Establishing LearningCentred Education through Open Distributed Technology Enhanced Learning ODTEL F

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Establishing Learning-Centred Education through
Open Distributed Technology Enhanced Learning
(ODTEL) Framework

• K.R. Srivathsan, IGNOU
• srivathsan_at_ignou.ac.in
• National Seminar on Recent Renaissance in
  Teacher Education                Sri Krishna
  Engineering College
• May 17, 2009

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• Convergence and Quality Education

• How to apply ICT and manage Technology Enhanced
  Learning (TEL) in ways that enhance quality of
  education has been a major challenge.
• There is plenty of content on the Internet, Web
  Resources, TV Channels, EDUSAT, Mobile and SMS,
  Call Centres, . Cheaper PCs, broadband access,
  etc.
• Yet our universities, colleges are far from using
  the facilities.
• Major needs not adequately addressed Web-based
  learner support for courses, peer-2-peer students
  interaction through forums and web-mentoring.
• No live Students Database and progress tracking.
• ? We need to understand what quality education
  and education systems are about in the context
  ICT.

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E-Learning From talks to action

• 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.
• The World of Education is undergoing a rapid and
  quiet transformation How do we in India take
  advantage of this and synthesize a new framework
  of providing
• ? Challenge How do we deploy and use
  e-Learning, open up quality education to vast
  numbers of students?

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SAD STATE OF OUR EDUCATION

• Education (higher/tertiary) reduced to teaching
  classes against Board/university exams.
• No agility in syllabus and students are
  programmed like Artificial Intelligence Systems
  to answer questions!
• University education no longer LEARNING CENTRIC.
  Students tutored for contrived university
  examinations. Aim at securing high pass
  percentages, not promoting learning and
  scholarship.
• Good teachers have little say. Teaching to
  prepare studnts for exams removes teacher from
  engaging students in Learning Activities
• Education not connected with developments be
  they in the scientific or socioeconomic sense.
• ? Indias Intl Math Olympiad rank fell from 25th
  in 2007 to 31st in 2008. China is 1st, South
  Korea 2nd ? Why?

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IGNOUs Vision for Education

• QUALITY EDUCATION TO ALL, INDEPENDENT OF
  GEOGRAPHY.
• ENABLE, EDUCATE AND EMPOWER EVERY CITIZEN AND
  COMMUNITY THROUGH KNOWLEDGE.
• Most importantly connect education to community
  empowerment and developments socioeconomic,
  promoting values and scholarship.
• How do we ensure our system delivers QUALITY
  EDUCATION?
• How do we use all available modes of reaching and
  engaging learners in the course to provide a
  holistic education in every subject offered by
  IGNOU.
• Build on IGNOUs core strengths and the
  responsibilities given to it under the Parliament
  Act.
• IGNOU working with NPTEL, institutions and
  organizations and in national programs of
  different kinds .

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Education To Exploit Wide Varieties Of
Technologies

• For over 10(20?) years we talk of e-learning.
• 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,
• Googles Slogan My other computer is a
  Datacentre.
• Increasing reach and Affordability.
• ? How we go ahead from CONNECTIVITY CONTENT to
  formal systems of Tech Assisted Learning,
  Teaching And Evaluation (TELTE)? ? Quality
  Assured Instruction.

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Convergence and IGNOU Open Course Guide (IOCG)
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Laying the Basis For 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.

? IOCG Proposed IGNOU Open Course Guide System
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Education Grid IITK ? IIITM-K ? IGNOU
Education Grid is a suite of systems and
collaborative processes over a network of
institutions
Resource Centre 3 Scientific Portals
College 2
College 1
Communication Gateway Resource Centre
College 3
National Education Grid over Broadband
ERNET/Internet ( EDUSAT?) Network
Resource Centre 2 Computational Servers
VISTA Programs Coordination Centre
College n
College 4
Resource Centre 1 E-Learning
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IGNOU Education Grid (IEG)
IGNOU/Universities/Institutions Open Study Guide
Web Collaboration Services
Education Grid Gateway Systems
Study Centres
University
College
Experts, Mentors

Tier5 Instruction/Evaluation Management Space
(Colleges, Study Centers)
Tier-4 Content Alignment Capacity Building
(AU)
R A I L T E L
Academic Management
Tier3 Content/Web Resources (IGNOU, NPTEL, )
Tier-2 Systems, Applications (Over Clouds and
LAN)
Managed Services
Tier-1 ICT Infrastructure (RailTel, TelCos,
STPI, NKN)
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Leverage on Core Strengths of IGNOU

• IGNOU practices a robust system of generating
  printed Self Learning Materials (SLMs) for the
  learners.
• SLMs are pedagogically structured, authored by
  experts.
• IGNOUs SLMs in various courses are globally
  respected and also used in several open distance
  education programs run by the state open
  universities and others.
• Regional Centres of IGNOU provide critical
  logistics support for Study Centres and
  supporting them for conducting the contact
  classes and examinations.
• ? IGNOU now faces the challenge of upgrading the
  above system and its best practices in the
  Internet era.

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IGNOUs ODTEL A UNIFIED E-L FRAMEWORK
Final Marks, Grade

• Each component system is backed by
  appropriate ICT systems back office services.
• IGNOU setting up an Educational Technology
  Info. Services (ETIS) to support and service
  ODTEL.

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Instruction Delivery Course Management

• Instruction Delivery may use different modes
• (i) Teacher taking the class uses rich
  content
• (ii) Tutored Video Instruction using Recorded
  Video Lectures (RVL)
• (ii) IGNOUs Self Learning Materials (SLM) and
  supplementary content.
• (iv) Web-accessed/DVD based content and
  interactive study.
• Examples NPTEL RVLs full suites of 40
  lectures per course ? Visit www.youtube.com/iit
• Web Content Like NPTEL or Open Courseware,
  Wikiversity, Curriki.org, etc.
  http//nptel.iitm.ac.in
• 2. Course Management Engaging learners in
  disciplined ways of self study, group sessions,
  exercises and practice ? Introducing the IGNOU
  Open Course Guide (IOCG) system.

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Tier-4 Setting the stage for Quality ODTEL
IGNOU Open Course Guide System
Instruction Management Cycles
4. Colleges Study Centres
Instruction Design Cycle
Students Teachers 24 X7 access
1.SLMs,RVLs, MM Content, Open Web
3. CMG to develop Deploy IGNOU Open Course
Guide (IOCG)
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Tier-4 IGNOU Open Course Guide
Course Home Page About the Course,
Prerequisites, Syllabus Instructions to SCs,
Tutors Course Objectives Course
Evaluation approach Course Support and
Counseling details. Sequence of
Learning Modules ? Calendar Alert
Systems Course Concept Map linking
Learning Modules Recommended Text Books,
References, Web References Course
Calendar Instruction Team and Contact details
IOCG is implemented in IGNOU using Mediawiki
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Challenge of Immersing Learners in 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.

Codified Knowledge and Processes accessible over
the net, paper Global networked Information and
computational base
Peoples Competencies, Communications, Feelings,
Intuitions, Social interactions, Judgment,
Guestimation, Peoples Real World
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Tier-34 IOCG Categories of Learning Activities
Based Upon Tacit Explicit Interplay

• Adapt Nonakas 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.

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Tier-4 SAMPLE IOCG MODULE

• Module Topic
• Motivational/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.

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IOCG Technology A Canonical Course Management
System
Course and Instruction Management Team
Learners Distributed Over Geography
SLM, LMS (Moodle), VoD, Books Web Content,
Discussion Forums, QMS, etc.
? IOCG guides course related learning activities
management
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IOCG as Formal TEL Academic System

• CMG formally appointed for each course by the
  School.
• CMG Prepares the IGNOU OPEN COURSE GUIDE (IOCG)
• Relevant RVLs and content preloaded in Study
  Centre server and distributed to registered
  students in a course.
• IOCG has built-in Course Calendar and schedule of
  learning and assessment activities for the course
  duration.
• An LMS (MOODLE) used for Tests, assessment,
  individual feedback to learners.
• Self Tests, Evaluation, Feedback counseling,
  Students interaction among themselves with
  counselors and CMG through Discussion Forums and
  other means.
• Support for M-Learning, SMS mail Alerts for
  course ents.
• Query Management System addresses personal
  queries.

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IOCG a Canonical Course Management System?

• Canonical refers to concepts that have a kind
  of uniqueness or naturalness, and are
  "independent of coordinates."
• An example A Browser is canonical as an
  interface between user and his/her interactions
  with the diverse information and services in the
  Internet.
• The IOCG System is canonical in the sense its
  structure is quite simple at its core it is a
  Wiki and it allows diverse pedagogies to be
  built over it.
• Any pedagogic option may be built as statements
  and declarations of links to activities in the
  IOCG.
• IOCG guides and coordinates the instruction team,
  learners and those who manage the course related
  resources and information.

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Tier-5 Tutored Video Instruction

• Tutored Video Instruction (TVI) was introduced by
  Prof. J. Gibbons, Stanford University in 1970s.
• TVI involves recording video lectures of class
  and given to students (in distance mode) to
  play and listen. They need not attend the routine
  lectures.
• 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.
• Interaction classes may be more extended than
  tutorials.
• TVI changes Distance Learning and classroom
  learning to COLLABORATIVE LEARNING.
• Studies show performance of students as a whole
  increases by 0.6s shift in the mean of the
  class.

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Towards Smart IOCG from ACIIL
Regional Services Support for Study Centres
SMS Alerts M-Learn support for Students, CMG,
Instruction Team
eGyankosh Multimedia Content on Demand
Discussion Forums, LMS Collaboration
Education IT Services (EITS)
Web Resources Support
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IGNOU Educational Technology and Information
Services (EITS) as Back Office
Course Management Group
Teachers Students in the subject
IOCG anchored Course Community
Capacity Building Linkages to RD, Communities
Industry
Subject related Library, e-Journals and open
access publications
ETIS

• ETIS is operated under ACIIL at IGNOU Delhi by
  integrating IGNOUs existing core services.

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Education Technology and Information Services
(ETIS)
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On the Team and ETIS

• Rejith R., Sukant Kole and Divya Raj provide core
  support for ETIS.
• ETIS is et up under the ACIIL with K. Subramanian
  as its Director.
• Supervised by Sanjay Mishra and K.R. Srivathsan
• Supported by Computer Division, IUC and STRIDE.
• Madhu Prahar, Vijay Srivastava, Ramanujam
  associated with the support systems, learning
  support and services.
• Ms. G. Mythili assisting in developing the
  training program.
• An IGNOU Education Grid development facility is
  being set up in Room 20, Block 7 and existing IUC
  facilities.
• ? Likely to start the Developmental Informatics
  and Web Resources Lab under ACIIL in a suitable
  location to develop and support several advanced
  ICT systems and services for the IEG and
  convergence.

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IOCG supports Integrated Multi-modal Engagement
of Learners in ODTEL
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NPTEL and IOCG Based Education Delivery

• Under NPTEL, the IITs/IISc are developing and
  posting openly content in the form of Recorded
  Video Lectures (RVLs) and web-accessed in 250
  courses posted. More courses to be developed
  under NPTEL Phase-II.
• IOCG has just been started to provide a way to
  integrate the NPTEL and IGNOUs content with
  quality education delivery.
• IGNOU and NPTEL will announce programs for
  Proficiency Certificate, Diploma and Certified
  Instructor for teachers and interested
  professionals.
• In Long term provide open support for colleges to
  conduct better education for thei students.
• Make engineering and other education Learning and
  Learner Centric.

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The only irreplaceable capital an organization
possesses is the knowledge and the ability of its
people. The productivity of that capital depends
on how effectively people share their competence
with those who can use it. - Andrew Carnegie
19th Century
? The End of Education is Character. Sai Baba
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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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T OGETHER E VERYONE A CHIEVES M ORE
Thank You