Changes

The Professional Learning Community (PLC) approach to TPD evolved out of the Subject Teacher Forum program (STF) in-service teacher education program, in Karnataka and Telangana, which was designed and implemented by Centre for Education and Technology, IT for Change in partnership with the education departments of both states. The model focused on building professional learning communities, using FOSS digital applications for e-content creation, subject-teaching and networking.

The Professional Learning Community (PLC) approach to TPD evolved out of the Subject Teacher Forum program (STF) in-service teacher education program, in Karnataka and Telangana, which was designed and implemented by Centre for Education and Technology, IT for Change in partnership with the education departments of both states. The model focused on building professional learning communities, using FOSS digital applications for e-content creation, subject-teaching and networking.

The Karnataka [http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Subject_Teacher_Forum STF] (2011-16) developed the capacities of 20,000+ teachers across 4,500 government high schools, built the bi-lingual [http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php Karnataka Open Educational Resources] repository and contributed to curriculum revisions and e-learning courses.  

The Karnataka [http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Subject_Teacher_Forum STF] (2011-16) developed the capacities of 20,000+ Mathematics, Science, Social Science, English and Kannada teachers across 4,500 government high schools, built the bi-lingual [http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php Karnataka Open Educational Resources] repository and contributed to curriculum revisions and e-learning courses.  Teachers have exchanged resources and experiences on the mailing lists and on several mobile phone based learning communities, most deal with academic issues and resources. The academic resources from 150,000+ emails shared in the forums, have been published on the Karnataka Open Educational Resources (KOER) web portal.  KOER contains 8,000+ web page teacher created resources and 4,000+ files for Mathematics, Science and Social Science subjects in English and Kannada languages.  

In Telangana STF (2015-ongoing), ITfC developed ICT textbook as per NCERT ICT Curriculum and the Telangana Repository of Open Educational Resources. 1,500+ teachers are members of virtual professional networks, learning to integrate ICT for professional development, e-content creation and subject-teaching.

In Telangana STF (2015-ongoing), ITfC developed ICT textbook as per NCERT ICT Curriculum and the Telangana Repository of Open Educational Resources. 1,500+ teachers are members of virtual professional networks, learning to integrate ICT for professional development, e-content creation and subject-teaching.