Teacher Educationthrough School-basedSupport in India

OEC Awards 2016

18 August 2015

Vision of TESS-India

TESS-India is a long term initiative to develop better educated and more highly skilled teachers across India, by 2025

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TESS-India: Project Overview

• DFID UK aid-funded project lead by the Open University, working closely with the Government of India

• Started in 2012• Phase 1 runs until March 2016• 7 States (Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar

Pradesh, West Bengal)• 7 sets of Teacher Development OER: English, Maths, Science, Language

& Literacy (elementary and secondary) • School Leadership OER for Head Teachers

Achievements: Where are we now?• 125 English OER including school leadership, validated and endorsed by

independent review panel of Indian and International Experts• 125 Pan-Indian Hindi OER, 125 localised OER for 7 states and 5 languages• 55 AV clips localised in 5 languages• MOOC with 3000+ registered participants and 11% completion rate• Winner of Bond Innovation Award (2015) • Strong relationship and buy-in from MHRD and Senior State Government

Officials • State Resource Groups and Steering Committees set up in each state• Partnerships – e.g. British Council, STIR, UNICEF, Pratham, State OUs, • Focus District activity in 3 states• Inputs from OER embedded into RMSA, D.Ed/D.El.Ed and BTC• 106,000 beneficiaries reached in 2014-15, estimated to reach over 700,000 in

2015-16

TESS-India short film

Accessible on the TESS-India YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL9j8y4mGFyIQLvH-PvkghA

Technology - Vision

The use of technology within the TESS-India project follows a set of guiding principles:• Openly licensed content – Use and development of• Open source – (software)• Open standards• Accessible – delivered to standards that do not exclude

those with disabilities• Freely accessible - to the end user free and open (does

not exclude local stakeholder monetisation for long term sustainability)

Technology - Approach

• Use a standards based approach• Utilise current OU production processes• Flexibility - 1 input multiple outputs• Output not defined by a technology first approach

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Technology - Realisation

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Technology - Future

• Mobile specific content development• Extension of wireless hotspots• Development of social layer• Re-use and remixing of OER