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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
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
Hiwel hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd.
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2. What does NIIT stands for?
National Institute of Information Technology Read more at

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3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.
Delhi’s Slum-Dwellers: Deprivation, Preferences and Political Engagement among the Urban Poor
https://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Banerjee-Et-Al-2012-2-Working-Paper.pdf
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?
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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5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?
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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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?
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.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra
The Hole in the Wall Project and the Power of Self-Organized Learning
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February 3, 2012

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