Week 7: The Future of E-Learning in India by Megha Banduni.

http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20051114/market03.shtml Blogger does not seem to create this as a hyperlink so you will have to type it in to view the website.

This website discusses the use and development (because it is still a developing nation) of e-learning within India.

Here are a few points i jotted down whilst reading this article:

• Adoption of e-learning has been slow.
• E-learning was worth 6 billion dollars in 2003, by 2005 India would only be receiving 7 to 9 million dollars. So the market for e-learning is small.
• "e-learning permits the delivery of knowledge and information to learners at an accelerated pace, opening up new vistas of knowledge transfer."
• The reason for the slow intake of e-learning is that India's market is not substantial enough.
• E-learning is most successful in the corporate sector because it helps to develop and infuse the employees.
• Cheaper than building Universities.
• Very positive of what e-learning can do for the nation as a whole, however there is a lack of course content and lack of English-language content.
• Does not beat classroom teaching but reaches the masses.
• This article sees the corporate sector as more important for this e-learning boom.
• Maybe this is the way forward, giving people a job and then developing their skills whilst working. This helps educate the masses and also stimulates the economy.