Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends and Innovations in Language Teaching – TILT 2014, 14&15 Nov. 2014, Sathyabama University, Chennai 98 978-1-4799-7238-8/14/$31.00©2014 IEEE Emerging New Media Technologiesused for Classroom Teaching in Higher Education Mahesh Chandra Babu Jampala Department of Business and Commerce Manipal University Jaipur India jampalamahesh@gmail.com Teena Shivnani Department of Business and Commerce Manipal University Jaipur India teenashivnani13@gmail.com Abstract-Education has been considered as the vital part of life for all. Classroom teaching has taken immediate leap since its inception. In many parts of the world steps are taken by the universities to improve the efficacy in classroom teaching through new technologies. This paper is the compilation of different new media technologies used in the classroom teaching. The media technologies include consumer technologies, enabling technologies, social media technologies, visualization technologies, digital strategies and learning technologies. The paper is premised on a review of the extant literature on different new media technologies used in classroom teaching in higher education. It addresses the advantages and challenges of different new media technologies in classroom teaching. Building on the review, the paper identifies essential new technologies for Higher Education. This paper also highlights different classroom teaching pedagogy and innovative methods for teaching. This paper concludes that the common major problems of the new media technology are bandwidth allocation and awareness among the teachers and students. The paper is mainly useful for teachers to know about the different emerging technologies used in classroom teaching. Keywords- New media technology; Classroom Teaching; Adaptability; Integrated Learning Programs. I. INTRODUCTION A famous quote says: I am not a fan of technology. I’m a fan of pedagogy, of understanding how people learn and the most effective learning methods. But technology enables some exciting changes. (Donald A. Norman). Education plays an important role in country like India. As the technology is changing from with time, higher education has taken a major leap from old teaching pedagogy to new teaching pedagogy. Many Universities have taken many steps to change the teaching pedagogy by implementing new technology. Many new media technologies have been discovered and invented for improving the higher education. Many teachers and students can be seen moving from content center to process center. Many technologies arebeing used for learning and teaching inside the classrooms. New Media Technology has improved communication skills and alsoabridged the gap between students and teachers. This has enabled students and teachers to learn from anywhere and anytime by using different technological tools. New technologies and ways of learning can significantly change education of the future. Internet allows people to search through digital knowledge and connect people to teachers and experts all across the world. Textbooks can become more interactive through internet. Students will be able to get coursework from whichever university they choose, and courses will be collaborative and public. These changes will allow universities to teach anyone away from the classroom. II. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES USED IN HIGHER EDUCATION According to New Horizon and New Consortium Report 2014, new media technologies are broadly classified as the consumer technologies, digital strategies, learning technologies, social media technologies, visualization technologies, enabling technologies. A. Consumer Technologies These are tools served as learning aids and be quite adaptable for use on campuses. These technologies find their ways onto campuses because these technologies are very popular among teachers and students. The technologies include in this category are: a) Mobile Apps b) Tablet Computing c) Telepresense d) Wearable Technology a) Mobile Apps As we knownowadays, smartphones and mobile phones are found in every hand of students and teachers. According to Mckinsey Report, mobile learning would grow to 45 per cent more by year 2020. Many universities have already changed their teaching pedagogy and have focused on effective use of mobile phones in the learningprocess. Earlier mobile phone technology was used at school level, now it has also entered into higher education. The trend of existing mobile phones’ development is that they are getting smarter (hence the nickname smart phone) and are becoming more user-friendly. Litchfield offered the definition of smart phone in 2010 as a phone that “it runs with an open operating system and is permanently connected to the Internet”. Today’s smart phones are just like Personal Computers and have the touch effect. The internet connectivity allows users to stay informed and has unlimited services available onfinger points.