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Connected Learning Initiative:Open at Scale

Brandon Muramatsu, Vijay Kumar & Rita SahuMassachusetts Institute of Technology

April 20, 2016OER16, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Key Elements of CLIx

• Our starting point: Values• Our starting assumptions: Open & Scale• How are we doing it: Ecosystem, Capacity

Building & Platforms

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Sir Ratan Tata

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Quality Education at Scale

A drop in a pond/ocean

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CLIx Learning Dimensions

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CLIx Learning Experiences

Learning Lab

Before school During School Hours:accessed by grades 8, 9, 11

After School

1:1 or 1:2 devices / user ratioInstructor/facilitator support

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CLIx Scale1,65,000 students1,100 schools4,400 teachers

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Values

openNot universally experienced

Complex & contextualRequires digital capability & agency

Both descriptive & aspirationalCritical discourse is essential

“Move from access to equity & justice” (McMillan Cottom, 2015)

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Values

• Ensure that students are prepared to solve problems and apply curricular knowledge to their everyday lives

• Includes business and personal ethics and values in the curriculumo Expressed as 21st Century Skillso Still very much a work in progress

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Ecosystem, Capacity Building

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Field Implementation

Teams

Tata Trusts TISS MIT

Development Partners Implementation Partners• Eklavya, Bhopal• Centre for Education Innovation and

Action Research, TISS, Mumbai• Homi Bhabha Centre for Science

Education, TIFR, Mumbai• MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA• National Institute of Advanced Studies,

Bengaluru

State Governments Institutions

• Chhattisgarh• Mizoram• Rajasthan• Telangana

• UNICEF, Chhattisgarh

• University of Mizoram

• CEIAR, Jaipur• SCERT, Telangana• Eklavya, Bhopal

Students Teachers Parents Community

CLIx Ecosystem

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Interconnected Projects

Teacher Professional Development

Imple-menta-

tion

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Capacity Building

• Implementation (Physical)o Working with 4 state governments to ensure that

we’re working within existing state schemes (computer lab infrastructure) and that “Learning Labs” are supported by the state governments

o Deploying CLIx field support personnel to each state to support teachers and schools

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CLIx Design Camp, Summer 2015

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Capacity Building (cont.)

• Education Technology, Active Learning, Blended Courses (People)o Working with experienced Indian curriculum

designers and subject matter experts who mostly design for paper (books or worksheets)

o Coaching and supporting curriculum designers in edtech, active learning, blended courses

• Pedagogy (People)o Teacher professional development for active

learning and blended lessons

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Wrap-Up

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Takeaways

• Quality Education at Scaleo Address big problems, in big ways

• Capacity is a journey / continuumo With State Governments, curriculum developers,

teachers• Open is a journey / continuumo All materials are CC-By, technology Open Sourceo Student agency and sharing curriculum

• Driven by Values

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Connected Learning Initiative:Open at Scale

Brandon Muramatsumura@mit.edu