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Is Character building during E-learning Possible?’

Technology and advances learning methods has created an innovation in modern educational programs.There are cons and pros of e-learning.According to Ladyshawsky research,e-learning promotes academic good performance,as compared to face to face communication based education(live classroom systems).This research on benefits of e-learning was held on 2004.Many other famous researchers are of this viewpoint that good students performance could be observed during e-learning than classroom educational programs.Now coming towards the character building during e-learning,it must be kept in mind that what are the main elements of character building.

Moral development,honesty,responsible behavaiour ,effective communication,caring community ,avoiding materialistic approaches in life.It can be said that character building is an ongoing process that includes shaping of human behaviour through home and school learning programs.Students learn self- discipline And moral values through parents and teachers.According to one research the students’s educational learning could be changed and developes through combination of both home-based and e-learning courses.So,we can expect a positive change in student’s performance and moral development through merged system of formal and informal academic methods.

According to one framework,many universities offers organizational behaviour courses that has an impact of character building ,the increase social behaviour.OB also has various medium effective to shape student’s behaviour.As Kernelde states that media has been an effective method of character building .There is a trend on developing a method of creating videos models that impact the behaviour,attitudes,learning character building in a modern way by making an effective grooming video.Many researchers are of the view that videos and multimedia can shape personality and character as stated by Dickner,Kyger who are famous researchers of their time period (2009)

CBT computer based training is on of the video-based learning that works on development,knowledge ,education via web.Looking towards the benefits of e-learning ,there is an advantage of technology that students can fearlessly manage to catch the lectures at any place,any time.By downloading the videos of the related subject and courses to improve academic achievement.

E-learning has also developed confidence and high level of comfortable environment for the students.

Another aspect in building a character of a student is parent’s involvement.Parents are essential part in character building.These efforts of parents on training and controlling or shaping human behvaiour.

Edaucation is not meant to be the amount of information is put in human mind.It is man-making ,character building,life building .

Character building is important for making good relationships,it is a trait development that is evolved through the ages which extinct the human collectiveness,that is one person is dependent on others and the society is running on a support among people.

Center for curriculum redesign is offering a model or framework of education,consisting of 4 basic dimensions.

1.Knowledge(language,modern,advanced learning )

2.Skills(communication power,interaction abilities)

3.Character(mindfulness,ethics,leadership)

4.Metacognition(the development of character,skills,knowledge) that could be called self-reflection,introspective approach.

Examination of ones own thinkings ,affection,behaviour,understanding one’s own complex senses and actions.One thing that should be kept in mind is that basic goal of student’s learning is building secure and promising future.So,character building is needed for founding a sustainable personality development.The practice of those values,ethics,morals that will help in participation in modern world.There is a deep ink between education and personal development that are two main proponents of determining outcome or achievement.The skills that are important in 21st century are 4Cs(Critical thinking,communication,collaboration,creativity).Recent educational programmes should focus on seven habits to bring good character development and a strong personality.So,we cannot deny the character education is important requirement of modern educational system as it was necessary in a

ncient times.