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Team India

Managing the pages of WikiIndia

The vision of WikiEducator-India

Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Vancouver, Canada vision of realisation of free version of the education curriculum by 2015.

The mission of WikiEducator-India

The Mission of the WikiEducator-India page is to provide a common platform for indexing, discussing and co-ordinating the activities of various country team projects in India towards the realization of the COL vision of a free version of the education curriculum by 2015.


Objectives

  1. Support and Coordinate the WE activities in India
  2. Support the development of a Transnational curriculum.
  3. Promote free content development
  4. Promote the use of WikiEducator
  5. Provide Learner support


Background

India has a very rich educational history. In the ancient days, sages and scholars imparted education orally, but after the development of letters, it took the form of writing. Palm leaves and barks of trees were used for education, and this in turn helped spread the written literature. By the spread of Buddhism in India, education was made available to everyone and this led to the establishment of some world famous educational institutions Nalanda, Vikramshila and Takshashila.

Later, when the British arrived in India, English education was popularised with the help of the European missionaries. Thereafter, Western education has made steady improvement in the country. Hundreds of universities were established and thousands of colleges were affiliated to them. Now India has scores of colleges in every discipline and has positioned itself comfortably as a country that provides quality higher education to its people in specific and to the world in general.

However,because of so many factors, the expense for education (especially professional education) has gone up to very high levels and poor families find it very difficult to send their children for higher and professional education. Hence, the free and open curriculum of WikiEducator becomes important.

A node for Curriculum Development

The India Node has proposed a Standardization of Curriculam Movement in National Level and World Level, following the WE objective of developing National Curricula.

It is a very difficult task to set standards for curricula as knowledge is changing day by day, and now the education curricula are highly depended on place and accessibility factors. Country specific variations are required in the studies on Agriculture, History, Literature and some Vocational subjects.

However, it has to be attempted because:

  1. . It will popularize the use of open and free content on it.
  2. . The services of the voluntary content developers can be led in a more structured way.

Please see the Curriculum INDEX Project Node for further details

How can you participate?

Hearty welcome to this wonderful family of Online Open Distance Learning educators in India on WikiEducator.

Here you can start new project pages related to online ODL, you can link the existing ODL pages/projects, start discussion and seek advice/opinions.

We would also appreciate if you can be a part of Team India to lead and direct this India Node on WikiEducator.

If you are new to Wikieducator, don't worry, there is online wikieducator tutorial to help you round the clock. WikiEducator online tutorial is a classical example for how online ODL lessons can be developed and arranged. Please visit the tutorial pages right now…

COMMUNITY In ACTION

All the friends in the wiki community are requested to add links to the interesting project development activities here...

Friendship…thoughts…projects… Click here to read an intersting Skype Chat between Randy Fisher, Canada and Anil Prasad, India

IN the NEWS

PCF5 London

WikiEducators from India with Dr. Wayne Mackintosh, Education Specialist and Founder of WikiEducator, COL at the PCF5 in London, UK, held from 13/07/2008 to 18/07/2008.

Images of some beautiful moments from the WE community life at PCF5, London is available here...

PCF6 will be at Kochi, Kerala, India in 2010. IGNOU will be the co-host.

Launching of L4C campaign for teachers & release of a joint statement on Oct 2nd 2008

Dr.Ramakrishnan Srinivasan , a very enthusiastic WE Ambassador from Karnataka has proposed to release a joint statement by the WE community members based on the theme "A computer literate, internet enabled teacher is better equipped to create nation-building generation" on the forthcoming Teachers Day.

After discussions with community members and COL & CEMCA officials during PCF5 held in London from 13th to 18th July, 2008 it has been decided to arrange an official launch of L4C (Learning for Content) campaign in India focusing teachers and to issue a joint statement from the WEs in India based on the theme "A computer literate, internet enabled teacher is better equipped to create nation-building generation" on October 2nd 2008 in New Delhi through CEMCA.

The page for collaborative development of the statement and planning the communication strategy and follow up actions is available from here L4C India Campaign 2008 & a Joint Statement Please join hands to make this innovative proposal a great success.

Living Heritage proposal for a Page on Indian Calendar marking culturally significant days and events. Living Heritage : Indian Calendar

Content Development Workshop in Tamil Nadu, India

An L4C workshop for L3 Farmers in India was held at Arul Anandar College, Madurai in Tamil Nadu state, India from 16/05/2008 to 18/05/2008. Twenty five persons participated. For further details please visit the workshop report page from here

A collaborative course development to help VUSSC

A collaborative MHRM Course development is being planned to help the VUSSC project of COL All WE friends may please visit the Project page from here and contribute content.

Colombo Workshop on OAER

COL in Association with Sri Lanka Association of Distance Educators has organized a Content Development Workshop on Open (Agricultural) Education Resources (as part of L3 Farmers Project) at Colombo, Sri Lanka from 31/03/2008 to 03/04/2008 for the University Partners. Delegates from University of Jaffna, Open University of Sri Lanka, University of Colombo, Eastern University of Sri Lanka, and University of Ruhuna have attended the workshop. Under the guidance of Dr. Krishna Alluri (Education Specialist, COL) and Prof. (Mrs). Uma Coomaraswamy (COL Consultant for L3 Farmers Project, Sri Lanka) Wiki Educators from India Mr. Raji N.R and Mr. P. Anil Prasad have facilitated the workshop. As part of the workshop each of the University teams has prepared an interactive lesson on WikiEducator.

For further details of the Workshop please visit: Content Development Workshop Colombo-2008

Induction Programme for Elementary Teacher Educators

An innovative project demands attention

Induction Programme for Teacher Educators is a collaborative development of a web-based programme for teacher educators who are working in the District Institutes of Education and Training (DIET) in India. The programme is a collaborative work of the Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Mysore and the Department of State Education Research and Training (DSERT), Bangalore. The peer team consists of teacher educators from both these institutions, the University Departments of Education and the DIET Faculty.

INDIAN WIKIEDUCATOR COMMUNITY

The Community members of WikiEducators in India are listed here.

WikiIndia Members

ODL PROJECTS

Please list your projects below the right category


Country Team Projects in India

Please list the WikiEducator Country Team Projects from India here...

Induction Programme for Teacher Educators is a collaborative development of a web-based programme for teacher educators who are working in the District Institutes of Education and Training (DIET) in India. The programme is a collaborative work of the Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Mysore[1] and theDepartment of State Education Research and Training (DSERT), Bangalore[2]. The peer team consists of teacher educators from both these institutions, the University Departments of Education and the DIET Faculty.
The site address is http://wikieducator.org/INDUCTION_PROGRAMME_FOR_ELEMENTARY_TEACHER_EDUCATORS
Working With Community is a comprehensive report of the camp organised in December 2007 by Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Bhopal[3]. The students of two year B Ed and B Sc B Ed I year were participated in this camp. This camp was coordinated by Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandagale, Lecturer in Education, with valuable guidance of Prof. A B Saxena, Principal, and support from faculty members of RIE, Bhopal.
The site address is http://wikieducator.org/WORKING_WITH_COMMUNITY


Inter Country Team Projects

Please list the WikiEducator projects that are implemented jointly by Teams from India and other Countries here...


Other Projects

Please list any other ODL project that you know better here...


India’s first broadband network on EDUSAT for schools - - ViCTERS (Virtual Class Technology on Edusat for Rural Schools) – inaugurated by H.E. the President of India on 28th July, 2005 in Thiruvananthapuram has revolutionized classrooms through interactive IP-based technology. Kerala has since demonstrated how Edusat could be used to successfully empower teachers. The state is also all set to kick start a non-interactive channel in DTH (Direct-to-Home) to be brought to all its 12,500 schools wherein 50 lakh children stand to benefit.
  • Padavukal
Padavukal is a online educator website of Government of Kerala, India in Malayalam (regional language of Kerala). Project is administered by Kerala State IT Mission . Site address is http://www.padavukal.org
  • ONESYS
Onesys is the Online Evaluation system of Kerala State IT Mission, Information Technology Department, Govt of Kerala. Site address is http://www.onesys.gov.in
  • RGPEEE
Rajiv Gandhi Project for Edusat Supported Elementary Education (RGPEEE) is a collaborative project of MHRD-ISRO-IGNOU and State Governments of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, and Uttar Pradesh. The network has a provision of one teaching end with a sub hub at Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) with connectivity to 850 schools in the Sidhi district and 50 schools each in Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh, Koria in Chattisgarh and Vaisali in Bihar in initial phase. Two hours live programme from 1000 Hrs to 1200 Hrs and repeat programme from 1400 Hrs to 1600 Hrs is telecast on this network. These programme are mainly related to the school education upto the 8th class.
  • Please see list of Action Items
  • Sanskrit reflects the cultural refinement of thought, word and deed of India, that is Bharat. The sutras of Sage Panini (who lived in 5 B.C) is now available for FREE download. Thanks to the penance of Dr.Shivamurthy Shivacharya Swamiji of Sri Taralabalu Math, Sirigere, Karnataka. http://www.taralabalu.org

For free download: http://www.taralabalu.org/panini/

After download, the users are welcome to participate in the discussions on learning Sanskrit and allied topics by joining the Ganakashtadhyayi google group monitored by Swamiji.

  • College Teachers E-Mail ID generation campaign, Karnataka. AMUCT initiative in Mangalore region for WikiEducators Forum.

WikiEducator Ambassadors


Web Resources

Useful Web links

  1. NCERT - National Council of Educational Research & Training (INDIA)
  2. RIE, Bhopal- Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal (INDIA)
  3. Central Board of Secondary Education (INDIA)
  4. University Grants Commission
  5. The State Council Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Kerala
  6. ViCTERS (Virtual Class Technology on Edusat for Rural Schools) in Kerala
  7. NCTE - National Council for Teacher Education - INDIA
  8. Virtual Centre for Teacher Education
  9. Virtual Centre for Technology in Education
  10. Tamil font help from Wikipedia
  11. Indian Language Converter or The Indian Script Converter
  12. Agricultural Marketing Information System (A Central Sector Scheme of Directorate of Marketing & Inspection, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture)
  13. ( United Nations Population Fund India, promotes the right of every woman, man and child)
  14. A site for Inspiration and Nation Building


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