Educators And Tech Providers To Discuss Future Path Of Distance Mba@the Game Changer, March 4

Leading management institutes in India are leveraging educational technologies, such as internet based I-classes, audio/video tapes, Virtual classrooms, Learning Management System (LMS)-software for delivery & tracking education and many others.
Despite, the benefits that Education Technology offers to Distance MBA Education, there are number of hurdles and challenges that are faced by the institutes offering Distance MBA.
The success of Distance MBA entirely depends on how well an institute leverages Education Technology. There is lack of awareness about the e-Learning mode of teaching among many institutes. The institutes adopting Distance MBA should offer Technical & pedagogical training to the instructors. Infact, the instructors should also rethink & restructure the e-Learning classes. Many a times, bad internet connectivity in remote areas can create problem in the smooth delivery of Distance MBA programs, hence efficiency of operations should also be improved.
All these challenges and more will be discussed at The Game Changer conference on March 4, 2011. The theme of the conference is 'Leveraging Education Technology in MBA Education'.
Education Technology pioneer Mr. Rajendra S. Pawar, Chairman & Co-Founder, NIIT Group and Founder, NIIT University, will deliver the Keynote Address at the conference.
Distance Management Education is one of the sub-themes of the conference. There will be a session on this topic. Dr. A.M. Sherry, Chairman-Admissions, IMT Group and Director, IMT-CDL, will talk on the benefits of using education technology and how B-schools can best leverage the technology for imparting MBA education in distance mode smoothly.
The Conference will also have deliberations and Case-study presentations on the following themes: e-Testing & Assessment, e-Learning platforms, e-Resources & Databases, Simulation & Management games, Digital Hardware & Software, and other emerging Education Technologies.
The Conference will bring together top 200 MBA Educators and leading Education Technology companies from India and abroad. From the academic world, speakers and invitees include Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Directors and senior management educators from leading institutes like IIMs, MDI, IMT Group, NMIMS University, TAPMI, BIMTECH and many more.
A comprehensive survey on Education Technology, being conducted by Dr KK Jain, Professor, Chairman-FPM & HR Area, IIM Indore and Mr. Amit Agnihotri, Chairman, MBAUniverse.com, will also be released at the conference.
Conference sponsors and partners include Pearson Education, TCS, Harvard Business Publishing, CAPSIM, Pearson Vue, MeritTrac, Educomp Raffles Higher Education. Knowledge organizations like CRISIL, MINT newspaper and Higher Education Forum are supporting this conference.
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This Conference will set the stage for annual Indian Management Conclave 2011, which will be held in New Delhi at the same venue on Aug 19-20, 2011.
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