3 rd NKN Annual Workshop 2014 At IIT, Guwahati E-Sikshak A journey and possibilities Sandesh Jain C-DAC, Hyderabad
Agenda E-Sikshak overview Usage of e-sikshak 2 nd generation of E-sikshak Personalized e-learning (My-Sikshak) Cloud based e-learning (Megh-Sikshak) E-Sikshak as service over NKN Future e-learning ecosystem with NKN
E-Sikshak - overview Outcome of an R&D initiative supported by DeitY, Govt. Of India during 2004. E-Sikshak Release 1 Depict the traditional classroom learning process in online mode Component based e-learning services Multilingual mode of instruction Limitations Built on primitive technology with low scalability and extensibility. Non standard compliant
esikshak Release 2 Multilingual e-learning framework with following salient features: e-learning components viz. user management, course & content delivery, query handling capability, assessment, collaboration in different modes, etc., required for effective online learning environment. Incorporation of standard compliances: International webcontent standard SCORM 2004 version 3 and IMS Question and Test interoperability ver 2.1 (IMS QTI) Better scalability and extensibility with MVC architecture. Total of ten (10) Indian language support viz., Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati. Incorporation of video conferencing facility with counselling and virtual classroom scheduling facility. Provision of mobile interaction.
Stakeholders in esikshak Basically there are three stakeholders in esikshak Administrator Instructor Learner Features are divided into following categories: Organization (Users & Courses) Course Content Assessment Collaboration Communication Personalization
Features in esikshak Stakeholder-wise categorization of features -
Usage of esikshak 10,000+ learners have experienced e-learning services through e-sikshak installed over 15+ institutes across India and three installations outside India. To name a few user agencies Indian Law Institute [ILI], New Delhi Rice Knowledge Management Portal [RKMP], Directorate of Rice Research (DRR) National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women s University, Jaipur College of Air Warfare, Hyderabad
2 nd Generation of e-sikshak Instructional design/ pedagogy features Personalized e-learning services My-Sikshak Technological features Usage of Cloud computing and its infrastructure Megh-Sikshak
MySikshak PERSONALIZED ELEARNING FRAMEWORK
My-Sikshak (Personalized e-learning framework) which extends the learning environment with personalized e-learning services assisted by instructor. It mainly focuses on the needs and aspirations of individual learners. This model recognizes that every student is an individual, with a distinct learning style, learning pace, learning path and learning aspiration. Features Supported User Registration Course Organizer Learning Path Editor Dash Board Personalized Content and Activity Delivery Adaptive Assessment Formulation Semantic Query Handler Salient Features Interoperable Services Standards Compliant Intelligent filter mechanism to group the learners Collaborative activity/course building environment for instructors User interface with rich interaction Platform independent.
Inputs for achieving personalization Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model (FSLSM) Identification of learning style Prior course knowledge modeling Identification of proficiency level
FSLSM Felder-Silverman Learning style model(1988) Particularly applicable to engineering education Depends on how student receives and process information.
Product Features Course organizer Folder hierarchy based conversion into SCORM compliant course. Collaboration among the Instructors to upload the content in to the course Learners information in dashboard Dashboard provides assistance to instructor in analysing the learning styles of the student cluster. Cluster management tool provides the facility of creating/deleting/modifying the student clusters and their corresponding characteristics.
Product Features Learning Path Editor Provide facility to instructor to design the SCORM compliant learning path template based on learner s prior knowledge and learning style. Provision for instructor to add and modify the e-learning activities like quizzes, examples, case studies, within the template, specific to the group identified. Leads to the creation of personalised learning path template comprising of learning content and activities.
Product Features Personalized Content and Activity Delivery SCORM compliant learning path template assigned for learners. Track the learners activities. Adaptive Assessment Formulation Pre, Formative and Summative Assessments. Formative assessment using Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) Summative assessment using Computerized Classification Testing (CCT) Question Repository conforming to standards (IMS QTI).
Product Features Query Handler Query Handler capable of semantically identifying the queries and supervised with expert rating mechanism. (Supervised Semantic Query Handler) Ontology editor provides facility to create subject specific ontologies with help of experts. Provides assistance to instructors for replying the queries with additional multimedia support from web.
e-learning using Cloud
Motivation for Megh-Sikshak To address challenges faced by the educational institutes: Infrastructure requirement for establishing the e-learning environment. Continuous sustenance of the infrastructure with updating the services. Lack of technical competency for maintaining the e- learning environment. Continuously growing requirement for resources in e- learning environment. (Scalability)
Megh-Sikshak Cloud based e-sikshak (Megh-Sikshak) is an initiative to offer e-learning services by leveraging cloud computing benefits like Elasticity for optimal utilization of infrastructure Quick provisioning of infrastructure on demand High availability
Conforms to SAAS maturity level 3 Supports Multitenancy elearning Framework Tenant Registration and Management Delegated Administration Flexible Services Allocation Multi-lingual elearning Services
Tenant Management & Home Pages
E-Sikshak as service over NKN Starting with most basic e-learning services to be embraced by teacher-student fraternity Adding services on demand. Offering courses on information security Expectation: Collaboration among students and faculty of various institutes. Reposition of organized and unorganized learning patterns generated by students Learning analytics
Future e-learning ecosystem with NKN Bring more participation of stakeholders and help in identification of new stakeholders to be introduced in learning process Augmenting Life Long Learning e-portfolio management and sharing system by various stakeholders with similar interests Personalized e-learning services for students