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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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New Delhi,
India
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http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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2. What does NIIT
stands for?
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National Institute of Information
Technology
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India
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3. It was
implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.
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Hole in the
Wall
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Kalkaji, New Delhi
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http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Abouthiwel.html
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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. 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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Kalkaji, New Delhi
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http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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5. What was the
significant finding of the experiment?
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With this, HiWEP is now poised to
scale up the idea of Hole-in-the-Wall to make a significant contribution to
improving elementary education and life skills of children across the world,
especially those in disadvantaged communities in rural areas and urban slums.
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New Delhi,
India
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http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/AboutHiwel.html
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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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New Delhi,
India
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https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra
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