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Learning about Teaching in Low-Resource Indian Contexts

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Aditya Vishwanath,

Arkadeep Kumar,

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L@S '16: Proceedings of the Third (2016) ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2876034.2893440

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Online learning environments are being deployed globally to offer learning opportunities to diverse student communities. We propose the deployment of such an environment in low-resource after-school settings across India. We draw on preliminary research conducted in summer 2015 that leveraged existing ties with an NGO working across 35 after-school classrooms. Our larger goal is to (1) support tutors in curating and distributing learning content to students, (2) engage students in a mobile, networked learning environment where they can share and collaborate, and (3) evaluate the feasibility of online learning environments for low-resource contexts. In this submission, our focus is on the first component.

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1. Information systems
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L@S '16: Proceedings of the Third (2016) ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale

April 2016

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ISBN:9781450337267

DOI:10.1145/2876034

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The University of Edinburgh, UK
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University of Sydney, Australia
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