Boosting Education Through Mobile Technology in India - Study with Reference to Generation Z

Abstract

Twenty-first century recognize the younger generation as Gen Z that is mobile first generation who live-in the virtual world in par with reality through extensive usage of smartphones & related gadgets. The usage of Mobile Technology in the education sector has become the need of the day. Students have started relying on mobiles for information, surfing the net, chatting, using applications and connecting to social media like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Viber, etc. The usage of mobile technology depends on the emerging need for the advancement of education and student behavioural patterns. In the competitive era, the accomplishment of extensive learning goals is possible only by the adaptation of new teaching  pedagogies. The educational institutions have started encouraging teaching and learning pedagogies which are suitable to Gen Z along with regimented chalk and talk method. Schools have started using applications to compete with the current style of education. Information Technology has changed the world into Gen Z where people think, senses and use information through technology. This study aims to evaluate the utilization of mobile technology in classroom teaching, analyze the impact of technology towards enriching the learning abilities of the students, to explore new pedagogies suitable for learning and teaching. This paper suggests measures to teaching fraternity to improve the pattern of educational delivery by introducing innovative and advanced techniques of mobile technologies.