Thursday 31 May 2012

Elevating E-learning with skilled content providers

Teaching and learning are such processes that have been undergoing constant change in every era. At the beginning it was oral recitation, and learning through hearing; then came parchments, followed by paper. Computer assisted learning was one of the most miraculous developments in the last century and the last decade was marked by the emergence of electronic learning, popularly known as e-learning. This form of teaching is being adopted by schools across India, in a bid to bring children and pedagogy in Indian cities at par with the schools in the highly developed nations. 

The new mode of learning is specially prepared and takes a lot of time to develop and propagate. The schools that are equipped with the technology are commonly known as smart class or e-learning enabled. E-learning content development is done for all levels of students. From class I to XII, and further the graduation and post-graduation classes, all have the benefit of being powered by e-learning. The study module under this form of education is prepared by professionals who have training in development of e-learning content. These developers are also subject matter experts, who have knowledge of the subject that they are dealing in and can provide valuable insights. They do e-learning content development for various levels, as per the course requirements and grasping power of students. 

The other half of the team of e-learning content providers is instructional designers. These professionals design the content that is created by the subject matter experts in an interactive manner, so that it is presented in an attractive and easy to understand form to the students. The designers add aspects like animation, pictures, voice over and timelines for getting the kids involved in the subject. All subjects need some value addition to make a difference from the normal black and white format of the books. The designers provide that differentiation with their innovative ideas. 

As e-learning becomes popular, e-learning content providers are also witnessing a rise in number. There are several companies working in the field and few of them even collaborate to make the process of smart education feasible. A leading e-learning company India has today is ELK Education Consultants Private Ltd. the company is working with a huge team of designers and content writers, who test all material developed for schools and revise it till it is perfect.

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