The Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx) at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India won the UNESCO 2017 Prize for Use of ICTs in Education. CLIx aims to improve the professional and academic prospects of high school students and transform teacher practice through developing open educational resources and a digital learning platform. It partners with state governments and other organizations to provide teacher professional development and integrate technology into classrooms through a design-based research approach. Studies found CLIx improved learning outcomes in math, science, and English and increased teachers' digital skills and positive views of technology in education.

1. Winner of the UNESCO 2017 Prize for Use of ICTs in Education
Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx)
Centre for Education, Innovation and Action Research,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India

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CLIx at a Glance

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Goal — Quality at Scale
Quality at Scale
Improve the
professional and
academic prospects of
high school students
Improve teacher
education and
transform teacher
practice
“Platform” for curricula
offering, professional
development of
teachers, research and
innovation in education
Students Teachers Platform

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Approach and Strategies
• Development of Teacher
Educator Group
Design labs for OER
& CLIx Integration and
Content Creation
Model Schools to
Demonstrate ICT
integration and practice
Development of Student
Technology Groups
Project Management Unit
Support Programme
Planning and Execution
State
Owned
State
Driven
Designing for systemic Integration & Scale
Certification

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Inter-University Centre
for Astronomy and
Astrophysics
National Institute of
Advanced Studies
AN ECOSYSTEM OF PARTNERS
STATE GOVERNMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS,
UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH INSTITUTES, PHILANTHROPIC
ORGANISATIONS, SCHOOLS

6. Levers of Change - 8 Macro and 18 Micro Axes
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Impact On
● Learning outcomes
● Life skills
● STEM interest and
aspirations
● Career access and
choices
CLIx Offerings
Mapped to curriculum

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CLIx Learning Platform & Tools
❖ Designed for collaborative
and connected learning with
interactivity
❖ Built on gStudio1 and a FOSS.
❖ Open Standards compliant
and interoperable
❖ CMS + LMS + OERrepository
❖ Internationalization and
multilingualism
❖ Uses OpenAssessments as
assessment engine
❖ Opportunistics use of
internet for updating content
and data collection
❖ Unplatform3 for standalone
computers
www.demo-clix.tiss.edu

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TISSx - Teacher Platform
❖ Open edX based
❖ Practice-based RTICT
Courses are hosted on
TISSx
❖ Course material and
assignments
❖ Course progress report
❖ Certification
❖ Android App
❖ Telegram bot MiTi
www.tissx.tiss.edu

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EdTech Design aspects - Thoughtfully designed
Techno-centric approaches
Thoughtful Design of EdTech
CLIx EdTech solutions have been designed and primed to
harness digital technologies for educational purposes. These
applications foster open, connected and collaborative learning.

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True to its vision CLIx uses free and open source technologies that comply with open standards. As of
June 2019 we are in the process of converting all our modules, tools and assets into Open
Educational Resources (OERs).
1. Keep learning technology free and open source Equity & Justice
2. Learning solutions for diverse learners and learning contexts Universal design
3. Avoid “reinvention of wheel” integrate Lego model1 / digital confederatio
4. Avoid “walled gardens” compliance to open standards interoperability
● OSID, SCORM, LTI, QTI, API, ActivityPub, schema.org
EdTech Design aspects - Free & Open

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EdTech- connecting the disconnected
● Last mile internet connectivity is still scarce1 in government schools especially in rural areas.
● CLIx EdTech solutions are packaged as a DOER disk (Distributable decentralized Offline OER).
● DOER acts as an “internet-in-a-box” and offers connected learning experience even without internet
○ Works with and without Internet
○ Opportunistically sync data
○ Localised/distributed deployments
● Tens of thousands of first generation learners located in remote areas of Chhattisgarh, Mizoram,
Rajasthan and Telangana states were able to develop digital skills and access high quality digital
resources.

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Activating
ICT Labs
and
Hands-on
Learning
*In Telangana, State supported additional ICT infrastructure
Server

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Make, Share, Seek

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CLIx TPD Model

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Design Based Research Iterations
Iteration 1
3 Research
Review
1 Pedagogic Pillars
Design
2 Action
Implement
Design Based
Research
Iteration 2 Iteration 3
2016 2017 2018
❖ Collaborations with
multiple stakeholders
❖ Integration
❖ Innovation
❖ Scale
❖ Research
❖ Outcomes
❖ Adoption

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Is it working? How well?
Impact on Teacher beliefs and skills in ICT
● Teachers have more positive
beliefs about role of technology
in education
● Teachers are more confident of
various digital skills - basic and
advanced - as per their self
reports on 22 items
● Teachers show significant
improvement in use of ICT for
various teaching and learning
purposes
Source: CLIx Baseline Survey 2016 and Midline Survey Jan 2018

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Learning Outcome Study - Mathematics
Mathematics ● Gains in learning outcome in CLIx schools are
significantly more (7.16 in CLIx schools as
against 2.78 in control schools)
● Enhanced use of mathematical vocabulary
and logic
● Increase in confidence and interest to learn
subject, to question and to collaborate
● Active participation among students who
were otherwise quiet
● Improvement in quality of student
interaction and engagement in terms of
extended response with reasoning
Source: CLIx Learning Outcome study October 2018

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Learning Outcome Study - Science
Science ● Significant gains in learning levels noted for
CLIx students
● CLIx students express positive attitude
towards science and astronomy
● CLIx students achieve better understanding
in a wide range of concepts
● Students from CLIx schools show better
mental models
Source: CLIx Learning Outcome study November 2018

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Learning Outcome Study - English
English
● Gains in Listening skills in CLIx schools are higher and statistically significant as compared to the
non-CLIx schools.
● Gains in Speaking skills in the CLIx schools are found to be statistically significant.
● Notable increase in collaborative learning and production of original content in English in CLIx
schools.
● Improvement in the ability to identify topic of a short conversation and recall of specific details
● Enhanced familiarity with language to achieve global and local comprehension of speech

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Change in student learning in relation to changes in their
teachers
Source: CLIx Baseline Survey 2016 and Midline Survey Jan 2018
● In Chattisgarh, students on
an average scored more in
midline in all three
domains
● In Mizoram students
performed better in
Midline in English and
Maths
● In Rajasthan, students
performed better in
Midline in Science

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CLIx - an Open Innovation and Open Practice initiative
Open practices
● Teacher professional development
● Teachers’ communities of practice
● Student technology groups
● Autonomy to agency of teachers and
students
● Design Based Research
Open innovative tools
and technologies
● CLIxPlatform and interactive tools
● Hands-on activities
● DOER for distributable OER
● TISSx, MiTi bot and Telegram
Build systems capacity to
adopt open educational
practices
● All the governments in invention states now
recognize the need for shifting focus on
pedagogy than technology.
● The public education system has started
developing strategies for teacher professional
development for the use of ICTs in Education.
● Government of Chhattisgarh launches CG-OER
which is facilitated by CLIx
https://nroer.gov.in/cg
● CLIx demonstrates a workable model for quality
at scale by harnessing open technologies and
open practices that public education system in
India can adapt and replicate.

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Why CLIx for OEAwards2019?
CLIx has been a bold and forward looking initiative to demonstrate quality at scale in the resource
constrained contexts through leveraging new media and digital technologies.
During past four years it has windend its reach and has compelled the public education system in the four
intervening states to recognize the need for thoughtful integration of ICTs in Education and has supported
the efforts to build an ecosystem to support teachers and develop open, meaningful, sustainable tools,
technologies, practices and models. These open tools and practices, although were primarily devised for
Indian context, they have global relevance especially the resource constrained contexts of global south.
Recognition of Open Education Award would strengthen our efforts and empower us to take our open tools
and practices to even wider populace at an international level.

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Thank You
Padma Sarangapani
Project Director CLIx and Chairperson, CEIAR, TISS
psarangapani@tiss.edu
https://clix.tiss.edu/
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