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Self Organized Learning Environments
Using the SOLE approach in regular classrooms
Teacher orientation SHLOK Foundation,
Bangalore 14th Sept. 2015
Dr. Suneeta KulkarniResearch DirectorThe School in the Cloud / The Granny Cloud
www.theschoolinthecloud.org
What are your biggest challenges?
• Too many children?• Uninterested children?• A syllabus that needs to be covered?• Inadequate resources?
? Languages – too many & different ?? ? ? ?Uneducate
d parents
Drop outs / poor attendance
Now, let’s do something about it…
What have you tried so far?
Teacher directed group activities Parent meetings
Remedial teaching / extra classes
Videos from the internet
What else?
How it all began…• Brain child of Prof. Sugata Mitra• Earlier work with Hole-in-the-Wall• SOLEs - adaptation to school settings for
curriculum related learning
Self Organized Learning Environments
The Basis• There are [and always will be] places in the world where good
teachers cannot [or do not want to] go…..• But Good teachers can use it to supplement
classroom experiences
Groups of children, givenfree access to computersand the internet… canteach themselves….
[quite a few things… we are still figuring out the whole list!]
The SOLE approach• Pose an interesting question
• Let children work in groups• ‘teachers’ / ‘adults’ to be ‘invisible• Move around freely• Share what they have found• Arrive at some answers /
conclusions
What does it mean to be happy?
But what if….?Some concerns
• It is chaotic• Children will use ‘technology’ rather than
figuring it out themselves• No ‘discipline’
Counter questions• How far back should we go in time?• What is natural to children and adults?• What is the real purpose of ‘learning’?
Try some ‘Not so Big Questions’…You can start off with easier, more specific ones…
For example:• What is the capital of Myanmar?• Which is the tallest mountain in the world?
And then slightly harder ones…For example:• Which was the first computer game
developed?• How can you get to Vienna from Bangalore?
Back to
‘Question
s’
And you can develop questions from the curriculum…
Think about why you teach your subject..What is the REAL PURPOSE?
EVS
MathsLanguages
A few rules…• 4-5 children to one computer• Let the children make and change their groups
as often as they want• Stand back – be ‘invisible’. DON’T interfere• Encourage sharing of findings • Step back in for Presentations to facilitate
putting ALL the learning together
More details in the ToolKit:https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org/library/resources
• Be tolerant of the noise level. There is serious work going on!
Back to the
SOLE
Approach
3 Key Goals of Education• Reading Fluency & Comprehension• Developing search & information
gathering skills• Developing a rational belief system
Reading with DiscernmentLearning to Search
Understanding the initial process• https://
www.theschoolinthecloud.org/updates/learning-to-search-area-4-pss-phaltan
• https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org/updates/reading-with-discernment
Impact• Independence: finding things out on
their own• Collaboration: working in a team• Involvement in the task• JOY!
Preparing for the futureAn unknown world
Still interested…?
• Check out our websitewww.theschoolinthecloud.org
If you want to email me:[email protected]