Effective Use of ICT for Learning & Research

Effective Use of ICT for Learning &

Research

Effective Use of ICT for Learning &

ResearchRupesh Kumar A

Department of Library & Information Science

a.rupeshkumar@gmail.com

Rupesh Kumar ADepartment of Library & Information

Science

a.rupeshkumar@gmail.com

The Inside Story

• Resources• Services

ICT

• Information Communication Technology– Technology for information processing– Data communication

» Computers» Communication devices» Data processing devices

ICT for Learning & Research

• EduSat http://elearning.vtu.ac.in/

• NPTEL http://youtube.com/user/nptelhrd

• eGyanKosh http://egyankosh.ac.in/

• IGNOU videos http://youtube.com/user/egyankoshIGNOU

• Open courseware http://ocw.mit.edu/

ICT for Learning & Research…

• Intute

http://www.intute.ac.uk/ • Virtual Training Suite

http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/ • DOAJ

http://www.doaj.org/ • The Internet Archive

www.archive.org• Vidyanidhi

http://vidyanidhi.org.in/ • NDLTD

http://www.ndltd.org/

Internet?

A computer network

What makes the Internet?

• Computers• Cables• Modems• Routers• Servers• All other communication

devices…

Connectivity

Internet is all about the connectivity !!!

World Wide Web

The Information Repository

Internet Vs. WWW

• Internet = physical• www = virtual

Web browser

• A window to the WWW• A counter to transact with the

Web• A software to view, edit and put

info on the Web

A few browsers

Internet Explorer

Navigator

Firefox

NetscapeOpera

Menu

Address Bar

New Tab

Back Forward Reload Cancel Home

Upload & Download

• Upload = put content to the Web

• Download = get content from the Web

Services of the Web

• Email• Chat• Search• Blog• Wiki• RSS• Video streaming• Many more…

email

• Electronic mail• Fast, in fact, instant• Anytime, anywhere, anyone, any

info• Personalized service

A traditional mail

From Rupesh Tumkur

AshokMangalore

To

Content

Confidential !!!

email

• a.rupeshkumar@gmail.com• ashokdsouza@rediffmail.com• Subject: poem• content

Mail delivery

Email delivery

• You have the post office with you

• You are the ‘postman’• Send to head post office• Head post office delivers

Email services

• Google• Yahoo• Rediff• msn• Many more…

Here we go…

Blog

• An online diary• A chronicle of information• Reverse chronological entries• Range: personal to institutional• A personal knowledge

management tool

Blogging Services

• www.blogger.com• www.wordpress.com• www.typepad.com• www.livejournal.com• www.movabletype.com

Blog

Web + Log = Weblog = BlogTherefore,

+ = ?

Let’s try it out…

Thanks a zillion