RTC was one of the early adopters of the Sherig collection, which was an offline and legal virtual education bundle developed by Galit and Boaz Shmueli.

1. The Rigsum Sherig Collection:
Electronic resources without the
Internet
Tanveer Reza Rouf
Cathy LeGrand
4 May 2013

2. What is e-learning?
• Using technology to enhance instruction
– Interactivity
– Multimedia
– Self-paced learning
– Virtual learning environments
– Computer-based education and training

3. E-learning in Bhutan
• Bhutan is a low-infrastructure, resource-poor
environment
– Slow internet speeds
– Unstable internet connectivity
– Expensive internet
– Shortage of current teaching materials

4. What is the Rigsum Sherig
collection?
“A free suite of offline educational resources”
useful for e-learning
Compiled and
distributed by
Galit and Boaz
Shmueli,
Rigsum IT
Institute

5. What is in the Sherig Collection?
Khan Academy videos
• short videos (~10 min. each) giving instruction
on math and science topics
– Math: Arithmetic, algebra, pre-calculus, calculus,
probability, statistics, differential equations
– Science: Physics, chemistry, biology, organic
chemistry, astronomy & cosmology

6. Khan Academy

8. Dzongkha-language resources
• DDC dictionaries
– Dzo-Dzo
– Dzo-Eng
– Eng-Dzo
• Typing tutor
• Dzongkha keyboard

9. English-Dzongkha dictionary

10. Dzongkha typing tutor

11. Audiobooks of classic literature
• Children’s books:
– Fairy tales
– Fables
• Classics
– Huck Finn
– Tom Sawyer
– Oliver Twist

12. Where can I access it?
• All four of the library’s computers have the
collection
– Khan videos and audiobooks can be copied onto a
USB stick and taken away
– Dzongkha-language resources can only be used
after installation
– The entire package can be copied and installed
wherever you choose – please bring a storage
device with at least 25 GB

14. • Right mouse
click
•“Save video as”

15. Future of Rigsum Sherig collection
at RTC
• Available on all lab and staff/faculty
computers?
• Available via K: or other network drive?
• Available via the new VLE?

16. How can I use these in my
teaching?
Use a video:
• as a lecture or to supplement your instruction
– Assign a video as homework or as pre-class work
• to help weaker students
• to engage students with different learning
styles

17. How can I use these in my
teaching?
Use Dzongkha tools:
• Students can compose Dzongkha-language
work in print
• The best works can be more easily shared and
uploaded to increase digital presence of
Dzongkha material

18. Uses for primary and secondary
education
• Full package includes resources for young
children such as educational games, Office
Suite for kids and programming tools for kids.
• Please share with colleagues and teachers in
the school system

19. For more information:
www.facebook.com/groups/sherigcollection
OR
www.rigsum-it.com/research/projects/sherig/
OR
ask Tanveer or Cathy

21. Questions?