1. Education 2.0
Rebooting the Education System

2. Who am I?
• Hello, I am Kaushal Bhavsar
• A Student
– Pursuing Ph.D. in Computer Security
• A Teacher
– Teaching Security at Dept. of Comp. Science, GU.
• An Entrepreneur
– Founder of a technology startup, Pratikar
(www.pratikar.com)

3. “We have 500 or 600 things called universities”
- Dr. Akshai Agrawal, VC, GTU[1]
“We would wish teachers could connect to us”
- Krunal Chauhan, Student[2]

4. First, a question
WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT
NOW?

5. Answer Poll
A. Listening to me
B. Searching about me on the web
C. Tweeting the last two quotes
D. Peeping into the screen of the person in front
of you

6. Education Today
• A typical college timing is 10 AM to 5 PM
• What does the student do after college timings?
• What does the student do during college timing?
The student-teacher gap is widening rapidly

7. Problem, teachers??

8. Hargadon’s Web 2.0 Law
The wisdom of a group
replaces the expert

9. What is Education 2.0?
Education
Education
2.0
Web 2.0

10. The Process
Search
Information
Get Create
feedback Content
Share with
Students

11. And it’s free!
• Google, Wikipedia, etc…
• Camstudio
• Slideshare, Youtube
• Wordpress
• Twitter, Facebook

12. Case Study
• Hardik sir’s weblog –
http://www.hardikjoshi.net

13. www.pratikar.com
kaushal@pratikar.com