-Content Development for ELT Dr. S. Senthilnathan Department of Educational Technology Bharathidasan...

-Content Development for ELT

Dr. S. SenthilnathanDepartment of Educational TechnologyBharathidasan UniversityTiruchirappalli – 620 023Tamil Nadu, India

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Green Revolution

Blue Revolution

White Revolution

Grey Revolution

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Impact of Grey Revolution

Knowledge Explosion

Information Societies

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Knowledge Society

Knowledge Economy

Accessing Information &

Sharing KnowledgeAny Time Anywhere at a

Low Cost

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Information Society

Information Workers outnumber other

occupational categories

India far from becoming an Information Society

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India as an IS

25% - Service Occupations60% - Farming15% - Factories

50% of those in Service Occupations are

Information Workers

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India as an IS

India has same number of Information Workers as the US, and more than Japan.

India with more than one billion population has an

Information Society within the nation.

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India as an IS

India follows the strategy of informatization

i.e., furthering socio-economic strategy through wide spread application of

ICT.

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ICT in India : Govt. Initiatives

IT Task Force – 1998National Informatics Policy

IT Action Plan(108 Recommendations)

Operation Knowledge(29 Recommendations)

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ICT in India : Govt. Initiatives

Knowledge Commission

The Task Force on HRD in IT (2006)

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ICT in Indian EducationNational Mission for Education

through ICT(with a provision for INR 502 crores)

Networking of Educational Institutions

Research in Technology-Pedagogy Integration

Development and Sharing of E-Content

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Current Indian Higher Education Scene

8.8 Million Students348 Universities17,695 Colleges

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Current Indian Higher Education Scene

UGC – Plan Budget of 1269 Crores for 2007-2008 with a plan of considerable allocation for developing e-content and delivering

through the Internet, Cable TV Networks and DTH.

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750 Crore Investment

28 Channels for Higher Education

28 Channels for School Education

Channels for Health, Agriculture, Culture, Women’s Development, etc.

Satellite Radio Channels

Seamless Connectivity

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E-Content –

Need of the Hour

3 Cs of Effective E-Learning

Content, Communication & Connectivity

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E-Content – Need of the Hour

“Attempts to improve education through ICTs

suffer from the absence of sound pedagogy and quality

content”- Vladimir Kinelev(2005)

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Teachers as E-Content Developers

If teachers don’t develop content in digital forms,

either no one can or some body else will (of course with

substandard quality).

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Why E-Content ?

Reach and Richness High

Increasing Knowledge Requirement

Increasing number of Knowledge Consumers

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Galloping Knowledge Growth

00 – 1750 AD Knowledge doubled in 17.5 centuries

1750 – 1950 AD Knowledge doubled in200 years

1950 – 2000 AD Knowledge doubled in 50 years

2000 onwards Knowledge doubles every year

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Knowledge Packaging in Digital Forms

Digital Convergence of various forms of knowledge packaging is necessary for providing quality education

to greater quantities of learners.

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Why E-Content ?

Multi Sensory Learning ExperiencesDigital Convergence of Text, Image, Audio, Video, Animation etc.,InteractivityReusabilityInteroperability

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Why E-Content ?

Learning takes place

1% through TASTE

1.5% through TOUCH

3.5% through SMELL

11 % through HEARING

83 % through SIGHT

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Why E-Content ?

Interactivity and Engagement foster

easy understanding and

longer retention.

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Forms of E-Content

Modules

Short Learning Objects

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Short Learning Objects (SLOs)

SLOs are a new way of thinking about learning content. They are much

smaller units of learning, typically ranging

from 2 to 3 minutes.

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Short Learning Objects (SLOs)

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Modules

Comprehensive packages containing lessons with inbuilt visuals, text, quiz, FAQs, assignments, glossaries, case studies, references, discussion and download.

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Modules

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UGC’s Consortium for Educational Communication

- An Inter-University Centre- 17 EMMRCs

- IGNOU and ISRO

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CEC’s Initiatives

• Capacity Development Programmes for Teachers

• Training-cum-Production Workshops

• Funding Higher Education Teachers for E-Content Development

• Technology Incubation

• Content Creation

• Creation and Maintenance of Digital Learning Repositories

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Initiatives of the Dept. of Educational Technology, BDU

- UGC’s Special Assistance Programme under

Departmental Research Scheme

- Training Workshops- Content Creation

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E-Content - A Demo

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Instructional Design Gaining Attention Informing Significance Dispelling Fears Informing Objectives Presenting Instructional Content Varying Stimulus Repeating for Reinforcement Adding Sub-points Informing Allied Mistakes Rewarding Eliciting Performance

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