👥 20.02.2025
👌Participant: Peter Mbwago
📖 Toured Center CDAC : Center for Development of Advanced Computing
We visited CDAC_ Educational Unit which, a center founded in the 1990's which has two branches in Tanzania (Dar es Salaam and Arusha). The center focuses on improving education in India with creation of technological tools which enhances learning and teaching. Therefore, the focus was more about how technology can be used to cater for educational problems existing in India and also how to best improve education with interactive programs such as generating open source LMS modules and tools for free access.
On the aspect of teaching methodology, the center has customized Learning management system (LMS- Ekalavya Learning Management System) to cater for the country's need (Covid-19 Lockdown).
TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS INTRODUCED
ELMS: Ekalavya Learning Management
CDAC has customized LMS to for easy access whereby students can continuous access to interact and content is is preprogrammed for easier access. There were a number of tech tools which we were introduced to and had a chance to practice.
O-Labs (online lab): The lab is design to grant easy access to students on learning, experimenting, working on a concept. For instance students can be able to use assimilation to conduct several activities, here the practice begin with going through a concept, watching a video and then given an activity and then reflect on the evaluation. o-lab is an online version of a physical/structural lab available and it is free. for class vi to class xii.
SAFAL: Is a learning platform useful for assessment and gearing a move to competence based education. This platform
a) e-balbharati: interactive tech-tool for content creation on the subjects such as geography and Hindi for Maharashtra text boob bureau for assessment and consultancy (e-learning)
b) PACE (Process Automation for Competitive Examination) for engineering and medical examination. A toll which helps to get rid of paper work, used as a modular system approach, provides immediate response and useful when it come to meeting deadline.
c) OBRIC an object imaging tool used to screen test in class test.
d) Kvizz : a tech tool useful to conduct a quick test to assess student's familiarity with a concept. A teacher can formulate questions, sets a timer and provides weights for each question depending on the question and learning objective.
e) SAFAL model (Structured Assessment for Analyzing Learning) used to foster a move toward competence based education by evaluating students' conceptual understanding and and transfer that knowledge in to application. School servers are connected directly to center's server that way it ensures continuous learning tracking.
Application:
I am interested to apply Kvizz in my class so as to bring a sense of engagement whereby students will be able to pay attention. And for assessment purposes, this tool will enable me to understand student's grasps of the content. Kvizz will enable me to formulate the types question aligning with learning objectives, and the tools helps a teacher to set a timer and weighing becomes easy for I will be able to set demarcations between questions.
Take a ways from CDAC visit.
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