LEARNING MATERIALS AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES-1for conf.ppt

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1. LEARNING MATERIALS AND
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: MAKING
DISTANCE EDUCATION WORK
Dr Sushmita Mitra
Director (SSS)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OPEN SCHOOLING, INDIA

2. AGENTS OF CHANGE IN
EDUCATION
Rapid development in learning theories.
Rapid advancement in Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)
PARADIGMSHIFT

3. PARADIGM SHIFT IN EDUCATION
From Institution-led learning to own-time self-
learningat a distance.
From teaching to self-paced-learning slowly
moving towards flexibilities and openness.
Gave rise to an alternativesystem of education often
known as Open and Distance Learning (ODL) System.

4. TRADITIONAL
SYSTEM
TEACHER TAUGHT
SPATIO-TEMPORAL FIXEDNESS
CURRICULUM FIXEDNESS
CORRESPONDENCE
EDUCATION
SELF LEARNING
FREEDOM OF LOCATION
SELF LEARNING
FREEDOM OF LOCATION
FREEDOM TO LEARN
ODL EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM
PARIDGM SHIFT
PARIDGM SHIFT
CURRICULUM FIXEDNESS
LEARNING PARADIGM SHIFT

5. The barriers of space, pace, time and many
of the rigidities of the formal education are
withdrawn in ODL and this gave rise to
Open Schooling system in the country.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OPEN SCHOOLING(NIOS)
14 STATE OPEN SCHOOLS (SOSs) IN
DIFFERENT STATES

6. PERSPECTIVES AND ORIENTATIONS TOWARDS
LEARNING IN ODL SYSTEM
Everyone can learn (Burns 1967).
Learning is private and occurs at a distance when the
learner and the instructor/ institution are separated in
time and place
Learning is mediated by a provider arranging for
guided didactic conversation, or
non contiguous communication, or
two way interpersonal communication to recreate
learning link, or
educational transaction using technology and
communication theory, or
virtual contiguity by integrating systems that bring
teacher and learner together, optimum dialogue
between them and eliminate consequences of being
separate in space.

7. Learning involves collaborated experience between
a teacher and a learner, which is totally dependent
on a two way communication facilitated by
technology.
Learning considers requirements of both the
learning task and learner i.e. principles of
pedagogy/andragogyand structure of knowledge
has an apparent influence on learning.
Learner control is based on the inter-relationship
between independence (as in self directed learner),
proficiency (as in the ability to learn independently)
and support (characterized by the resources
available to guide and facilitate the educational
transaction.
PERSPECTIVES AND ORIENTATIONS
TOWARDS LEARNING IN ODL SYSTEM

8. Learner Centred Instructional System
in Open Schooling
LEARNER
5. RADIO AND
TV,
6. FACE TO
FACE
PROGRAMME
1. COUNSELLING
2. COURSE
MATERIALS
3. ASSIGNMENTS
4. TUTOR
GUIDANCE
7. RESOURCE
CENTRE HELP

9. Instructional Delivery System
Based on following premises:
Availability,
Accessibility and
Appropriateness
For transaction of the curriculum at a distance,
the print medium is most suitable.
Print considered as the prime instructional
medium supported by other media materials like
audio and video materials in Open schooling.

10. Efficacy of Print Materials
Depends on the Instructional Design
(ID) chosen.
ID is dependent on the
nature of subject matter,
learner characteristics and previous
experiences and
the type of learning expected.

11. Self-instructional Material (SIM) which is a written
elaboration of a set of learning opportunities,
organised around a well-defined theme/topic in
such a way that, it is
•a self contained instruction unit to be used in a
self learning situation.
•guarantees self-sufficiency.
•structured in such a way that it helps the learner
to find their way into the text and to find their way
through the text.
PrintedLearning Materials In Open
Schooling

12. Title
Introduction
Objectives
Section
What you have learnt
Intext Questions
Glossary /Key Words
Answers to Intext Question
Terminal Exercise
NO
Is it the last section
yes
Structure of
A Lesson

13. Educational Resources
Support materials:
Audio CD’s
Video CD’s
CAL
Radio programmes through Gyan Vani
TV programme through Gyan Darshan/and
DD1 channel

14. The NIOS WEBSITE
www.nios.ac.in
Information dissemination
24x7 online admission
Course material
Evaluation/assessment papers for
practice
Tutor marked assignments
Student information regarding
admission and examination dates
List of Study centers
Other related matter

15. Enrolment of Differently Able Learners in NIOS
1337
196
842
181
566
338
2826
1199
7695
283
601
133
710
1260
1576
992
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
9000
Loco Motor Visually
Impaired
Hearing
Impaired
Leprosy Cured Mentally
Retarded
Multiple Cerebral Palsy Learning
disability
No of Learners
2009-10
2008-09

16. Course-wise Enrolment of Differently Able Learners
660
117
602
99
382
166
1829
808
677
79
240
82
291
172
997
391
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
Loco Motor Visually
Impaired
Hearing
Impaired
Leprosy
Cured
Mentally
Retarded
MultipleCerebral
Palsy
Learning
disability
No of Learners
SEC
SRSEC

17. There is nothing like a dream
to create the future.
....Victor Hugo

18. Thank You