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Chapter 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8246-7.ch015
A Quest about eQuest
and Blended Learning in
Teacher Education:
An Indian Study
ABSTRACT
While alternate modes of delivery in education are assuming importance, it is imperative to train the
pre service teachers to use the web resources to maximise learning experience. This paper attempts to
study the inquisitive nature of student teachers of south India to use the e resources named as e quest.
This experimental study uses blended learning strategy as a treatment for experimental group and con-
ventional method of teaching for control group with respect to some personal variables. The fndings
prove that blended learning strategy increases the e quest score of pre service teachers irrespective of
their prior exposure.
OVERVIEW
Information and communication technologies
(ICTs) are a major factor in shaping the new
global economy and producing rapid changes
in society. Within the past decade, the new ICT
tools have fundamentally changed the way people
communicate and do business. (Information and
Communication Technologies in Teacher Educa-
tion UNESCO Planning guide, 2002)
With the rapid progress of scientific and techno-
logical development, technology of education has
also transformed accordingly. Internet has gained
the limelight in providing any kind of information
on any branch of study. The printed resources had
been out moded by electronic resources in terms
of creating, hosting, accessing and cost of produc-
tion. The active seekers of knowledge through
internet are increasing exponentially. Instead of
totally depending on the instructions imparted
A. Sivasankar
SASTRA University, India
K. Mohanasundaram
Government Arts College (Autonomous), India