Teaching Learning and New Technologies in Higher Education

This book discusses emerging issues related to teaching-learning  in Indian higher education and the integration of technology. It brings together a host of national and international experts specializing in various aspects of teaching-learning in higher education, technology, and classroom practices to present policy and organizational strategies for enhancing innovation in teaching-learning processes, and offers a comprehensive overview of teaching-learning in connection with broader themes and concerns such as academic freedom, globalization, and new technologies. Reviewing a wide range of current practices and discussing specific teaching-learning challenges in depth, the book will be of interest to researchers and students of education, practitioners of higher education policy, and teacher educators alike.

N.V. Varghese, Ph.D., is a Vice Chancellor of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration ( NIEPA) and Director of the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (CPRHE) at NUEPA, New Delhi. He has been actively involved in educational planning at the federal and decentralized levels, and with the design and development of externally funded education projects in India, for many years. He has directed several research projects, and has published more than 20 books and research reports and nearly 180 research papers and articles on educational planning, financing, and higher education.