Abstract
The speed with which the technology is affecting and
empowering all aspects of our existence, a lot of changes
have been brought in the environment in which we live.
Education plays an important part in creating the
environment. At the hands of technologies innovations are
driving us at the speed of light. In such an energetic
environment, it is important to develop the practices which
provide us the learning experiences, walking along the
tides of time and technology to lead to human
development. The roots are changing, the process is
continuous, yet the fusion of newer concepts and ideas
regenerate newer forms of creative expressions to do away
with the older ones which get degenerated. The degree of
evolution depends on the capacity of acceptance by the
society, which in turn depends on institution building
processes. In information society ideas need to be in a
process of flow and dynamism to change it into knowledge
society. Higher education “informs public understanding,
cultivates public taste, and contributes to the nation’s wellbeing
as it nurtures and trains each new generation of
journalists, architects, artists, authors, business leaders,
engineers, farmers, lawyers, physicians, poets, scientists,
social workers, and teachers who shape the course of public
life” (Frank Rhodes, 2001, p. xi). The questions and
concerns under such circumstances remain : The concerns
regarding diffusion, assimilation and overlapping, which
raise the questions on quality maintenance, The
adaptability issues related to quick changes - lack of
facilities or infrastructural problems, the nuances involved
with values, culture and traditions. The various practices/
issues need to be addressed for an inclusive and
comprehensive growth.
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