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1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an
experiment hole in a wall.
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Dr. Sugata Mitra
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Kalkaji, New
Delhi, India
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http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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2. What does NIIT stands for?
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National
Institute of Information Technology
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India
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3. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses
from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?
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To put a freely
accessible computer to the slum people.
Hole in the wall
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Kalkaji,
New Delhi
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http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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4. What was the significant finding of the experiment?
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This computer
proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children
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Kalkaji, New
Delhi
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5. What could be the implications of this finding to existing teaching
practices especially those that are related with the use of ICT in learning?
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teachers and field observers noted that the children demonstrated
improvements in enrollment, attendance and performance on school
examinations, particularly in subjects that deal with computing skills;
English vocabulary and usage; concentration, attention span and
problem-solving skills; and working cooperatively and self-regulation.
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New Delhi, India
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https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra
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