A Professional Learning Community Approach for Teacher Development and OER creation - A toolkit/References

References 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

National Policy of Education, 1986 (NPE). Excerpt

National ICT Policy on education, 2012 Excerpt

National Curricular Framework, 2005 Excerpt

Sharma, R. . Subject Teacher Forums and the Karnataka Open Educational Resources Programme - A Case Study, in Vignettes of Selected Asian Experience. WOU Press. 2016. Edited by G. Dhanarajan. ISBN 978-983-3910-02-1 (ePub)

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