Evaluating facilitated video instruction for primary schools in rural India

Authors:
Amit Saxena;Urvashi Sahni;Rahul Gupta;Anjana Arora;Richard Anderson;Natalie Linnell
Affiliations:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA;Digital StudyHall Foundation, Vipul Khand II, Gomtinagar, Lucknow, India;Digital StudyHall Foundation, Vipul Khand II, Gomtinagar, Lucknow, India;Digital StudyHall Foundation, Vipul Khand II, Gomtinagar, Lucknow, India;University of Washington, Seattle, WA;University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
Year:
2010

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Abstract

The educational system, especially in developing regions, remains one of the most challenging systems for intervention and implementation of change. The objectives of this paper are to present findings of the first year of an evaluation study of Digital StudyHall (DSH), a Facilitated Video Instruction system being used in rural primary schools in India. Our analysis shows that the DSH system supports classrooms by providing teachers with instructional resources, access to expertise, and in-practice professional development. In the paper, we will a) describe the DSH system b) detail the evaluation design and c) present an analysis to demonstrate how some of the teachers using the DSH system change their teaching based on their experiences.