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Higher Education
9 items.
30 Dec 2016
Blog post
P.P. Sneha - Mapping Digital Humanities in IndiaIt gives us great pleasure to publish the second title of the CIS Papers series. This report by P.P. Sneha comes out of an extended research project supported by the Kusuma Trust. The study undertook a detailed mapping of digital practices …
30 Jan 2014
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Wikipedia Editing as Assessment Tool in the Indian Higher Education ClassroomGetting students to create and edit Wikipedia entries in English and Indian languages can be a comprehensive assessment tool at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. Both levels of higher education require the demonstration of the ability to …
30 Jul 2013
News
South Asia Conference on Higher EducationThe Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications (HEIRA), Centre for Study of Culture and Society is hosting the South Asia Conference on Higher Education at the Ford Foundation office in New Delhi from August 5 to 7, 2013. Sunil …
30 Nov 2012
Blog post
First Odia Wikipedia Education Program to be Rolled OutOdia Wikipedians gathered at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal on November 8, 2012 to start the first Odia Wikipedia Education Program. This program aims to bring students edit articles on Odia Wikipedia through a …
19 Nov 2012
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An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at KMBB College, BhubaneswarThe Centre for Internet and Society along with Odia Wikipedians in Bhubaneswar organized an Odia Wikipedia workshop on November 18, 2012. It was held in KMBB College of Engineering. Odia Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia in Odia language …
19 Mar 2012
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Pinning the BadgeIn a world of competition, badging provides a holistic way of grading and learning, where individual talents are realised and the knowledge of the group is used.
23 Dec 2011
Blog post
The Digital Classroom: Social Justice and PedagogyWhat happens when we look at the classroom as a space of social justice? What are the ways in which students can be engaged in learning beyond rote memorisation? What innovative methods can be evolved to make students stakeholders in their …
7 Dec 2011
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Technology, Social Justice and Higher EducationSince the last two years, we at the Centre for Internet and Society, have been working with the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, on a project called Pathways to Higher …
2 Dec 2011
Blog post
Learn it YourselfThe peer-to-peer world of online learning encourages conversations and reciprocal learning, writes Nishant Shah in an article published in the Indian Express on 30 October 2011.