UNLOCKING POTENTIAL - ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN SECONDARY EDUCATION, 15th March 2016, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi A day- long conference hosted by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and supported by RMSA-Technical Cooperation Agency (TCA). The conference presents a unique opportunity to all government and non-government stakeholders working in the field of education to engage in exploring critical challenges, expert discussion and developing shared insights to improving equity, learning and efficiency in secondary education.

1. UNLOCKING POTENTIAL: ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN
SECONDARY EDUCATION
15 march 2016, new Delhi
Pioneering new models of in­service Teacher Education
Subject Teacher Forum (STF)
and
Open Educational Resources (OER)

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Hub and spoke model
– Centralised design, 'Content transmission' based
– One size fits all (across contexts), does not factor individual needs
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Point in time (workshop) based learning
– Limited follow up or support
– Limited participation / interactions within workshop
– Cascade dilution
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Learning process needs to be participatory and continuous to be effective
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Subject Teacher Forum – A participatory and continuous learning model of in­
service teacher education of RMSA and DSERT in Karnataka
Limitations of current in­service teacher education approaches

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Began in 2011­12 as the RMSA in­service teacher training program, implemented by
DSERT with support from UNICEF. ITfC is a resource institution
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On­site, hands­on workshops conducted for MRPs, combined with resource support
on teacher managed email list and web portal.
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MRPs train teachers in their districts in 'blended cascade' mode
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In the workshops, teachers learn
1. Public educational software tools and web tools for teaching­learning
2. Teachers learn to network with one another for peer learning, in Professional
Learning Communities
3. Teachers create and share open educational resources relevant to needs
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Professional Learning Communities a cutting edge TE model
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Self learning, peer learning, continuous learning and mentoring
Subject Teacher Forum (STF)

4. Lunar eclipse
with Stellarium
Geography
with
Marble
Kalzium- Chemistry
Maths with Geogebra
1. Public educational software applications
in various subjects

5. Image editing ­ GIMP
Video
recording
-recordMyDe
sktop
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audio editing -audacity
Concept
mapping -
Freemind
Variety of free and open source editors
– text image, audio,animation, mind
maps, video etc.

6. 2. Professional Learning Communities (PLC) a new model of TE
Peer learning and support is a powerful teacher education method
 teachers want to learn, good teachers want to mentor
 Virtual “Subject Teacher Forums” (mailing groups) set­up for teachers by subjects can
provide continuous mentoring as well as self­directed learning
● 18,000 Government High school Teachers across all 6000+ Government High Schools are part of the
STF
● Over 100,000 emails exchanged in 5 years, sharing idea/ resources and seeking support on mailing lists
● Subject Teacher Forums (mailing groups) set­up in Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Kannada,
Hindi and English
● Head Teachers Forum on School Leadership and administration
● Accessing Internet and web resources
● Over 2500 teachers have purchased personal laptops, a number increasing exponentially now
● http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Subject_Teacher_Forum

7. Some statistics – Number of members of
Maths group, teachers trained, mails sent

8. 3. Creating and sharing resources
KOER ­ Karnataka Open Educational Resources programme
Current resource creation model
– Text based
– One time creation process – publishing
– Limited participation of teachers
– ‘Expert' based creation / limited feedback from teachers / classroom
OER (Open Educational Resources) an emerging resource creation and sharing model
– 4 Rs (re­use, revise, re­mix and re­distribute)
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Digital resource creation
– Creation by practising teachers, collaboratively
– Multiplicity of resources – audio visual, simulations, animations, web applications, textual
– Contextual learning resources (reflect local culture, hence meaningful)
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When a learner creates a resource, she learns and feels empowered with respect to teaching learning
processes
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KOER ­ Pioneering new curricular resource resource development model

9. KOER Outcomes
http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Main_Page
Over 7,000 web pages and 4,000 files created
in mathematics, science, social science
subjects and ICT education
in English and Kannada
Over 5 million page views by teachers in
around 5 years
Over 500 teacher contributors

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Teachers can learn ICTs and form PLCs
– Self learning, peer learning, continuous learning and mentoring
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Teachers can use ICTs to make digital materials for teacher development and
teaching
– Open Educational Resources
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Telangana program for OER creation – TOER
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Assam RMSA program to create Subject Teacher Forums
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Any state can initiate the program using its RMSA teacher training budget
– Need one ICT Lab (cost less than 10 lakhs) in state and district Hqs
– Implement the program with SCERT and DIETs and MRP teachers
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Become self­sufficient and independent in using ICTs for improving teacher
education and quality of school education
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Telangana and Assam have initiated similar programs