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1. Sometime in 1991, a
chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.
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Dr. Sugata Mitra
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http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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Hiwel hole-in-the-Wall
Education Ltd.
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2. What does NIIT stands
for?
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National
Institute of Information Technology Read more at
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http://acronymsandslang.com/definition/907720/NIIT-meaning.html
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3. It was implemented at
a slum area in New Delhi.
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Delhi’s Slum-Dwellers:
Deprivation, Preferences and Political Engagement among the Urban Poor
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https://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Banerjee-Et-Al-2012-2-Working-Paper.pdf
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Abhijit Banerjee Rohini Pande
Michael Walton October 2012
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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?
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Dr. Mitra's team carved a
"hole in the wall". 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.
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http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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Hiwel hole-in-the-Wall
Education Ltd.
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5. What was the
significant finding of the experiment?
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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.
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http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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Hiwel hole-in-the-Wall
Education Ltd
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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?
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local teachers and field observers noted that the children
demonstrated improvements in enrollment, attendance and performance on school
examinations, particularly in subjects that deal with computing skills;
English vocabulary and usage; concentration, attention span and
problem-solving skills; and working cooperatively and self-regulation.
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https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra
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The
Hole in the Wall Project and the Power of Self-Organized Learning
E-book excerpt
By Sugata
Mitra
February 3, 2012
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Tuesday, August 7, 2018
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