Challenge 1



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1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.
Dr. Sugata Mitra
India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugata_Mitra
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2. What does NIIT stands for?
National Institute of Information Technology
India
http://qa.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_acronym_NIIT_stand_for
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3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.
Through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use. This computer proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children. With no prior experience, the children learnt to use the computer on their own.
Kalkaji, New Delhi.
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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4. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?
Allows students to learn as well as conduct experiments at the computer itself.
Eliminates delay between theory and practice.
Frees students from tedious data capturing so that they can concentrate on observing and inferring.





India





http://www.niitfoundation.org/science-for-school-children/





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5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?
An effective assessment task is one which assesses students' attainment of the learning outcomes. Unit learning outcomes are what students are expected to know, understand or be able to do in order to be successful in a unit.
India
https://staff.mq.edu.au/teaching/evaluation/resources_evaluation/developing_unit/assess_achievement/
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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?
An effective assessment task is one which assesses students'attainment of the learning outcomes. Unit learning outcomes are what students are expected to know, understand or be able to do in order to be successful in a unit
Australia
Learning and Teaching Centre at Macquarie University
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