Role of Digital Technology in Transforming Chalk and Talk Classroom Teaching into Constructive and Inclusive Learning Environment

The teaching-learning process has undergone a transformative shift, revolutionizing education to become more inclusive and accessible for students from varied cultural socio-economic backgrounds, and individual differences. This paradigm shift has brought about significant changes, ensuring that education is tailored to meet the diverse needs of students, promoting equity, and fostering a more inclusive learning environment. The present classrooms are being transformed from conventional mode with the revolutionary technological settings that results in creating adequate opportunities for equitable and inclusive education to all. This paper investigates how educational technology can revolutionize traditional classroom teaching, creating a more inclusive and constructive Learning Environment supporting with various teaching methods, including blended learning, flipped classrooms, and virtual classrooms, fostering collaborative and interactive learning environments. Educational technologies act as bridging elements in identifying and catering the learning gaps to bring inclusive transformational changes. In the present era edtech tools, personalized learning platforms, adaptive technologies and AI-powered applications can be seamlessly integrated into educational content to enhance learning experiences and cater to diverse student needs. Learners with special need and marginalized communities facilitated with required assistive technologies to enhance the quality of education should cater to individual needs while promoting an inclusive culture and global citizenship, empowering students to thrive in a diverse world. The national education policy 2020 seeks to provide high quality education that is inclusive, equitable, and accessible to everyone. Furthermore, this paper is a brief attempt to address and judge the suitability and accessibility of various educational- technological interventions that can boost student engagement, academic performance, and personalized learning through targeted interventions, including interactive tools, adaptive software, and data driven insights. The findings of the paper highlights that integrating required educational technology within instructional models inclusively create a holistic approach in education helping in adapting the skills needed for the 21st-century era. Shifting the conventional classroom model which is characterized by face-to face instruction and minimal technology use into learner centred and constructive environment with active involvement of learners. However, it majorly emphasizes the potential of ICT to bring revolutionary enhancement in education which prepare learners for the future endeavours with adequate skills, competencies over technology and attainment of digital literacy. Digital technologies empower learners to prevail over various challenges by fostering self- learning and motivation to construct their own knowledge by strengthening the prior knowledge of learners.