Sunday, August 5, 2018

Challenge 1: "Scavenger Hunt"

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1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.

Sugata Mitra

New Delhi,
India

Businessweek Online Daily Briefing,
March 2, 2000.
Edited by Paul Judge
http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm

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2. What does NIIT stands for?
National Institute of Information Technology
India
https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html
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3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.

4. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?
Through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use.
Kalkaji, New Delhi
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?
Hole-in-the-Wall Learning Stations were installed in diverse settings, the impact of interventions was monitored and data was continually gathered, analyzed and interpreted
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6. What could be the implications of this finding to existing teaching practices especially those that are related with the use of ICT in learning?
Hole-in-the-Wall Learning Stations were installed in diverse settings, the impact of interventions was monitored and data was continually gathered, analyzed and interpreted. Rigorous assessments were conducted to measure academic achievement, behaviour, personality profile, computer literacy and correlations with socio-economic indicators.

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