A Professional Learning Community Approach for Teacher Development and OER creation - A toolkit/References
References
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Issue-I - Vol-VI, August, 2017
District Information on School Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
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Michael Fullan's model of educational change
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National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education, 2010 (NCFTE) Excerpt
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National ICT Policy on education, 2012 Excerpt
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Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS
User manual for FOSS applications
Abbreviations
| Term | Explanation |
| CTE | College of Teacher Education, the apex academic institution for teacher training for secondary education. |
| DIET | District Institute of Education and Training, the apex academic institution at district level for syllabus, curriculum and teacher training for elementary education. |
| District | Administration unit for education system, below the level of the state (provincial) administration |
| DSERT | Directorate of School Educational, Research and Training (http://dsert.kar.nic.in) the apex academic institution at state level for syllabus and curriculum development, as well as teacher training. |
| FOSS | Free and Open Source Software, also known as ‘open source’ software or ‘free software’ |
| IASE | Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, a teacher education to support TPD of teacher educators |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technologies (more specifically digital technologies) |
| ICT@Schools | Program of state governments in India, to introduce ICT in high schools |
| ITfC | IT for Change |
| KOER | Karnataka Open Educational Resources |
| NCERT | National Council for Education Research and Training |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| PLC | Professional Learning Community. Specifically refers to the Subject Teacher Forums created by the STF (see STF) programme. |
| RMSA | Rashtriya Madhyamika Shiksha Abhiyaan, (see http://mhrd.gov.in/rashtriya_madhyamik_shiksha_abhiyan) the programme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India (see http://mhrd.gov.in), for supporting secondary education. |
| State | India has a federal set-up. The Union or Federal government is also referred to as the Central Government. The provincial governments are usually referred to as ‘state’ governments. |
| SCERT | State Council for Education Research and Training |
| STF | Subject Teacher Forum programme |
| TPD | Teacher Professional Development |