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=== Subject Teacher Forum program - building professional learning communities of teachers ===
 
=== Subject Teacher Forum program - building professional learning communities of teachers ===
The Centre for Education and Technology, IT for Change designed the Subject Teacher Forum program (STF) in-service teacher education program, in Karnataka and Telangana in partnership with the education departments of both states. The STF  focused on building professional learning communities of teachers, using digital methods for e-content creation, subject-teaching and networking.
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The Centre for Education and Technology, IT for Change (ITfC) designed the Subject Teacher Forum program (STF) in-service teacher education program, in Karnataka and Telangana in partnership with the education departments of both states. The STF  focused on building professional learning communities of teachers, using digital methods for e-content creation, subject-teaching and networking.
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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.  
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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] (KOER) 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.  
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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.
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In [http://troer.telangana.gov.in/OER/index.php/Telangana_ICT_implementation Telangana STF] (2015-ongoing), ITfC developed ICT textbook as per NCERT ICT Curriculum and the [http://troer.telangana.gov.in 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.
    
=== Components of the PLC-OER model ===
 
=== Components of the PLC-OER model ===
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# Institutionalizing the program, this includes:
 
# Institutionalizing the program, this includes:
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# Embedding the program within the INSET program of the education department
 
# Development of student 'text book' and teacher hand book for ICT integration
 
# Development of student 'text book' and teacher hand book for ICT integration
 
# Blended learning courses for teachers
 
# Blended learning courses for teachers
 
These tool-kit discusses the design and implementation of each of these components.
 
These tool-kit discusses the design and implementation of each of these components.
 
[[Category:A Professional Learning Community Approach for Teacher Development and OER creation - A toolkit]]
 
[[Category:A Professional Learning Community Approach for Teacher Development and OER creation - A toolkit]]

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