open distributed technology enhanced learning (odtel)
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OPEN DISTRIBUTED TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING (ODTEL)
IGNOU’s Open Unified e-Learning Framework for “Quality Education to All, Independent of Geography”
K.R. Srivathsan, Pro Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU
[email protected] Ambedkar Open University
AhmedabadAug. 02, 2009
Some Facts About IGNOU IGNOU – the university with the world’s largest
enrolment of learners: ~2.2 million students. Only Central Open University established by an Act of
the Indian Parliament; Works with 14 State Open Universities.
Has over 300 Programs with over 2800 Courses.
Reaches the unreached: Over 65% of our students are in the Rural Areas.
IGNOU’s learners reached through a network of 60 Regional Centres, over 2,300 Study Centres spread across India and Partner Institutions.
IGNOU’s International Presence growing with Study Centres hosted by partner institutions in different spread over 35 Countries and the Pan African Network.
IGNOU’s Inclusive Education - A Testimonial From IGNOU Graduate
"My name is Sumit Mehta. I am pursuing BCA-MCA Integrated Program of IGNOU and belong to BCA 2005 batch. Due to the fact that I am suffering from Muscular Dystrophy, I had to opt for correspondence studies and at that time I was not sure about the standard of the content of subjects in correspondence studies. But IGNOU's courses and curriculum is very competitive. The programs are recognized by the companies, as I have heard of and their content is also challenging that makes it relevant to the education standards. However, everything is good but in my view, if IGNOU can improve on its management by adopting modern mediums of communication and providing timely information to students, it will reach the standard that will be approximate to the regular institutions' standards."
Sumit Mehta – BCA Graduate, pursuing MCA from IGNOU
THE CHALLENGES FOR THE INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
Aug. 2008 at IIT Guwahati, Dr. Manmohan Singh said “We are one of the youngest nations and, according to
observers, India has the potential to create over 500 million trained people by 2022 which is over a fourth of the global workforce. The big opportunity for India would come from an education revolution that we must undertake as our most important national endeavor.”
Our Challenge: How Open and Conventional Education Scale up and upgrade to provide quality education to such large numbers of youth in need of employable cognitive skill-sets ?
IGNOU’s Vision 2010+: “QUALITY EDUCATION TO ALL, INDEPENDENT OF GEOGRAPHY.”
Some Requirements in Higher Education Spirit and functioning of universities and colleges must change. Practice Inclusion: Anyone in a local area/region asking the local
university/college/training institutions in that region and has prerequisite must get the training he/she needs/asks.
At least 70% of Education are of the vocational nature – certificate courses, Voc. Training, Diploma or Associate Degrees may come from Community Colleges, ITIs, Polytechnics, NGOs, Extension Programs.
Universities must have strong Open Education based Extensions Services for Education and support the Diploma/Associate Degree programs in the Community Colleges.
Opportunities for Learners to move laterally to formal degrees from Diplomas/ Associate Degrees.
IGNOU has already launched the Community Colleges Programs
Requirements in the University/Colleges System
Education in colleges must get out of the system of preparing students for university exams.
In Inclusive Education, there is no real need for entrance tests. Students will do a screening (online) test to verify if they have the prerequisite for a course/program. If they pass that they get the courses they seek. If not, they may do preparatory programs, come through the screening and get admitted.
Universities should establish and evolve systems to establish and practice inclusive education.
Education should relate to developments – opening the students to face problems of national development, frontier areas in the subjects, interdisciplinary interactions and social empowerment.
How will ICT in Education help in achieving all the above? the IGNOU ODTEL initiative.
Towards Unified E-Learning Framework
1. Instruction delivered to students using a blend of delivery modes: (i) Conventional: Teacher taking the class uses rich content;(ii) Tutored Video Instruction using Recorded Video Lectures (RVL)(ii) IGNOU’s Self Learning Materials (SLM) and suppl. content.(iv) Web-accessed/DVD based content and interactive study.
1. Instruction Delivery augmented by effective engagement of Learners through systems and processes over Convergence.
2. Supported by Discussion Forums, E-mail and Mobile Alert Systems, Learning Management System, online self-test and access to supplementary rich web-accessed content and assignments.
INTRODUCE THE OPEN DISTRIBUTED TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING (ODTEL) FRAMEWORK.
Recall the ever growing content on Web
Online journals and publications, Digital Libraries SOS Maths and Wolfram Mathematica sites for Maths. Organized and orchestrated online open e-content: K-12,
www.curriki.org, Wikiversity, etc. MIT’s Open Courseware Consortium; Online E-Learning Content
by several research groups, University academicians and industry.
IGNOU’s e-Gyankosh and associated youtube/IGNOU content. India’s National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning
(NPTEL: http://nptel.iitm.ac.in) Over 6,000 Hrs. of Recorded Video Lectures covering about 140 courses, 1000s of pages of high quality e-content in more than 130 courses – for the Engineering Education. and much more.
Present use of ICT in ODL Several categories of ICT Systems and Tools(i) Administrative: Students Registration and Database Management.(ii) Content Generation and Management: Course Content, Self Learning
Materials, Recorded Video Lectures, Web-content, Rich content, Interactive, Multimedia, …
(iii) Collaboration: Discussion forums, Wikis, Groupware, Adobe Connect, (iv) Broadcast and Interactive Broadcast: TV, Remote Classrooms, (v) Learning & Evaluation Support: Using Learning Management System
like Moodle, Blackboard, Acado, Online examinations, etc. (vi) Others: Online Libraries and Publications, Scientific databases and Web
Resources and Computational Sites in different areas, Wikipedia. Present ODL uses different mix of above in fragmented ways. Is there an effective framework that focuses on Learning, and
Quality of Education delivered using the above different systems?
For over 10(20?) years e-learning is evolving. Plenty of Technology: Laptops and Netbooks, High cap
thumb drives, IP-TV, iPods, iPhones, GPRS, 3G, Broadband, Satellite, Virtualization, Green IT, etc.
Whole world of new Internet services/applications: Google & ever improving search engines, Open Source systems, LMS, SCIENTIFIC DATABASES, Open Content, Open Access Publishing, e-Books, …
Google’s Slogan: “My other computer is a Datacentre”. India adding 10 Million Mobile Phones everymonth.
IGNOU going ahead from CONNECTIVITY & CONTENT to formal systems of Tech Assisted Learning, Teaching And Evaluation (TELTE)? Quality Assured Instruction.
Education To Exploit Convergence in IT and Telecom
ODTEL Focus on Quality Education To make our graduates
EMPLOYABLE; to be PRODUCTIVE ON THE JOB and in LIFE.
To observe REAL WORLD PROBLEMS, abstract the issues and apply what they have learnt and their innate sense to solve them.
Foundations, Concepts, Contextual Skills
Self-development Responsibility, Accountability
Professional Competence, Maturity
Quality
Instruction
By Teachers
Quality
Efforts by
Students
IOCG
Quality
Ambience
& Processes
Quality
Resource
s
IOCG: Proposed IGNOU Open Course Guide System
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_1.Instruction
Delivery3. Online/ Self Tests
2. IGNOU Open Course
Guide: Learning Activities, Exercises
4. Feedback to learners
Set Instructional objectives Evaluate against Instructional Objectives
Teacher – Learner Involvement in all stages
5. Exams &Evaluation
6. Assessment
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Final Marks, Grade
IGNOU’s ODTEL Framework
ODTEL Emphasis on growing out of exams-centered education to engaging students in Learning Activities and assessing their learning outcomes.
ODTEL integrates multiple modes of reaching out through ICT: Internet, TV, IP-TV, Community Radio, Mobile Alerts, Education Kiosks in Railway Stations, Rural Areas, …
IOCG: the key integrator of ODTEL
On the IGNOU Open Course Guide (IOCG)
Recall that we propose to advance the present Open Distance Learning to the Open Distributed Technology Enhanced Learning.
ODTEL may as well be used in conventional education. Key to quality instruction is to engage students in learning activities
that are pedagogically structured and sequenced. Content alone (be they in SLM, textbook, Recorded Video Lectures,
Web based or multimedia) helps mainly in instruction delivery. IOCG articulates the engagement of students in sequenced and
pedagogically structured LEARNING ACTIVITIES. IGNOU Uses Wiki with suitable extensions to host the IOCG. IOCG is developed by experts in the subject. IOCG assures fairly uniform engagements of learners in learning
activities across geographically distributed Study Centres/Colleges.
2. IGNOU Course
Management Group (CMG)
4. Colleges & Study Centres
3. CMG to develop & Deploy IGNOU
Open Course Guide (IOCG)
Quality in ODTEL: Developing theIGNOU Open Course Guide System
Students & Teachers
24 X7 access
1.SLMs,RVLs, MM Content,
NPTEL,Open Web
Course Design Cycle
Instruction Management
Cycles
Course Home PageAbout the Course, Prerequisites, Syllabus Instructions to SCs, Tutors Course Objectives
Course Evaluation approach Course Support and Counseling details.
Sequence of Articulated Learning Modules Calendar & Alert Systems Course Concept Map linking Learning Modules
Recommended Text Books, References, Web References
Course CalendarInstruction Team and Contact details
Course Home in IGNOU Open Course Guide
IOCG is implemented in IGNOU using Mediawiki
On Designing Learning Activities: Challenge of building Quality Learning Environment
At the end of a learning effort, a Learner should be able to say ‘I understand’ Add to his/her Tacit capabilities.
TACIT
EXPLICIT
Codified Knowledge and
Processes accessible over the net, paper…
Global networked
Information and computational
base
People’s Competencies, Communications, Feelings,
Intuitions, Social interactions, Judgment, Guestimation, People’s Real World
Adapt Nonaka’s four types of Learning Activities:
Quality Learning with Learning Ambience nurtures above SECI Innovations Driven Learning Environment (IDLE).
CMG to build the IOCG rich with pointers to case studies, learning activities, multimedia illustrations, real world situations, term papers, projects and field work.
Use LMS for course events management, interactions, discussion forums, assessment activities & for feedback to students.
IOCG Supports Different Categories of Learning Activities
Socialize Externalize
Internalize Combinational Thinking
Tacit
Tacit
Explicit
Explicit
Module TopicMotivational/anecdotal content Instructional Objectives
Learning Activities Sequencing: RVL to be played, SLM Unit, textbook sections, recommended problem set,
practice, experiments, etc. LMS used for asynchronous Interactions and
directives to students. Use of TV Sessions, IP-TV, Webinar driven by Calendar
Guidance for Tutorial Monitored Self test and counseling classes for learners.
Module test (part of continuous evaluation). Mid-term and end term tests conducted. Computer Assisted Evaluation methods may be used.
SAMPLE IOCG MODULE
IOCG: The 4-Way Bridge
IOCG Over Open Wiki Learners
Distributed Over
Geography
Course and Instruction
Management Team
IOCG guides course related learning activities management
SLM, LMS (Moodle), VoD, e-Books Open Web Content, Discussion Forums, QMS, etc.
Calendar, Alerts & M Gateway Systems
Tutored Video Instruction (TVI) was introduced by Prof. J. Gibbons, Stanford University in 1970s.
TVI involves Group Listening by students to Recorded Video Lectures and followed by interactions.
Weekly contact, or Interaction Classes held for tutorials, small tests, answering common doubts (as expressed in a discussion forum), conducting continuous evaluation exercises, motivational topics, case studies and problem solving, etc.
TVI changes ‘Distance Learning’ and classroom learning to COLLABORATIVE LEARNING.
Studies show performance of students as a whole increases by ~ 0.6σ shift in the mean of the class.
Use of Tutored Video Instruction
IOCG Events Scheduler
SMS Alerts &M-Learn support
for Students, CMG, & Instruction TeameGyankosh &
NPTEL &Multimedia Content onDemand
Education &IT Services
(EITS)
Discussion Forums, LMS
& Collaboration
Regional ServicesSupport for
Study Centres
Adding Real Time Scheduling in IOCG
Web Resources Support
IOCG (Front)
2. IGNOU Course
Management Group (CMG)
4. Study Centres & Colleges
Tier –5: Counsellors/Teachers Guided by IOCG
Students & teachers
24X7 access1.SLMs,RVLs, MM Content, Open Web
Course Management
Cycles
Course Design Cycles
3. IGNOU Open Course Guide
(IOCG)
IGNOU Open Course Guide (IOCG): leverages on Convergence for Learner Engagements
Self
Stud
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isco
very
Group Interactions/ P2P Learning
Knowledge
Manag
emen
t
PersonalDash Board
SLM, WebContent
LMS
CourseExercises
Course Map & Library
WebResources
DiscussionForums
IOCG
SMS AlertsM-Learn
QMS &Web Mentoring
& Alerts
TV &Webinars
IGNOU’s Educational Technology and Information Services (ETIS) to service ODTEL
Teachers & Students in the subject
Course Management Group
Capacity Building & Linkages to R&D, Communities &
Industry
Subject related Library, e-Journals and open access publicationsETIS
IOCG anchored Course Community
Education Technology and Information Services (ETIS)
TV & Webinar Sessions
IGNOU Open Course Guide (IOCG)
Community Radio Sessions
Discussion Forums, Online Calendar and Alert Systems
TV & Webinar Sessions Community Radio Sessions
TV & Webinar Sessions Community Radio SessionsFile/Assignments U/D Query Management System
Online Library and Multimedia Publishing System
Counsellors Support & Web Mentoring System
Regional/Study Centres Support System
ETIS: Back Office Support for ODTEL Management
IGNOU Education Grid (IEG) for ODTEL
Experts,Mentors
University Study Centres
IGNOU/Universities/Institutions Open
Study Guide & Web Collaboration
Services* *
Academic Management
Education Grid Gateway Systems
Tier–5: Instruction/Evaluation Management Space (Colleges, Study Centers)
Tier-4: Content Alignment & Capacity Building (AU)
College
Tier–3: Content/Web Resources (IGNOU, NPTEL, …)
Tier-2: Systems, Applications (Over Clouds and LAN)
Tier-1: ICT Infrastructure (RailTel, TelCos, STPI, NKN)
STPI
ERNET
RAILTEL
Managed Services
IOCG supports Integrated Multi-modal Engagement of Learners in ODTEL
IOSG& ETIS Internet
IGNOU Schools &
Centres
Agriculture, Health, …
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Internet Accessed Services
Access
Kiosk/CSC access
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PhoneCall Centre
IGNOU Education Grid
Over RailTel OFC Broadband Network
Root Data Centre in IGNOU Delhi
IGNOU Regional Centres to be connected over the Education Grid.
Study Centres and Partner Institutions to be linked over Web Services.
Selected Regional Centres Strengthened to service State Open Universities.
Establish a Regional Centre for Networking and Innovative Learning (RCNIL) jointly between IGNOU and Gujarat in Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar.
RCNIL with the ACIIL of IGNOU will service the ICT facilitations required for ODTEL implementations for :IGNOU’s Regional Programs, State Open University Programs, Local Universities’ ODL programs, NPTEL-IGNOU’s programs for Engineering Colleges in the region.
Add educational programs that links to and support development programs in the region.
Build important online scientific databases systems and community portals under different local development programs in capacity building, real time data collection, agriculture empowerment, etc. and host/promote services for the programs.
Serves as a Strong link between Education an Development.
The IGNOU Proposal for SOUs
IGNOU’s ODTEL framework provides the distributed ‘Education Grid’ fostering COLLABORATIVE WAYS of conducting ‘Quality Education to All, Independent of Geography’.
Anchor of the ODTEL is the IOCG System available openly on Web. IOCG guides effective course management by engaging students in
pedagogically structured and sequenced learning engagements. Possible to assess students on such engagements in learning
activities. Provides the way forward to get out of the present excessively
exams centered education system that goes against learning. ODTEL will serve as reference framework for open, conventional
and blended forms of education. Pilot of NPTEL courses using ODTEL will be started by IGNOU in
the next few months.
On the ODTEL Advantages
It is time we get out of the false notion that education is about ‘covering’ the syllabus and conducting
examinations.
As per our Indian Tradition, True Man-making Education is built upon the three processes of
SRAVANA, MANANA AND NIDHIDHYASANA
The ODTEL Framework will help in building the content, declaring and assisting the processes that immerse the
learner and the teacher in these three processes.
‘The End of Education is Character.’ – Sai Baba
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First to IIITM-K for the years spent experimenting with diverse systems of eLearning, the
Education Grid, KISSAN-Kerala and others. Second to all those colleagues at IIITM-K, specifically Dr.
Venkatesh, Shri Radhakrishnan, Shri Ajith Kumar, Shri Pradeep Kumar, Dr. Dinesh, Shri Arvind Mohan, Shri
David Mathews, and several others.
Third to Vice Chancellor and Board of IGNOU and now Shri Sukant Kole, Ms. Divya Raj, Shri Rejith. R, Dr. Sanjay
Mishra, Dr. VSP Srivastava and others for supporting the ongoing initiatives.
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