Enabling the Northeast:

Revamping NER with ICT

Abraham TharakanVice President – Design & Development

NIIT School Learning Solutions

Space Land Land & Building Real & Virtual Spaces

Time Day & Night 8 hours/day5 days/week Temporal Extensions

Speed Horse Airplane Light

Communication One to One One to Many Networking

Media Voice & Handwriting Phone & Telex Digital Content

Learning One to One One to Many CollaborativeLearning

Agricultural Era

Industrial Era

Information Era

Media

CommunicationSpeedTimeSpace

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gms

From an industrial society

•stable structures•national economy•national cultures •educated for life•local labour market

To a networking society

•flows of information•global economy•global cultures•lifelong education•global labour market

Society

The Blossoming of Knowledge

In the last 2 decades there has been more written about history than in all previous recorded time

Literature on Chemistry growing at around one million articles per year

The stock of knowledge available doubles every 7 or 8 years

Wage Premium associated with ICT skills

Source: Chris N. Sakellariou & Harry A. Patrinos (2003), Technology, Computers, and Wages: Evidence from a Developing Economy

Who Survives?

Not the strongestNot the most

intelligentThose most responsive to

changeCharles Darwin

The Role of Technology

NCF Recommendations on ICT

Transform Schools to ICT-Rich Environments

Use Satellites, DTH and Other Technological Aids

Access to Interactive rather than Disseminative

Technologies/ Materials

Focus on Democratization Enabled by Internet

Paradigm Shift in Teachers’ Role to Being Facilitator/

Guide

Promote Universal Access; Facilitate Participatory

Forums; Develop Communities and Interest

Groups

Equipment Driven Programs Do Not Work

•Computer studies ICT as a subject •Digital content, multimedia, teaching-learning methods, learning environment

ICT as a tool to innovate teaching-learning practice

•Education management information systems (EMIS)

ICT as an administrative tool

•Distance learning, e-LearningICT as an expanding learning opportunity

•Learner-centered, self-directed learning, tailored learning

ICT as a facilitator of higher-order thinking skills

Scope of ICT in Education

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Key areas of ICT Impact

Impact on learning and learning outcomes

Impact onpedagogy

Impact on pupils engaged in the

teaching and learning process and their achievements

Impact on teachers in terms of their own practice

and career development.

What Technology does•Allows visualization of abstract concepts•Demonstrates cause and effect visually•Provides visuals of phenomena that are otherwise not visible•Frees student from data capture in experimentation•Provides access to plurality of content•Enables collaboration•Presents content in more engaging manner

Human Impact

•Increases productivity by decreasing teaching time•Inculcates and sustains interest in students to learn•Addresses different learning styles•Caters to varying pace of learners•Eliminates delay between theory and practical sessions•Allows verification of concepts learnt

Imperatives•Technology must integrate into individual teaching styles as well as learning styles•Technology solutions must be teacher / learner driven, rather than technology / content driven•Equipment driven solutions do not work

Education Delivery

‘No man is an Island, sufficient unto himself…’

Teachers are islands of excellence…

None of us is as skilled as all of us

Educators – Teaching/Learning Communities

Information

Knowledge

Experience

Education

The Pillars of EducationCurriculum

Learning of Individual Teachers

Experience of Individual Teachers

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The Impact Of ICT

Availability/use of computer and student achievement in math

Source: OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development )(2006), Are Students Ready for a Technology-Rich World? What PISA Studies tell us