The Internet of Education (IoEd)
Seeking A Cultural Shift in Schools in the Emerging Economies[1]
Tomorrow's
markets lay in the several frontier and emerging markets. The foundations of an
economy's success lie in its schools. How can emerging economies prepare their
Schools for the future in anticipation of Internet
of Things?
For quality
seeking schooling institution looking at positioning themselves in the future, the most important element in a growth
strategy will be ensuring that the
School's IT policy includes IoEd.
This
policy should encompass from device (hardware) acquisition to in-depth
technology-based learning software acquisition to connectivity and networking. May be IT corporations could collaboratively
associate to help in lending expertise.
A Community approach is recommended to save on costs of investment.
A
Hub and Spoke approach to networking may be most economical. A Learning Technologies Center may be formally
established in each School district to connect faculty in proximate , contiguous areas, with the
latest advancements in Internet of Education. Investment in good infrastructure
which could be utilized as a community (the economies of scale) as the base for the mindset shift in the
district's schools.
The Schools have to encourage and
collaboratively organize, intranets and
discussion forums among district's schools
to foster a collective learning community. These internal and external dialogues,
should constitute a powerful communication tool within the community and with
the students and should result in a networking of proximate schools.
The thrust of IoEd will be to connect and network (a) the pedagogical delivery tools
(b) the e-learning platform, (c) intranets (internal student - academic-
administrator) communication systems (d) discussion forums, (e) assessment
practices (f) student-to-teacher interaction and records student presence,
learning and progress.
[1]
These strands of thought are a part of the research work being undertaken by the
author on the Internet of Education.
Copyright of this article and its contents vests with the author of this blog: Jayaram Nayar.
He can be contacted at email: jaynayar@gmail.com
No comments:
Post a Comment