Digitization of Education

Lokesh Mehra

Director – Education Advocacy

mlokesh@microsoft.com

Education Advocacy

mlokesh@microsoft.com

ICT Supports Transformation

Appropriate

Vision, strategy, sustainability

Transformation

Learning is

NOT simply

about

Today’s digital kids think of information Today’s digital kids think of information and communications technology (ICT) as and communications technology (ICT) as something something akin to oxygenakin to oxygenit’s what they breathe, and it’s how they it’s what they breathe, and it’s how they

Why Do We Need Technology In Teaching

Physical use

of space

Appropriate enabling ICT

resources

Do not go overboard on technology Do not go overboard on technology or the learning experience /environment you are trying to createor the learning experience /environment you are trying to create

about

gaining

knowledge

it’s what they breathe, and it’s how they it’s what they breathe, and it’s how they live; They use ICT to meet, play, date, and live; They use ICT to meet, play, date, and learn; It’s an integral part of their social learn; It’s an integral part of their social life; It’s how they acknowledge each other life; It’s how they acknowledge each other and form their personal identitiesand form their personal identities

ICT Supports Transformation

Leadership

Transformation

... its also

making

connections

Today’s digital kids think of information Today’s digital kids think of information and communications technology (ICT) as and communications technology (ICT) as

akin to oxygenakin to oxygen: They expect it, : They expect it, it’s what they breathe, and it’s how they it’s what they breathe, and it’s how they

Curriculum & pedagogy

Physical use

of space

Do not go overboard on technology Do not go overboard on technology –– think about what you want to achieve think about what you want to achieve or the learning experience /environment you are trying to createor the learning experience /environment you are trying to create

connectionsit’s what they breathe, and it’s how they it’s what they breathe, and it’s how they live; They use ICT to meet, play, date, and live; They use ICT to meet, play, date, and learn; It’s an integral part of their social learn; It’s an integral part of their social life; It’s how they acknowledge each other life; It’s how they acknowledge each other and form their personal identitiesand form their personal identities

Cloud Computing Devices

Technology in Schools

Open Content of universities Learning Analytics

Devices Gaming

Learning Analytics Personal Learning Environments

Education is Moving to Personalized Learning

LearningValue

1:1 eLearning is the most effective way to

develop 21st Century skills

Basic ICT

Technology

Connectivity

Professional Development

Improved Learning Methods

Digital Curriculum

is Moving to Personalized Learning

PC Labs

Classroom eLearning

1:1 eLearning

1:1 eLearning is the most effective way to

develop 21st Century skills

Current Transition Next Transition

Partners in Learning in India

Partners in

Learning in

India

Recognize educators around the

world for their innovative uses of

technology in the classroom;

To collaborate with peers, build a content repository,

digitization and networking of their schools/state and

IT in day to day teaching

Project Shiksha

Engaging

students and

empowering

educators.

Trained over

Lakh

teachers

Innovative Teacher

Leadership Awards

� Enabling Access to

Content and Tech.

� Celebrate &

recognize the most

innovative

educators & their

teaching practices

PILN

� Building Community

� Professional Development

� Biggest online platform for

educators with 4M+

members sharing content

and collaborating

� Creating champions

drive IT to the next level

network.com www.office.microsoft.com www.is-toolkit.com

IT in day to day teaching

U.P.

Delhi

Punjab

A.P.

Karnataka

Maharashtra

Tamil Nadu

Assam

M.P.Gujarat

Rajasthan

Chhattisgarh

Bihar

educators around the

world for their innovative uses of

technology in the classroom;

PIL

Coverage

build a content repository,

schools/state and usage of

U’khand

Tamil Nadu

Development

Biggest online platform for

members sharing content

Creating champions to

drive IT to the next level

Cloud & Gaming

� Azure - Open and flexible

cloud platform

� Kinect - transforms

games into high-

involvement, measurable

learning experiences

� O365 – Productivity Suite

on Cloud

Building Capacity

� Foundational Digital

Literacy using Saksharta

� Online IT Academy

teacher resources; lesson

plans, lab setup guides,

presentations and virtual

hands on labs

www.dsaksharta.in www.microsoft.com/itacademy

COGNITIVE

Gamifying

Skills sought by employers• Decision Making

• Innovation

• Thinking

• Collaboration

• Planning

• Problem Solving

• Complex communication

• Technical Skills

• Systematic Thinking

• Ability to draw relationships between factsThe solutions don’t lie in technology, they lie in The solutions don’t lie in technology, they lie in

EMOTIONAL

and Zimmerman define a game as “A system in which players engage in artificial conflicts, defined by rules, that result in a

outcome”

• Ability to draw relationships between facts

Characteristics of games• Roles & Responsibilities

• Rewards. Instant Gratification

• Personalized learning opportunities

• Intense engagement of the learner

• Learning of 21st century skills

• Environment for authentic and relevant

assessment

The solutions don’t lie in technology, they lie in The solutions don’t lie in technology, they lie in what people do with technologywhat people do with technology

test is a system in which examinees engage in an artificial task, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable

outcome” (Behrens, Frezzo

COGNITIVE SOCIAL

Skills sought by employers

Ability to draw relationships between facts

Principles of games used for

teaching• Adaptive games

• Clear goals

• Reinforced feedback

• Failure is learning

• Immediate constructive feedback

• Exploratory environment

• Guidance and collaboration

• Low price of failureThe solutions don’t lie in technology, they lie in The solutions don’t lie in technology, they lie in

EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES

and Zimmerman define a game as “A system in which players engage in artificial conflicts, defined by rules, that result in a qu

outcome”

Ability to draw relationships between facts

Teachers’ Expectations• Making the students realize their

strength and weaknesses

• Teaching and learning strategies

• Engaging curriculum choices

• Teachers facilitate pre and post

game discussions on the learnings

Rewards. Instant Gratification

Personalized learning opportunities

Intense engagement of the learner

century skills

Environment for authentic and relevant

The solutions don’t lie in technology, they lie in The solutions don’t lie in technology, they lie in what people do with technologywhat people do with technology

is a system in which examinees engage in an artificial task, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable

Frezzo & Mislevy, 2008)

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