Transcript e Education Enclave Equipping Every Learner for the 21st

Equipping Every
Learner for the 21st
Century
LOKESH MEHRA
REGIONAL MANAGER, CORPORATE
RESPONSIBILITY
SOUTH ASIA
[email protected]
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Education 3.0 - a Paradigm Shift
Achieved in Holistic
Transformation
Interdisciplinary
Pedagogy
Education 3.0
Education 2.0
Education 1.0
Traditional
Education
Systems
21st
Century
Learning
Curriculum
Leadership
www.21stcenturyskills.org
Enabled by
Technology
Teachers
Accountability
21st Century
Skills
Supported Through an Adapted
Reform Agenda
Education Is the Great Equalizer in Our Society
and the Foundation of Innovation and Prosperity
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The Challenges
Student Performance
and Assessment
Staff Development
and Training
Students
Physical
Security
Teachers
Key
Issues
Information
Security
Increased
Productivity
Administrators
Communication
Funding
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Establish Connected Education
Connected Education is the vision of how
technology helps institutes/universities
 Build the right
infrastructure
to transform
education
 Enhance
administrative
efficiency
 Achieve
academic
excellence
http://cst.unescoci.org/sites/projects/cst/default.aspx
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Example: Remote Teaching Model
Remote Education Center Pilot – Chhindwara, India
Teacher -Chhindwara Town
Students-Bichhwa Village
REC –
Hosted
Platform
Students-Umranala Village
Students-Parasia Village
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Remote Education Centre : Chhindwara
- Raise Your Hand
- Answer “Yes”
- Answer “No”
- Go Faster
- Go Slower
- Emoticons
- Response
Graph
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Remote Education Centre – Platform benefits
Technical Feature
Business Benefit
Uses any broadband connection
(256k min) with integrated voice
and video
Cheaper & more versatile than
satellite systems. Teachers can
interact directly with students
System accessible anywhere
Use home-based teachers vs
costly centralised studio. Reach
remote students
Network versus hub and spoke
system
Collaboration between different
participants; optimise scarce
teachers across a larger network
Fully featured hosted classroom
environment
Better classroom management,
ability to pull down content and
track individual students
Open architectural environment
Other learning applications and
content easily integrated
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In Summary
Education = Economic Empowerment = Infrastructure=GDP growth
Government
 Measure institutions by outcomes – i.e. performance –
remove the scar of “educated unemployed”
 Technology is here to stay – Subsidise specially broadband
access
 Encourage inter institution collaboration & PPP (foreign
investments) ; Reduce over regulation
Industry
 Assist in Institutions strategy to plan for and adapt to new
technologies
 Hone students to manage and cull information, provide
experts, and resources
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