Effectiveness of using High-end Mobile Gadgets in Class-room & Distance Education – An Overview

Abstract

Education sector in India has seen immense technological advancement in the last few decades. New types of mobile gadgets have come up in the Indian electronics market – many of which can be used effectively in both class-room and distance mode of education. Higher education sector in India is slowly adopting those new technologies in course delivery; however, it is still a far way to go for Indian education sector in order to achieve effective technology-infusion in academic delivery. This paper discusses effectiveness of new gadgets like smartphones, e-book reader as well as tablets PC in both class-room as well as distance education sector in Indian perspective.