The Digital Study Hall Richard Anderson Department of
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The Digital Study. Hall Richard Anderson Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Washington Seattle USA
Rural India
Educational Challenges in Rural India Lack of qualified teachers Poor infrastructure Teacher absenteeism Poor teaching techniques Few books or supplies
Schools Sewa, UP Chinhat, UP
Digital Study Hall Record lessons at central school
Replay lessons at rural schools Facilitators play a key role
Digital Study. Hall § DSH Partners with Educational Centers of Excellence § Radiate their excellence to surrounding slum and village schools § First DSH Partner: Study. Hall Private School in Lucknow § Employs many excellent teachers § Afternoon school program for neighboring slum children ?
Project Background § Project started by former Princeton Professor Randy Wang § Initially established at Study. Hall Private School in Lucknow, India
Project Partners Digital Study. Hall Private School, Lucknow, India Microsoft Research India University of Washington, Department of Computer Science § Local centers of excellence § §
Digital Study. Hall Hubs § § Lucknow, India Pune, India Bangalore, India Sulagiri, India
Capturing Pedagogy § How do we distribute excellent teachers? § Typically centralized at private schools § Build a database of excellent teachers § Deliver sequences of classes from the government curriculum 5 th Std. Math
Lesson Database § § Videos of live classes, by best teachers Of all subjects Of all grades In all languages
Videoing live classes Live instruction and interaction with students Lucknow
Lessons based on state curriculum § Based on state government textbooks § Carefully planned coherent sequences
Recording of Live Lessons § Highly interactive, with lots of: § Questions and answers § Role playing § Activities – Math, science lessons taught in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil. .
Broad Range of Educational Content s e ss a Cl St o s e i r s y la P § Freely available, not just the index, but the content itself
Matching student background § Study. Hall morning sessions § Study. Hall after school program for slum girls § Madantoosi (village) school (public)
Just watching TV doesn’t work
Mediation Based-Pedagogy § The teacher and the digital lesson form a team § The teacher is the most important part § Digital lesson provides the framework § Teacher engages the class, conducts activities
Training for mediation
Different uses of lesson material Lucknow Madantoosi Kannar § § Motivated teacher took own initiative Uses the system to train/teach self Abandons crutch during live lessons “Graduating” teachers: the ultimate success
Mediation-based pedagogy § Three key ingredients to turn an unskilled teacher into a part of a competent “team”: (1) recorded content, (2) training in mediation, and (3) work ethics
What’s unique about the DSH content approach? Lucknow Bangalore Pune Digital Green • Community-based • Video-centric • A goal of a database of “everything”
Why being video-centric is key 5 th Std. Math § Society: low literacy rate § Content production: easiest to scale § Effective in capturing pedagogy and showmanship of great teachers
A Network of Hubs and Spokes § Networked centers of excellence § “Radiating” content and methodology into neighboring slums and villages § Content in local languages
Key technologies
Digital Video Relatively cheap digital video cameras PC Software for video editting
Cheap replay devices Televisions and DVD Players
Content distribution by DVD Central database of recorded lessons Send selected lessons on DVD
Digital Green
Digital Study Hall for Agricultural Education Compost Pit Rice planting for water conservation
Digital Green Screening Public square Village house
Digital Green Video Replay Database of Agricultural content
Digital Study. Hall site § Partner with established educational program § Hub and spoke model § Central site § § § Strong teachers Interested in educational excellence and outreach Available teachers to record lectures House recording technology and database Hold teacher training sessions § Established connections with remote sites § Facilitators to conduct lessons
Equipment and Infrastructure § Central site § Digital recording equipment § Computers for video editing, data based, DVD production § Reliable electricity § Remote sites § Replay facilities (TV + DVD Player) § Electricity while lessons are shown
Thank you! § http: //dsh. cs. washington. edu § Richard Anderson, anderson@cs. washington. edu § Randy Wang, rywang@cs. washington. edu The Digital Study Hall 905 W. Middlefield Road, #988 Mountain View, CA 94043
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