Television and Education

I believe the following would definitely be the applications of television sometime in the future:

Web-enabled TVs that students can use for watching programmes and at the same time post comments about the programmes to the transmitting station/company. This would very well help meet the expectations of students and reduce communication costs.

Programming content developed or feedback for these given by students themselves and becoming a part of regular broadcast
Method: Blogs, forums, interviews, polls, videos, chat etc.
Content: Today's teaching methods, practical perspectives of academic teachings, inputs for Discovery, NGC programmes of business and leisure treks, sports coverage at schools, universities, coverage for different competitions (GK, painting, Maths-Physics Olympiads etc.), students being able to send their videos, photographs to be shown on TV.

Consensus for TV programmes obtained at KG (cartoons), primary-secondary schools (Football, travel), universities (exploration and university tours so that future students may watch university-specific programmmes and then decide whether to apply there or not) etc.
Method: Blogs, forums, interviews, polls, videos, chat etc.

A boon to distance education:
Classes can be broadcast on TV channels thus making it possible to have world-wide reception.
For example, MBS obtains its own TV channel and transmits its distance MBA lectures, content, participatory comments, schedules, announcements etc. through this channel.
Different MBA lectures form the TV programmes (or the TV content, in other words), a completely different and disruptive business model for management education.
Not just the MBA but also true for other courses such as engineering, commerce, diploma etc.
Different universities forming their own channels for transmission.
So education no longer restricted to the physical confines of a university.

For distance learning:
3-D TVs, eye-pieces (TV goggles - miniaturization) available that enable the students to see what is going on in their class
They can see the professor and also the students sitting next to them. This can be through smalls icons on the TV screen, which when clicked show you the face of the person sitting next to u and a brief profile with contact information of that person for networking opportunities.
Experience of being present in a classroom which is in fact present thousands of miles away.
Web-enabled or some advanced interactive TV sets (just like PCs) would improve participation of different entities

Classroom education can be enhanced in this manner. Corporates no longer have to travel for their company presentations or guest lectures. They can do so on the TV itself. Corporates, professors, students, staff and other parties can effectively engage in 2-way communication. Corporates can see who is attending their lecture and answer individual queries that get fired from participants. This can also provide for a chat session for participants to bounce ideas and clear doubts.

Vivae (oral exams) can be conducted through a 2-way TV. Companies can conduct their interviews with students through such a facility, thus cutting down costs of travel, lodging-boarding, and not being present in the office for other important tasks.

Having universities/schools even close to a TV environment/city (like the MediaCityUK) can significantly boost the creative capabilities of students, making them able to think more holistically and become well-rounded personalities. Students learn a lot from TV, they build their vocab and knowledge thru watching diff programmes, places, accents, cultures, politics etc. There r downsides as well but this experience is unique and central to all the efforts of education.

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