Vidhya Vidhai | Chennai | 32 Districts | 100+ Leaders

State SMC coordinator, Mr. Sasi Kumar in Chennai was wondering how to enable the leaders in the education system to support the SMC members in the state to become more aware and responsible towards enabling the teaching-learning process in the public schools. This November, he consulted our partner organization Vidhya Vidhai and together, they planned to conduct a state-level training for 100+ system leaders including the District SMC coordinators, Block Resource Trainers, DIET lecturers, and HMs, from 32 districts of Tamil Nadu.

Team Vidhya Vidhai introduced him to the platform capabilities and the solutions which could be offered to the participants during the workshop so that it becomes participatory, engaging and valuable. They co-created multiple platform-based learning solutions including a welcome note with a QR code that took the participants directly to a short quiz about SMCs, an energized planner that had QR codes linked to curated learning resources like roles and responsibilities of SMC, the importance of Community Participation and how to plan effective SMC meetings, etc. Post the workshop, the coordinator expressed, "There was a freshness to this workshop. It's wonderful that the platform can host resources in different languages. The co-creation process "

ShikshaLokam congratulates team Vidhya Vidhai and leaders like Mr. Sasi Kumar in the system, who are working to drive improvements at scale. 

Studies have time and again shown that the use and access of technology-enhanced learning and instruction are restricted to the much-educated class. This is despite the tremendous promise they hold in improving learning experiences and outcomes. This very interesting research article by Justin Reich and Mizuko Ito highlights strategies that will help design learning technologies that can benefit the most vulnerable learners in the eco-system. 

This month, ShikshaLokam hosted an interaction for its network of organizations to learn and explore the 'Value created by platforms', facilitated by Mr. Sanjay Purohit, Chief Curator of Societal Platforms Thinking and Strategic Advisor at ShikshaLokam. The interaction comes as a continuation of our efforts to nurture and enable the co-creation environment with our partner organizations. Join our efforts in taking Collab-a-thon Plus forward and share your learnings and experiences with this growing group of leaders. We look forward to hearing from you.

Here's the recorded session of the first of many webinars. We would love to hear your valuable feedback for us to improve. 

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