Volume : III, Issue : VI, June - 2013

Innovations in Teaching and Learning: Top Down or Bottom Up?

T. Sri Kumar, M. C. Rao, K. Ravindranadh

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The honorable prime minister announced that 2010–20 is the decade of innovation for India. Today’s physics demands judicious blend of its philosophical and applied aspects, new technologies and especially social computing, provide new opportunities for education and training, as they enhance learning, teaching and facilitate collaboration, innovation and creativity for individuals and organizations. The benefits of deploying social computing and ICT for learning depend on the learning approach used, emphasizing the role and the skills of the teacher and the need for supportive settings for both learners and teachers. Tremendous e–resources available on the internet can be utilized to enhance the effectiveness of teaching–learning by integrating them with lectures. The explosive growth of digital technology has made revolutionary impact on science in general and on physics teaching in particular. Various innovative experiments have been carried out in the field of physics education the world over during last 50 years after the inception of international commission on physics education. The purpose of this paper is to present a glimpse of existing, emerging and certainly the technologies of future in classroom teaching and learning process.  

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T. Sri Kumar, M. C. Rao, K. Ravindranadh Innovations in Teaching and Learning: Top Down or Bottom Up? Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VI June 2013

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