By Md Abu Sayed, Moinul Zaber University of Dhaka Bangladesh CPRSouth2016 Delivering just-in-time educational aid to help better learning for the school students in developing countries By Md Abu Sayed, Moinul Zaber University of Dhaka Bangladesh
GAP BETWEEN HAVES & HAVE NOTS Legacy Education Problem: High Teacher-Student Ratio High Drop Out Rates Lack of Personalized Care GAP BETWEEN HAVES & HAVE NOTS
Education needs Engagement
GAP BETWEEN HAVES & HAVE NOTS ICT Based Education Problem: Expensive ICT Tools for ICT based education Lack of ICT for Education Experts Distraction while learning with internet GAP BETWEEN HAVES & HAVE NOTS
ICT Based Education Cont. ICT helps -The online education initiatives supposedly improve the situation. However, the effect is still unknown but assumed to be positive (Underwood et al., 2009) -ICT “positively affects all the stakeholders of the education field”, (Tikam, 2013) ICT doesn’t help -In context of Portugal, broadband connectivity has had negative impact on the grades of high school students, (Belo et al. (2014) -Children spend a vast part of time playing computer games, (Malamud & Pop- Eleches, 2010)
GAP BETWEEN HAVES & HAVE NOTS Can we ? REDUCE GAP BETWEEN HAVES & HAVE NOTS
How ICT Can Help??? One way Delivery: PPT in Classroom MOOC: Video Lectures Open Courseware Online Assessment Both Way delivery/Participatory: Adaptive learning Just-in-Time Tutoring
We have tried the third option JUST-IN-TIME (JINTE) TUTORING FOR STUDENTS TO GET GUIDANCE FROM EXPERTS
Just-in-Time (JINTE) Tutoring Web: m.tutor71.com
JINTE Service Model
Research Method Short briefing Pre-Test Class Post-Test Haves Have Nots
JINTE Pilot Run School Shamsul Haque Khan School & College Dr. Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College Target Class XI & XII Total Students 1500 3000 Gender Female Only Both Male & Female Sample group 50 Sample Course Physics Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Total Class Conducted 5 8 Total Questions Received 93 128 Quiz Performance Better than non participating students Improve performance by using JINTE
Pilot Result – grades disparity (@ Mollah Collage)
Tutor71 Launched Tutor71 prototype: www.tutor71.com Currently being used in 10 more schools near Dhaka Downloadable from Facebook – Free Basics Platform
Findings & Policy Relevance Open up possibilities of personalized education Brings change to educational content management and development Engage students from remote places Countrywide teacher student network development Creating test bed for finding alternative to frequent “exams” ? Enabling productive use of ICT infrastructure
Asante ?