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Digital Learning Material (e-Content) Development
Process
Senthil Kumar
24th June 2008
transforming education, empowering communities, promoting development
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Learning “play”
Assessment “fun”
Equal Opportunity “for all”
ICT in Education can make…
Attract, retain and enhance the quality of learning…
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• IT Education Vs IT based Education
• Content for teachers to use Vs Children to use
• Video Vs Animation
• Instructional lessons Vs Story based Vs Module
based
• Urban settings Vs Rural environment
• Fantasy Vs Reality
• Class specific Vs Competency based
• All the topics Vs Specific topic
• Curricular Vs Co-Curricular
• Central created Vs Content creation by Teacher
• Many more…
Some confusions …
Need clarity on pedagogical approach, age group and type of technology infrastructure
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Decide on the content attributes…
Example (for primary school children):
Child centric
• Interactive, Self paced
• Story, game and riddle based
• Child friendly navigation and interaction design
• Non-threatening
• Contextualized, simple-crisp-local language
• Availability of multiplayer games
• Activities with choice in difficulty levels
• Equip teachers with relevant resource material
• Additional learning tool for reinforcement – beyond classroom
• Etc., Sample content…
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Digital Content – Talent Resource…
• Content Director / Project Manager• Children• Subject Matter Expert• Classroom Practitioner• Academic & Pedagogy Team• Creative writer• Child Psychologist• Instructional Designer• Interaction designer• Industry Practitioner• Musician, Singer, Voice over professionals• Technical team – Graphics, Animation, Programming,
Usability Engineering and quality checks• Etc.,
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ANALYSIS DESIGN DEVELOPMENTIMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION
Note:
• The process assumes fully complete and totally accurate in the
output of each phase
• This process assumes that perfection, or near perfection, is
possible
• Each Sub-Process is intended to be performed only once.
ADDIE - The Water Fall Method
Let us look at the film…
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ADDIE – Water fall Method…
Any re-work will cost enormous resources – More suitable for we defined learning objectives
Identify subject experts & teachers, workshop / topic identification /need analysis /
scope definition & validationStage 1
Concept Note / Story board / Instructional Design / Script / Character design /
graphics
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Audio / Video recording, editing and integration
Stage 3
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Quality Assurance / Field Test / Final refinement /
Stage 4
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Post production work like cover design, CD replication and distribution to schools
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Identify suitable partner for content development from
data bank
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The Block Arrows represent the elapsed time in no. of working days
Continuous feedback loops and regular interface with academic experts and child psychologists and children
Still / Functional Prototype and Language translations / validation
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Initial Analysis
Modules Development
Voice / video Integration
Field Test & Quality Checks
Post production & Final Delivery
Design
Creation
Internal Evaluation
Prototype 2
Design
Creation
Internal Evaluation
Prototype 3
Design
Creation
Internal Evaluation
Prototype 1
Review with Learners
Review with Learners
Successive Approximation
This model is helpful where the learning objectives needs to be refined through iterative process
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Emerging Model
Evolved by Prof. Anirudha Joshi, IIT-Bombay and Senthil
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Possible Deployment model…
Let us look at this film…
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The issues for discussions…
Integrated Add on
Text book / Syllabus Curriculum
Teacher Children
Assessmentfocused
LearningFocused
Class specific
Competency based
Consider contextualized and comprehensive approach
Digital ContentCentrally created
Teacher & Studentsto create content
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Need to plan holistically…
• Think about deployment of ICTs holistically• Target an end-to-end system
• Focus on Education Objectives• ICTs are only a tool and not an end in themselves
• Consider short term as well as long term costs• Total Cost of Ownership
• Consider a multi-stakeholder approach• Involve all partners
– Common goals
– Partners– Funding
Deployment of ICT platform
Content
User training and support
Technical support
Monitoring and reporting
Technical support
Monitoring & Evaluation
User training and support
Key Inputs System wide User
13Let us leverage the potential of ICT to enhance the quality of learning…
Any Questions…
[email protected]+250 0329 0517
Thank you…
