Learning Inclusiveness and Under-served Communities in India

The need for adopting new models of teaching delivery has been well acknowledged in the extant literature and therefore research on antecedents of adoption of teaching-learning technology becomes significant. Digitization is changing the way we learn, live, and do business—particularly from an academic perspective as digital technologies offer newer opportunities for taking learning to the larger community of learners—particularly under-served segments in rural areas. A digitized landscape means democratized knowledge. They now assume greater responsibility for their own learning and design their own study trajectories. They learn ‘on the go’ using mobile computing devices and through ubiquitous connect to a global web. At the same time, employability of graduates remains contentious, particularly in emerging markets. The employability gap across many disciplines is enormous and there is a disconnect between graduate skill sets and the needs of industry—at the bottom of the pyramid.