Constraints of time and space together with the rapid obsolescence
of knowledge in some areas of science and technology, have created
a huge demand for different courses from different institutions in
the distance mode. There is a need for a working digital library
system that alone can, in the long run, provide the kind of access
required for a Knowledge Society. Technology Enhanced Learning is a
solution. It attempts to exploit the rapid developments in Information
and Communication Technology. As the communications bandwidth continues
to increase and the cost of computer power continues to drop,
Technology Enhanced Learning will become an economically viable
solution. Virtual classrooms of the future will have students from
many locations taught by a team of geographically distributed
instructors through the tele-education delivery system.
Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth.
It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
Such a journey opens up new vistas of development of humanism where
there is no scope, nor room for pettiness, disharmony, jealousy,
hatred or enmity. It transforms a human being into a wholesome whole,
a noble soul and an asset to the universe. Universal brotherhood in
its true sense becomes the sheet anchor for such an education. Real
education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or
her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be
realised by each individual and carried forward in every field of
human activity the world will be so much a better place to live in.
