● Collaborative co-creation of OER by teacher educators and teachers in India: ● Gurumurthy Kasinathan, IT for Change ● Banff, Calgary, April 2015
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Jul 15, 2015
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● Collaborative co-creation of OER
by teacher educators and teachers in India:
● Gurumurthy Kasinathan, IT for Change
● Banff, Calgary, April 2015
The research aims to study
“whether and how,
a bottomup approach, where participants collaboratively and actively cocreate contextual resources
('embedded' within a 'community of learning'),
can support effective OER models”.
Important URLs for project
STF (LPLC) mailing lists http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/See_old_STF_mails
KOER English wiki portal http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php
KOER Kannada wiki portal http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER
Photos from workshops, schools https://plus.google.com/photos/112402509869329495346/albums
IT and education
Historically, the education system largely teaches as if computers did not existComputer labs provided to all Government High Schools but not used – teachers by and large do not find them relevant
Geography – virtual atlasGeography – virtual atlas
Teachers learn specialised educational software applications (open source) in STF
Science (simulations)Science (simulations)
Concept MappingConcept Mapping
Turtle (Visual Programming)Turtle (Visual Programming)
Physics with
Stellarium
Geography with
Marble
Kalzium- Chemistry
Maths with Geogebra
Teachers create resources using open source educational
applications
Image editing - GIMP
audio editing -audacity
Concept mapping - Freemind
Teachers learn a variety of free and open source authoring tools – text, image, audio, animation, mind maps, video
Video editing
Video recording
Teachers network through subject specific google groups
● 15000 Teachers trained to participate in “Subject Teachers Forums” for sharing experiences and seeking ideas and resources
'Subject Teacher Forum', a state-wide teacher education program, consisting of mailing groups in Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Kannada and English and on School Leadership
Teachers share ideas, experiences and resources; mentor and seek help of peers, explore new areas of learning, network with teacher educators and state functionaries on the forums
15,000 teachers from 6,000 schools across the state, part of the groups
● 60,000 + emails shared, 80% are on academic issues
● Globally, the largest community of learners from one school system
● Subject Teacher Forum program (STF)
● STF teachers way ahead in use of ICTs
No access 1-3 years > 3 years0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%95.51%
1.12% 3.37%6.90%
15.52%
77.59%
Access to internet
Comparable
PLC
No 1-3 years > 3 years0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%96.92%
0.00% 3.08%
14.29%
24.49%
61.22%
Internet for learning needs
Comparable
PLC
No 1-3 years > 3 years0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%98.41%
0.00% 1.59%
10.00%
22.00%
68.00%
Use of computer for learning needs
Comparable
PLC
● STF teachers way ahead in use of ICTs
● STF teachers
share resources
in a variety of file
formats, many open
19 8%
9 4%
198 82%
16 7%
Explicit non-OERs
Implicit non-OERs
Implicit OERs
Explicit OERs
● STF teachers share resources intending they be used by others, but do not usually provide open licensing
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