A STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF E-CONTENT IN TEACHING CHEMISTRY TO CLASS IX STUDENTS WITH THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Abstract

E-content has become a valuable and powerful tool of education in this contemporary education system: it is the newest method of instruction that can be used to create an information rich society where everyone, irrespective of caste, religion, race, region, gender etc., are empowered to create, receive, share and utilize information and knowledge for their economic. social, cultural and political upliftment and development. The use of e-content has transformed teaching in several ways. In the process of e-learning, structured and validated e-content serves as an effective virtual teacher. Mainly in science subjects like chemistry e-content are required to show basic concepts in the fundamental classes like class IX. Now-a-days e-content is becoming very modern due to its flexibility of time, place and pace of learning, E- contents include all reasonable contents created and delivered through various electronic media. ICT innovations have opened new doors in every profession and section of society across the globe. The advent of electronic mail. personal computers (PCs). the Internet and their application to education has yielded amazing results. The health of every country's economy. whether existing or emerging, depends heavily on the amount and quality of, education it offers to its workers (Jhurree, 2005). Puentedura’s (2014) SAMR model. redefinition refers to when technology allows for the creation of previously inconceivable tasks. E-learning is a new method of teaching and learning. It gives guidance which is provided electronic media, including Internet. Intranets. Extranets. Satellite Broadcasts, Audio / Video Tapes. Interactive TV, and CD-ROMs (Govindaswamy 2002). Effectiveness of e-learning depends on how learning is done, that is, underlying the real worth of e-learning and pedagogy lies in the ability to apply its attributes to Enable the right people to attain the best skills and experience at the right time. It is understood that e-learning has the power to transform performance, knowledge and Jandscaping skills (Gunasekaran et al.. 20). E Learning provides access to appropriate and valuable information for everyone, at any time, any place.