, training technologists used to discuss Computer-based

Training (CBT), Computer-based Instruction (CBI), Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI),

Computer Assisted Learning (CAL), Computer-Supported Instruction (CSI), and Computer

Managed Instruction (CMI). As Sansanwal (2009) further watches, ICTs in the immediate

feeling of the term, have opened new boulevards, as Online learning, e-learning, Virtual

University, e-guiding, e-training, e-diary, etc.ICT can be utilized as a part of instruction in

the accompanying zones: Teaching, Remedial Teaching, Diagnostic Testing, Evaluation,

Psychological Testing, Development of Virtual Laboratory, Online Tutoring, Development

of Reasoning and Thinking and Instructional Material Development.

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Olin-Scheller and Wikström (2010) The Internet assumes a unique part in the lives of

youngsters today. Kids and youths take part in online exercises both inside and outside the

classroom. Formally, that is in the school, children utilize the Internet for an occasion, when

hunting down the data and when finishing the tests. Incidentally, that is in their extra time,

they visit with the associates, play online PC diversions and are included in fan fiction, i.e.

utilizing distributed material to make pictures and movies and so on. Christina Olin-Scheller

and Patrik Wikström battle that fan fiction gatherings on the Internet could be viewed as

"casual learning settings".

Castro Sánchez and Alemán (2011) Students are currently all the more as often as possible

occupied with the significant utilization of PCs. They fabricate new learning through getting

to, selecting, sorting out, and deciphering data and information. Because learning through

ICT, students are more equipped for utilizing data and information from different sources,

and evaluating the nature of the learning materials.

Pierre Gedeona (2015) - This particular paper is designed to suggest a framework to control

the move to e learning in Higher Education by repairing an authorized framework,a roadmap

as well as performance indicators that are key for the recognition of internet Courses as

equivalent to in class program lacks of a definite legal as well as procedural framework in the

majority of the nations on the planet. The absence of legislation results in an absence of

transparency and visibility on the e learning market in general and the distance learning

industry particularly. As a primary component of recognition we suggest to base the

equivalence on the product of Competence Quotient (CQ) that we present in this particular

paper. A definite legal framework for the recognition of internet Courses as equivalent to in

class program will make transparency and visibility on the elearning sector in general and

distance learning particularly for Higher Education.

Deepali Pande et, al (2016) - This particular analysis concentrates on the usefulness of

utilizing e learning in training in tertiary institutions. The higher education institutions utilize

contemporary info as well as communication Technologies for learning and teaching. This

particular paper reviews literature and provides a scholarly experience to the papers by

sharing some contributions created by different researchers as well as institutions on e

learning idea, especially the use of its for learning and teaching in higher educational

institutions. It unfolds severala few sights discussed by individuals and institutions globally

on the adoption as well as integration of e learning systems in education by using other

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observations and surveys. Right here we discover the meaning or maybe definitions of e

learning as provided by different researchers as well as the job which e learning plays in

higher educational facilities in relation to teaching and learning processes, and the pros and

cons of its implementation and adoption.

Sarah Guri-Rosenblit (2018) - The discourse on the implementation of the digital

technologies in advanced schooling options focuses primarily on students' learning instead of

on professors' training. The small attention given to the essential role of teachers in internet

ways leads to a moderate and restricted adaptation of the technologies in advanced schooling

worldwide. In many higher education institutions, the brand new technologies are utilized

primarily for add on features and not for substituting face-to-face encounters and for a

rigorous web enhanced teaching. This particular article begins with briefly explaining why

many pupils, especially at the undergraduate level, are actually unable and/or unwilling to

research on their own with no specialist coaches to guide the consent construction of theirs,

covers the problematics of digital literacy of teachers, examines the primary factors for the

reluctance of countless academics to use the systems a lot more completely in the teaching of

theirs, and concludes by recommending several techniques for incorporating more

completely the massive array of the technologies' abilities in increased education institutions.

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3. STATEMENT ABOUT THE HISTORY (PROBLEM)

The problem of the internet usage skills, slow access speed, irrelevant overload of

information, privacy issue i.e. when used a t public places e.g. cyber cafes, paid sites, context,

authenticity and credibility of content. Problem exist in both sectors but sometimes private

colleges manage to solve these problems without wastage of time whereas the management

of the government universities follows lengthy process causing dissatisfaction .

It is found that the most of the students carry Android phone that supports internet and Wi-Fi

access. Even they informed that they can access the academic material through mobile

phones. They faced several problems while accessing the academic materials through phones.

The results of regular Internet use, especially among students, have turned into a profoundly

controversial issue. Different types of health problems are being faced by the students these

days due to mobile phone uses. Still, there remains a scarcity of examination on the subject,

including the sorts and purposes behind use, and their outcomes. Besides problems being

faced by the students, mobile phones are getting to be famous, individuals can manage the

cost of them, in present scenario, the utilization of versatile specialized gadgets has gone past

the customary role of correspondence and it is currently utilized as a part of supporting

education and learning. In training, cell telephones have prompted the development of new

worldview known as portable learning. The fast development of access to cellular telephones

the world over and in India and Middle East locales specifically have a capability of

enhancing instructing, learning and institutional efficiencies to empower transformation of

national training framework .

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4. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The present study aims to find out the Use of Internet for learning by the students of the

Higher Education Institutions at the Undergraduate and Post Graduate level. For this purpose

Public and Private Universities are chosen in Noida.

1. To study accessibility and reach of internet and online study resources.

2. To explore the facts about usage of internet for curriculum based learning

3. To find out the relationship between use of internet and academic performance of the

students.

4. To find out perception regarding quality of information and content available on

internet.

5. To analyze the various internet services, search engines and strategies used for

extracting information.

6. To investigate the problems and prospects of internet usage.

7. Emerging mobile phones technology and access of internet through this, anytime

anywhere, by the students of the higher education.

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5. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

“Education is evolving due to the impact of Internet. We cannot teach our students in the

same manner in which we were taught. Change is necessary to engage students not in the

curriculum we are responsible for teaching, but in the class period” April Chamberlin.

Internet and the related technology is expanding and influencing the way education is being

imparted. The ever increasing use of internet by the aspirants of higher education may have

significant implications on the teaching and learning and associated social change.

Mitra and Steffensmeier (2000) reasoned that an arranged learning foundation where students

have simple access to Computers could encourage uplifting dispositions toward the

utilization of Computers in educating and learning..

Liu, Macmillan, and Timmons (1998) saw coordinating Computers into a learning framework

as a complex instructional framework in which student learning is affected by instructors,

substitutes, authoritative and specialized staff, Computer equipment and programming assets

in classroom settings. They reported that students' with inspirational states of mind toward

utilizing Computers additionally have uplifting dispositions toward using Computers for their

learning.

The Internet is a common data space that contains an extraordinary measure of data as books,

articles, diaries, news, etc. This shared area bolsters the creation and sharing of students'

insight in different arrangements. Instructively it is exceptionally significant that the Internet

gives plausibility to substitutes to see others' work, and, in this way, enhance their reasoning

5.1 DATA COLLECTION AND TOOLS

For the study the survey method will be used. A suitably tailored questionnaire will be used

for data collection which will be supplemented by in depth interview with teachers.

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5.2 SOURCES OF DATA COLLECTION

Primary Data Collection: The questionnaire will be administered for primary data

collection to the UG and PG students about availability of internet, usage of it for curriculum

based information, quality of material available, problems prospects, use of mobile

technology for accessing the scholastic information etc. The interviews schedules will be

planned and conducted with the faculty regarding the perceptions of online courses, usage of

internet for academic purposes. The primary data will be collected directly at source by

investigator himself.

Secondary Data Collection: The study will also systematically carried out on the basis of

relevant secondary data which will be collected from the annual reports and records of the

Ministry of HRD, Education departments, University Grants Commission, Jamia Millia

Islamia University, AMITY UNIVERSITY, various websites, review of professional journals

and proceedings of national and international conferences and seminars, books, published

articles and other publications related to the research topic . This type of data will have been

collected and analyzed for the purpose of generating authentic information to supplement the

present study.

5.3 SAMPLE SIZE

For the study two universities namely Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI) and AMITY UNIVERSITY

(AU) will be taken. The respondents comprised of UG and PG students in the stream of Mass

Communication. In JMI the Questionnaire will be distributed to the strength of 120

Undergraduates comprising of 40 students each in the three year course. Out of which 65

filled up responses will receive back. Similarly 100 questionnaires will be distributed to the

PG students, 50 registered in each for the two year course. From this 60 filled up responses

will be receive back.

For AMITY UNIVERSITY similar questionnaire will be administered to 1200 UG students

registered in the three year course .Consequently 600 respondents returned the filled up

questionnaire. Out of the questionnaire distribute to 200 PG students, 95 responses will

receive back.

5.4 SAMPLE UNIVERSITIES TAKEN FOR THE STUDY

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5.4.1 Amity University Noida

Amity became the first wireless campus of India, years before most people had even heard of

the technology. As India's first hi-tech smart campus, Amity has wireless broadband internet

connectivity with over 75kms of fiber optic/LAN cable backbone structure.

Each student is provided with a smart card for access control/e-wallet etc. Also, all campuses

are interconnected through a highly secured Amity Virtual Private Network, (Amizone)

where over 4,000 Computers are connected to the internet through broadband connections

whilst 37 hi-end servers power the Amity network.

All Amity locations are connected to AMITY UNIVERSITY Campus, Noida over MPLS

VPN Network, enabling to transmit Live Class Rooms to all locations through eLearning

Solution and IP Cameras. High throughput Wi-Fi Access Points with Omni and Sectoral

Antenna helps students to browse Internet for education from any part of the Campus. 1 Gbps

internet bandwidth from multiple ISP’s gives high speed bandwidth to students.

5.4.2 Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi

For the first time, Jamia got a 64 kbps IPA-VSAT Internet facility through the National

Informatics Centre (NIC). This was established with partial support from the All India

Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The facility became operational since January

2000. However due to small bandwidth, this facility could be utilized only for uploading the

WebPages to the NIC Server. This connectivity is now being upgraded to 128 kbps DVB-

VSAT under the Info-net Program; the University Grants Commission has provided a 2 Mbps

Leased Line Internet connection to Jamia which became operational on April 7, 2003. Under

this scheme, the machines and the connectivity charges of Rs. 25lakhs (90% of the total cost)

have been provided by the UGC, whereas the remaining 10% of the cost has been borne out

by the University. The UGC provides Rs. 19lakhs per annum as recurring expenses towards

the Internet connection.

5.5 DATA ANALYSIS

Data analysis is the process of bringing order, structure and meaning to the mass of

information collected. In this study data will be derived from open-ended questions in the

questionnaires, and that meant to supplement quantitative data availed by the questionnaire.

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The data from the study will be analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively using percentages,

means frequency distribution with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).

5.6 RESEARCH ENQUIRIES

Following are the research questions:

⮚ What are the impacts of emerging internet on education?

⮚ What are the problems and prospects of the internet usage?

⮚ What are the ways used to extract the information on the internet for the educational

content materials?

⮚ What are the qualities of the educational contents or information available on the

internet?

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6. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

The scope of the present study is limited to the following:

● The study includes one university each from the board categories of public and

private universities.

● The study is primarily concerned with the universities functioning within the national

capital region of Noida

● The undergraduate and post graduate level of learning in higher education in the

subject of area of mass communication in selected for the study.

The Jamia Millia Islamia was selected for study. It is a Public Central University. It was

established in 1920 at Aligarh in United Provinces and later on became a Central University

by an act of Indian Parliament in 1988. It has Nine Faculties with Thirty Eight Departments.

The Central Library of Jamia University was set up in 1920. A constant up gradation of

infrastructure has been undertaken since then. Today it is an air conditioned building with

Wi-Fi connectivity in and around Central Library Block. Library’s LAN, linked to jamia’s

campus wide network is supported by three servers and 150 workstations for students. Lib

sys-7 supports automated in house library operations. Remote log in facility for e-journals

has been provided for faculty, research scholars and other bonafide members. The bonafide

students are able to access the internet; around 7000 e-journals and in-house digitized library

resources, browse around 35 online databases, download and upload files, send and receive

e-mails etc through their portable devices like laptops, tablets and smart phones. The Digital

Resource Centre facilitates access to e-Journals and other in-house digitized resources. The

Library holdings include Books, Online Catalogue, E-Journals, E-Books, Open Access e-

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resources, digitized theses, manuscripts, books etc. The Shodhganga repository of Research

Theses can also be accessed. Shodhganga is the digital repository of Indian Electronic Theses

and Dissertations set up by INFLIBNET, Gandhinagar. The Information and Library

Network is an Interuniversity Centre of University Grants Commission. It is enshrined with

the responsibility of modernizing the University Libraries and interconnecting them and

other information centers via a high speed data network for optimum utilization of

information. The Shodhganga therefore captures, indexes, stores, disseminates these research

documents for the teaching learning community through the nation.

The AJK Mass Communication Research Centre established in 1988 by Anwar Jamal

Kidwai is amongst the Premiere Institutions of the country offering courses in Modern Media

Studies. The two year Post Graduate Course in Mass Communication has 100 students

enrolled, fifty in each year. A three year undergraduate Course is also offered in Mass Media

with 120 students enrolled forty students in each year.

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7. EXPECTED OUTCOME

E- and M-learning play an important in the field of modern education. In spite of some

differences, there will be some relationship lies in them. E- and M-learning encourage both

teachers and students to take personal responsibility for their own learning. When teachers

succeed it builds self-knowledge and self confidence in them. The recent trend in E-learning

sector is screen casting.

E-Learning will have been created new dimensions in education, both within and beyond the

curriculum and is still looking at further opportunities of becoming more practical. A word of

concern at this juncture would serve good, though, the e-learning seems to be a solution for

an absent teacher, deploying such an atmosphere would be requiring much thought. Both the

instructor and the learner need to shift their methods of teaching and learning. Educational

Institutions need to have suitable strategies in place for successful deployment of the e-

learning process. But, call it Web-based Training (WBT) or Border-less Education; e-

learning is here to stay. The Ministry of HRD Government of India has also put one step

ahead towards leveraging the potentials of ICT in higher education through SWAYAM.

Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds which involves development of

Massive Open online Courses (MOOCs) compliant e-content and a robust interactive IT

platform. It is a web and mobile based interactive e-content for all courses from high school

to university level. It includes components of multimedia, peer group interactions and

discussion forums. The National Coordinators for this project include UGC, NPTEL, CEC,

IGNOU, CBSE, NCERT and NIOS.

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