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A Professional Learning Community Approach for Teacher Development and OER creation - A toolkit/Establishing ICT infrastructure (view source)
Revision as of 10:22, 4 January 2018
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==== Software ====
==== Software ====
This note assumes the use of FOSS and hence does not provide for licence fees towards proprietary software. It is possible that applications will need to be developed for many new areas. These should be purchased by the government and licensed as FOSS, so that there are no constraints on its distribution.
This note assumes the use of FOSS and hence does not provide for licence fees towards proprietary software. It is possible that applications will need to be developed for many new areas. These should be purchased by the government and licensed as FOSS, so that there are no constraints on its distribution.
The Education Technology wing of the SCERT needs to prepare a 'custom distribution' of software applications for use in the school and teacher training labs. This will consist of a free and open operating system, to which other required software applications (both generic software tools and subject specific tools) can be 'added'. Secondly, the language software packages for all languages taught in schools, can be added to this distribution.
Custom distribution of Ubuntu GNU/Linux, including all the software applications listed in the tables at the end of this section have been prepared by IT for Change for Karnataka, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Since the custom distribution consists of only FOSS tools, it can be distributed freely through DVD-ROMs and pen-drives and other storage devices freely, without any constraints. In Telangana, the State Institute of Education Technology (SIET) has burnt DVD-ROMs with the custom distribution and shared copy with each teacher attending the teacher professional development workshops. Such free distribution is not possible in the case of proprietary software.
Resource - Custom distribution of Ubuntu GNU/Linux (<nowiki>http://tinyurl.com/Ubuntu16-04-ISO</nowiki>)
==== Connectivity ====
==== Connectivity ====
=== Free and open technology architecture ===
=== Free and open technology architecture ===
The National Policy on ICT in School Education, 2012 recommends a free and open technology environment and seeks the creation of a resource rich environment; yet, many states still use proprietary software and content in their ICT programs in schools. In the proprietary environment, teachers cannot legally copy or share the digital resources and this can impact their agency. A free and open environment, on the other hand provides the teachers the right to make copies, change and re-distribute the resources. Following the National Policy on ICT in School Education and the successful implementation of ICT programs in Kerala and few other states, it is right time for all states to explore moving away from proprietary technology environments to free and open environments (for both content and software).
The public ownership of ICT infrastructure and resources can enable universal access and equitable participation. Since the government school system is huge, its choice of free and open technologies could support the building of the ecosystem for free and open technologies as well. This is seen in the [http://it@schools.in IT@Schools] program of Kerala.
The public ownership of ICT infrastructure and resources can enable universal access and equitable participation. Since the government school system is huge, its choice of free and open technologies could support the building of the ecosystem for free and open technologies as well. This is seen in the [http://it@schools.in IT@Schools] program of Kerala.
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Resource - For more information on how teachers can use these tools, please refer to the [[Explore an application|on-line user manual]].
Resource - For more information on how teachers can use these tools, please refer to the [[Explore an application|on-line user manual]].
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