Presentation by Dr. Sanjaya Mishra, Director, CEMCA on 16 October 2012 at the National Consultative Workshop on Virtual Open Schooling in India organized with National Institute of Open Schooling.
2. Open Schooling in India
NIOS and NCOS
17 State Open Schools
Open Schools in each State in 12th Plan
World’s largest Open School system
NIOS complete online admission system
ODES system at NIOS
OER initiative at NIOS
Increased student access to ICTs
3. ICT Trends in India (up to March
2012)
Internet subscribers at 228.6 lakhs
Internet users at 10.2% of the population
45 million Facebook users
908.36 million Mobile users (August 2012)
Tele-density at about 80%
Source: Internet Service Provider Association of India
http://www.ispai.in/Stat1-InternetSubsIncludingBroadban.php
4. Innovating Pedagogy 2012
Pedagogy of eBooks
Badges to accredit learning
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
Seamless learning
Learning analytics
Personal inquiry learning
5. Pedagogy of eBooks
Can be delivered in low cost tablets like
Aakash
Books are multimedia featured due to
advancement in technology such as HTML5
and ePub standards
Change in ODL pedagogical approach from
supplementary to integrated media rich and
interactive
6. Seamless Learning
Harnessing the power of network
Anytime, Anywhere with Internet and Mobile
technologies
Collaborate with co-learners as well as others
7. Personal Inquiry Learning
Promotes autonomy of learner
Help create personal learning environments
on the Internet
Facilitates networking with others
Build learning environment using Web 2.0
8. Badges to Accredit Learning
Badges are frameworks to accredit learning
that happen outside formal learning
environment
Mozilla Foundation has developed Open
Badges Infrastructure that can be integrated
into other online learning environments
Linking Open Educational Resources to Open
Badges can increase “Openness”
9. Massive Open Online Courses
Emergence of platforms supporting Open
Educational Resources
Availability of free access resources online
Network technology enabled distance
learning
Started in 2008 as an experiment in
University of Manitoba
Examples: Coursera, Udacity, edX
10. Virtual Schools
First Online High School started in 1994
(CompuHigh)
Over 200 virtual schools are there around the
world, mostly in the United States
Also in Australia, Canada, South Korea, and
United Kingdom
11. Open High School of Utah
Small in student
enrolment
Totally free education
Uses Open Educational
Resources
Accredited courses
Also provides one-to-
one tutoring online
12. Florida Virtual School
Free education
Wide ranges for courses
Flexibility
Accredited
State funded
13. Virtual Open Schooling in India
Readiness at NIOS
Platform of NCOS
Increased access to Internet
Pilot online teaching and learning
Feasibility study
Action Plan: Technology, Platform, Courses,
Interaction, Assessment, Certification,
Regulatory framework for Credit Transfer