1. Principal , MCT’s College of Education & Research
Topic : Research in ICT in Education by
Dr. Savita. S. Sable.
Principal , MCT’s College of Education & Research
Coordinators: Dr Hemlata Chari & Asst.Prof Mandar Bhanushe. IDOL, UNIV OF MUMBAI

2. Nearly a decade ago there was comparatively speaking, very little awareness in this area (ICT in Education). The emphasis was beyond the excellent work done on interactive Radio Instruction and Educational Television with more focus on Distance Education in general.
Coordinators: Dr Hemlata Chari & Asst.Prof Mandar Bhanushe.
IDOL, UNIV OF MUMBAI

3. Currently with the explosion of activity in this area, increased scholarly attention , as a result , and specially with the explosion of personal publishing through blogs, forums etc information is more abundant and more diffused. Let us view the Initiatives and some of the researches done in ICT in Education
Coordinators: Dr Hemlata Chari & Asst.Prof Mandar Bhanushe.
IDOL, UNIV OF MUMBAI

4. Focused Areas of Research
Effective use/Integration of ICT in Education
Cross national studies of Impact of ICT in Education.
Role of ICT in improving Quality of Education
Impact of ICT on learning and Achievement
Evaluation with ICT
Training of teachers for ICT
Teachers teaching and ICT
Coordinators: Dr Hemlata Chari & Asst.Prof Mandar Bhanushe. IDOL, UNIV OF MUMBAI

5. Focused Areas of Research (contd..)
Organizational issues pertaining to ICT
Curriculum issues and ICT
Policy issues related to ICT
E-Inclusion and ICT Interventions
Best Practices incorporated using ICT
Equity special needs/ Marginalized groups issues in use of ICT
Learning strategies and tools in online environment.
Development of content integrated tools
Coordinators: Dr Hemlata Chari & Asst.Prof Mandar Bhanushe. IDOL, UNIV OF MUMBAI

6. Initiatives
CERI ( Centre of Educational Research and Innovation) highlights Research on Innovative Learning Environment, Innovative strategies for education , Innovative teaching for innovative learning .
ICT4D : Journal devotes occasional attention to the topic/ Related articles on ICT based initiatives
Coordinators: Dr Hemlata Chari & Asst.Prof Mandar Bhanushe. IDOL, UNIV OF MUMBAI

7. 3. IRRODL ( International Review of Research in ODL): Referred e-journal provide free and open access to all research articles, provides status of Researches done in ICT. 4. EdITLib : Online Education and information Technology -Digital library contains many journal containing articles focusing on Education and IT and Interactive Learning research articles too.
Coordinators: Dr Hemlata Chari & Asst.Prof Mandar Bhanushe. IDOL, UNIV OF MUMBAI

8. 5. ERIC : Online digital Library of educational research
5. ERIC : Online digital Library of educational research . The Database is the major index to journal articles and documents related to education. 6. Google scholar: uses the popular google search engine to enable searches for scholarly materials/ peer reviewed papers
Coordinators: Dr Hemlata Chari & Asst.Prof Mandar Bhanushe. IDOL, UNIV OF MUMBAI

9. To view : Thesis topics for Master and PhD in ICT area Go through this link: Ekendronline.com/thesis/topics/
Coordinators: Dr Hemlata Chari & Asst.Prof Mandar Bhanushe. IDOL, UNIV OF MUMBAI

10. Now you formulate search items in multiple ways to know areas that are of interest to Educationist in the present scenario in Indian context.
Coordinators: Dr Hemlata Chari & Asst.Prof Mandar Bhanushe. IDOL, UNIV OF MUMBAI