[Reader-list] [announcements] Talk on Friday, April 21, 2006 by Parimala Inamdar

[PUKAR]

cordially invites you to a talk by

 

Parimala Inamdar

 

on

 

Children, Collaboration and Learning in Technology Enhanced Environments

 

 

 

Date:               Friday, April 21, 2006

 

Time:                6:30 PM

 

Venue:             First Floor, Max Mueller Bhavan, 

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai - 01

 

 

In 1999, the 'hole-in-the wall' experiment in New Delhi, India, moved the personal computer (PC) into playgrounds. A PC was connected to the Internet and embedded into a brick wall around an informal playground next to a residential slum.  Groups of slum children aged 8-14 were able to use the computer within a few days, without instruction.  Experiments across the country showed that given adequate resources, groups of children were able to acquire computing skills without adult intervention.  This raised a question - What else could children learn on their own with appropriate technology?  This presentation describes results of studies of technology enabled learning in groups, in art, mathematics and computer science in rural and urban contexts.   

  a.. Rural children were able to pass a curricular examination in computer science from their exploratory group learning at a 'hole-in-the-wall' kiosk, with no classroom instruction for it.  
  b.. Rural children rapidly entered the world of digital imaging by observing experts and collaboratively exploring high-end imaging software at 'hole-in-the-wall' computers.   The digital output of these children was later exhibited by the Pompidou Center, Paris.   
  c.. In Mumbai, children from a large SSC medium school who worked in groups with an algebra software at their school computer lab showed marked improvements in scores, in a short time.  Interestingly, they commented that they had never had so much fun with Math.  
These studies of group learning in exploratory technology enhanced environments show possibilities for a new pedagogical approach to some aspects of education attainment.  

 

Parimala Inamdar has worked in communication design and interactive technologies in learning for over 17 years.  She has designed learning solutions across media - video/television, interactive videodisc, cd-rom and the Internet.  Her work has moved over the years from design towards research in use of technology in learning. She is currently the Assistant Professor at the Center for Research In Cognitive Systems, The NIIT Institute of Information Technology (TNI). She has engaged in research collaborations with internationally reputed academics.   Her work was also recently showcased at the Pompidou Center in Paris. 



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