1. OPEN SCHOOLING FOR
EMPOWERING YOUTHS
Dr.S.S.Jena
Chairman, NIOS
www.nios.ac.in
International Conference on Open & Flexible
Distance Learning (OFDL)
Feb.20-22, 2013
SNDT University, Mumbai
2. Fifth Generation
The Intelligent Flexible Learning First Generation
Model The Correspondence Model
Second Generation
Interactive multimedia (IMM) Print
The Multi-media Model
Internet-based access to WWW
Print, Audiotape, videotape,
resources Computer-based learning,
Computer mediated Interactive video (disk and tape)
communication, using
automated response systems
ODL
Third Generation
Fourth Generation The Tele-learning Model
The Flexible Learning Model Audio teleconferencing
Interactive multimedia (IMM) Videoconferencing
Internet-based access to WWW
resources Audio graphic communication
Computer mediated communication Broadcast TV/Radio and
Audio teleconferencing
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3. Paradigm Shifts in School Education
• Shift of learning from only classroom to anywhere.
• From teacher-centric to learner-centric.
• From teacher as instructor to teacher as a facilitator of
learning.
• From mainly oral instruction to also technology-aided
instruction.
• From fixed time to any time during life as learning time.
• From “you learn what we offer” to “we offer that you want
to learn”.
• From education as a one-time activity to education as lifelong
activity.
• “ Education Any Time, Any Body, Any Where”
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4. Open Schooling in India
97 Million Children (Age Group 14-18) are eligible
now for Secondary & Sr. Secondary Education
Impact of Education for All Programme & RTE
pressure on Secondary Education System
15% (12 Million) to be cater to by Open Schooling
as Targeted under XIIth Five Year Plan
Present Capacity about 04 Million (02 Million by
NIOS + 02 Million by SOSs)
About 08 million gap still to be filled-in by the
Open Schooling System
Creating “Safety Net” for Drop Outs and
Disadvantaged Groups
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5. Hallmark of Open Schooling
Flexibility in Age of Admission (no upper age limit
& Minimum age is 14+)
Flexibility in deciding course, place and space of
study
Freedom to select subjects, according to one’s
needs, interest & abilities;
Integration of academic with vocational courses;
Continuous assessment through Tutor Marked
Assignments(TMA),
Credit accumulation facility over a period of 5
years;
Facility of transfer of credits from other Boards of
school Education
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15. Courses Offered
Elementary Education
• Open Basic Education (OBE) at A level, B level and C
level equivalent to Classes III, V, VIII respectively of
formal Education
Secondary Education (Xth)
• Offered in 7 Indian languages including English,
Hindi & Urdu.
Sr.Secondary Education (XII)
• Offered in 3 Indian languages – English, Hindi &
Urdu
Vocational Courses in about 100 Vocational Areas
Courses for Special Focus Groups such as Hunar
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16. Instructional System at NIOS
Curriculum Planning Identification of Certification
and Development needs of Groups
Printed Material
Contact Classes
Production of Multi
Media (MM) and Self Lab Practicals
Instructional Material
(SIM) A.V.Cassettes
Examination &
Delivery Learners Evaluation
Radio Broadcast
System
Telecast
Internet Based
Teleconferencing
Feed back
NIOS touches and changes life of Millions.
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19. ICT enabled learning tools: Some
contemporary reflections
• NPTEL Open Courseware
• IGNOU on-line initiatives
• Digital resources repository of CEC
• Web based resources of NCERT
• CBSE e-Books
• Open Courseware of NIOS & OER
• Mukta Vidya Vani: The Innovation for
Masses
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20. National Programme on Technology Enhanced
Learning (NPTEL)
• Objective of NPTEL program is to
enhance the quality of engineering
education in the country by
developing curriculum based video
and web courses
• Open courseware initiative by seven
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
and the Indian Institute of Science
(IISc)
• Supplementary content for 967 web
courses in engineering/science and
humanities
• More than 10,000 courses have been
developed in video format, with each
course comprising approximately
40mts or more than one-hour
lectures
• Proposed for Virtual Technical
University
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21. IGNOU Online
Uploading of more than
30000 lessons of
IGNOU Self
Instructional Materials
and 1600 videos
Webcasting of telecast
inputs covered under
Gyan Darshan
Use of wiki for
collaborative content
generation
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22. Digital resources repository of CEC
CEC is an inter-university centre on
electronic media under the University
Grants Commission (UGC) of India
CEC in coordination with its 17
Educational Multimedia Research
Centres produces television
programmes in various subject in
English, Hindi and regional languages
All video inputs are syllabus-based
topics those are taught in schools,
polytechnics, colleges and universities
& telecast through television network
CEC Learning Object Repository (LOR)
and the Digital Video Repository (DVR)
provides worldwide access to these
qualitative learning resources
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23. NCERT’s web based Learning Resources
NCERT is an apex resource
organization set up by the
Government of India to assist
and advise the Central and State
Governments on curriculum &
instructional reforms related to
school education
School textbooks are now freely
available through its web portal
for students and teachers
Video resources available in You
Tube
Web casting of Telecast
Learning inputs
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24. CBSE E-Books
Available for Class IX & X
Supports additional
information a student is
looking for through the
alternative resources, both
print &non-print based
Free download online anytime
without any cost to the
students
Formative & summative
assessment tools are also
available in selected subject
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areas
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25. OER For Open schools: COL’s initiative
COL’s OER Project on Open
Schooling
• 17 selected secondary school
subjects under creative common
License Agreement (CC-BY-SA)
• 6 Countries involved are Namibia,
Botswana, Lesotho, Seychelles,
Trinidad & Tobago & Zambia
• Prime objective is to increase
accessibility to quality materials
for school education
• Teacher/instructor’s Guide Books
are developed in 5 subjects on
how to use the OER
• Currently available on CD ROM
• Development of OER Policy thru
03/06/13 COMOSA
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26. NIOS Open Courseware
All print based materials of
Secondary & Sr. Secondary
levels are uploaded on the web
More than 200 hours of video
materials are available on You
Tube
More than 400 hours of Audio
materials are available for free
downloading through NIOS
Website
Streaming of Audio through
internet provided both online
and offline mode (Mukta Vidy
Vani) on 24X7
On-line support through e-
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tutoring
27. OER Initiative of NIOS
Develop exemplary courseware,
both print & non-print forms, in
selected vocational subject areas
Subject areas selected are (i)
Computer & IT, (ii) Tourism &
Hospitality Management & (iii)
Rural Technology
Online collaborative platform is
created for development of
digital materials
Approaches followed in
development of the resource
materials are based on (i) Role
based education for Scenario
Based Learning & (ii) Situated
based Social Reconstruction &
Transformation Process
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