lplc - oer - it for change april 2015

● 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