Changing role of schools and teachers. Future perspectives of education in post COVID era.

1. Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik
Regional Institute of Education,
(NCERT)
Bhubaneswar
mohalikrk@gmail.com
Changing Nature of Teaching in
Post-Covid Era

2. Points to be Discussed
• Nature of education during Pandemic
• Changes of education in post-covid
• Changing role of educators/teachers
• ICT initiatives by CIET and MHRD
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE Bhubaneswar

3. Nature of Education during Covid
• School, college and universities are closed
• New academic session has started late
• Students and teachers are at home
• Online teaching is going on
• Final exams are completed in online mode
• Other semester exams are yet to be completed
• Incalculable learning loss for students
• Great effect on socially disadvantaged
group/rural area/tribal area
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE Bhubaneswar

4. Post-Covid Education
• Re-arrange the educational institutions (Social
distancing, Shift, Cleanness and hygiene)
• Change the strategy of teaching (from face to
face to online/blended, remote learning)
• Alternative educational calendar/Reduce
syllabus/re-design syllabus
• Process of examination (Open book exam,
online testing)
• Online project/internship/online viva-voce etc.
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE Bhubaneswar

5. Post Covid…….
• Teaching from home for teachers
• Home school culture will be promoted
• Use of multiple pedagogy (Flipped learning)
• Increased parent involvement in education
• Use of Virtual reality (experiment/laboratory,
tour)
• Use of AI, AR in education
• Development and use of e-content
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE Bhubaneswar

6. Post-Covid…
• Extensive use of LMS in schools/colleges
• Online courses like MOOC/SWAYAM
• Reading materials (e-book, flipped books)
• Reduced mobility of students to abroad/states
• Asocial school-Little sports/functions
• Extensive use mobile devices for learning
• Universal acceptance of distance education
• Student debt crisis for education loans
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE Bhubaneswar

7. Changing Role of Teacher
• Online teaching
• Contextualize pedagogy
(collaboration/peer/ICT based/blended)
• Integrate OER in teaching
• Develop e-content/activities/quizzes/test
• Learner and parents support (academic &
socio-personal)
• Create community awareness
• Create safe and hygiene school environment
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE Bhubaneswar

8. Issues of Education in Post Covid
• Universal access of technology
• Availability strong of net work
• Financial resource allocation for digitalisation
• Development of e-content in all languages
• Ensuring validity of e-content
• Teacher preparation in online pedagogy
• Adequate teacher for (20-25 children)
• Parents as educator for children
• Cyber use and its security
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE Bhubaneswar

9. Initiatives by CIET
• Epathasala: Textbooks from I-XII class
• NROER (National Repository of Open
Educational Resources)
• SWAYAM PRABHA TV
• National ICT Award to teachers
• NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads
and Teachers Holistic Advancement)
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE Bhubaneswar

10. MHRD Initiatives
• SWAYAM-MOOC (1900 courses)
• SWAYAMPRABHA (32 DTH Channels)
• National Digital Library (4.3 crores text)
• E-Yantra (300 lab for experiment)
• FOSSEE (Free Open Source Software for Edn)
• Virtual labs (275 labs)
• E-gyankosh (open education universities)
• Gyan Darshan-TV (for distance learners)
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE Bhubaneswar

11. • Gyan Vani (Web radio)
• DIKSHA-platform for teachers
• Epathshala (free access to e-books, e-content)
• E-PG pathshala
• E-ShodhSindhu (collection of e-journals)
• Shodhganga (for research scholars)
• Shodh Shudhi (plagiarism software)
• SAKSHAT (platform for all educational news)
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE Bhubaneswar

12. Mobile as learning tools
Significance
• Accessibility
• Engaging learners
• Portability
• Interaction
• Collaborative learning
• Just in time learning
1/18/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE Bhubaneswar