institutions – Itisaras

Gaps in Virtual Teaching

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 Tanya Mittal 0 Comments academics, administration, assessments, Catch-22, CBSE, challenge, classroom, content creators, content developers, Corona Virus, Coursera, COVID-19, Development, digitalization, disability, e-material, education, exams, experience, futuristic, helicopter parenting, incommunicado, indispensable, institutions, interference, Internet, invasion, knowledge, learning, link, malpractise, medium, ministry, online classes, online school, online teaching, pandemic, personality, planning, primary, privilege, repository, reputation, responsibility, secondary, skills, teachers, teaching, traditional, Udemy, UGC, virtual, Virtual teaching

Learning and gaining knowledge these days no more remains limited to the four walls of an institution or a classroom. With digitalization, spreading fast these have become a thing of the past, and more so due to ongoing pandemic. Moving ahead head first into the future is one thing, but should we not pause and consider if everyone is reaping the benefits of it?

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Democracy in an Era of Digital Shutdowns

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Shriya Tandon 0 Comments anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests, Article 370, associations, authoritarian, authority, BJP, citizenship amendment bill, CNBC, Constitution, democracy, Development, Digital India, Digital shutdowns, economic loss, Government, Greece, human rights, india, institutions, Internet, Internet Shutdown Tracker, Iraq, Jammu and Kashmir, leader, liberal, liberty, Modi, national security, neo-fascism, Neo-Republican, non-compliance, Non-Domination, permitted, Power, President, Prime Minister, Pulwama, restrictions, Sudan, The Diplomat, whitelisted

The era that we live in cannot eat, sleep, or work without the Internet. Inspite of being a part of a world which is moving so aggressively towards a more digital lifestyle, is it too hard to imagine that Internet Shutdowns are still a thing?