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Technology, as a weapon, is making a Schools are launching apps,
interactions with peers and establish huge impact on e-learning. Its impact conducting classes over Google

rapport with teachers. Helping on the common student has been Hangouts or Zoom, and sending
children develop socially is an huge. From online courses to interactive worksheets and videos for

important aspect within the realm of professional courses, everything can learning.

their academic education. The be done online. The penetration of Keeping the drawbacks of e-learning

physical presence of a teacher keeps digital learning into our education is in mind such as lack of technology

students stimulated through the fast evolving. Today's learners now and poor connectivity, this form of

interactive and interesting activities. enjoy easier, more efficient access to education may not be available and

This enables students to retain more information; opportunities for affordable to all.

from what they have learned during a extended and mobile learning; the The pandemic is a gentle reminder to

session. It inculcates conict ability to give and receive immediate us that we need to enable students

resolving skills, presentation skills feedback; and greater motivation to with skills they will need in order to

when it comes to presenting their learn and engage. navigate an unpredictable future:

ideas condently in front of peers, PowerPoint Presentations, videos 21st century skills of communication,

develops team spirit and teaches EDUCATION IS THE and gaming based learning has made collaboration, critical thinking, and

them to get along with different e d u c a t i o n m o r e e n g a g i n g , creativity.
cultures. Such experiences are MOST POWERFUL entertaining and exploring. From a Many are hoping that this is a

valuable in shaping students' WEAPON WE CAN time, a short while ago, when temporary phenomenon that will

communication and listening skills, students were refrained from getting fade with the lifting of the lockdown

as well as growing and maturing USE TO CHANGE addicted to gadgets; to a time when and the reopening of educational

emotionally. these have become an inevitable part institutes. But some say that online
Although classroom teaching has THE WORLD of learning- this swift transition has education is set to become the new

certain plus points that online indeed taken the world by surprise. normal in a post-Covid world.

teaching simply cannot replace, the
Online Education has proven to be
advent of Digital India and increasing -NELSON MANDELA benecial in the recent times. Amidst
edu-tech popularity is here to stay. the nationwide lockdown, schools

and universities are depending on the

online modes of teaching in order to

maintain continuity of education.