SMS - Use of SMS on imparting Technical Education

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Summary of responses:

1. The SMS service is active since a year and all students of 6th sem (Now in Final Year - 2007-2011 Batch) have subscribed to it .
	Yes 66 99% No 1 1%

2. Was this kind of service used earlier, before it was initiated by Me (Mayur Patil) ?
	Yes 12 18% No 55 82%

3. Has the SMS service been effective and useful to you ?
	Yes 67 100% No 0 0%

4. Which were the techniques used earlier to communicate any important and relavant information during and after college hours , if it were required ?
	Notice Boards 50 75% Rumours 8 12% Websites 7 10% Others 2 3%

5. In what all ways the SMS service has been effective and useful ?

Teaching Aid 44 66% Communicating - conduction of extra classes or cancellation of classes 64 96% Sending important website links as message 61 91% Alerting, if any important mail was sent to your inbox 65 97% Added as a supplementary tool in teaching 38 57% Sending class lecture summary, after the classes (Although done for a very short period) 42 63% People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

6. Bottom Line: Should the SMS service be continued ?
	Yes 67 100% No 0 0%

7. Do you feel this SMS service could still have been used in much more effective way ?
	Yes 34 51% No 33 49%

8. If you choose yes, to the above question, write in what way(s) it could be improved ?

1.Alerting when results are out, because many of the students will b out of station during holidays by that will not get to know about the results... they'll depend on local students. instead if u send SMS that results are out on website n so. That will be helpful...!! ..no improvementit is good as it issome msgs r recieved very slowly....so it has to be decided wen it has to be delievered....The sms service is good and it should be continued.no..Not Aplicable as i haven chosen it as No...We could not receive some messages (which may be fault of network ) but I felt it worth mentionin...

9. Your comments on use of SMS service as a supplementary tool in imparting education:

1. Actually its very good idea. 2. very helpful for us. 3. It should continue. 4. great job sir.Sir it is really a good idea..sir, Its very useful and also it enhances the standard of teaching..continue it...thank you sir, it is a wonderful initiative.Yes SMS service has been a very good tool in imparting education ......it is one way of communicating a msg or sending some important notices.....its really helpfulit is a very good way to communicate important messages.it was helpful for all students. Thanks for implementing this service. It should be continued...It is really a very good ini...

Some of My Other Message Services

Actually, soon after this initiative of SMS service to you and its success, I started with SDM_Alerts - SMS alert service for all faculty of our college (which is still being used) and a separate alert service for MBA Department and SDMite_Alerts - for all students of our college and SDMite_Alumni - For all alumni of our college (Although it still needs publicity) Hmmm,All said and done, your suggestions/opinions in this regard would help me to take many more initiatives in future in this direction.

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