IYCWorld is an education technology company founded in 2000 that is committed to using IT to develop social infrastructure like education globally. They have developed a smart learning platform to enhance the teaching and learning process both in school and at home. Their offering includes a Smart Class component that provides multimedia curriculum-based content directly to classrooms via an online platform. It also includes assessments and tools for teachers. Their Smart Home component allows students access this same content at home for revision. The goal is to strengthen the learning process before, during and after class through visualization of content and self-practice tools available both at school and remotely.
IYCWorld is an education technology company founded in 2000 that is committed to using IT to develop social infrastructure like education globally. They have developed a smart learning platform to enhance the teaching and learning process both in school and at home. Their offering includes a Smart Class component that provides multimedia curriculum-based content directly to classrooms via an online platform. It also includes assessments and tools for teachers. Their Smart Home component allows students access this same content at home for revision. The goal is to strengthen the learning process before, during and after class through visualization of content and self-practice tools available both at school and remotely.
IYCWorld is an education technology company founded in 2000 that is committed to using IT to develop social infrastructure like education globally. They have developed a smart learning platform to enhance the teaching and learning process both in school and at home. Their offering includes a Smart Class component that provides multimedia curriculum-based content directly to classrooms via an online platform. It also includes assessments and tools for teachers. Their Smart Home component allows students access this same content at home for revision. The goal is to strengthen the learning process before, during and after class through visualization of content and self-practice tools available both at school and remotely.
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Proposal for Deployment of Smart Learning
(Smart Class, Smart Assessment, Smart Home)
IYCWorld Softinfrastructure Pvt. Ltd. Innovated and Maintained by
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About IYCWorld 3 Founded in 2000, IYCWorld is the ONLY organization committed to IT-led comprehensive social infrastructure development (education, health, SMEs, NGOs, communities and governance) globally. Perhaps India's first truly KNOWLEDGE COMPANY, it enjoys global thought leadership as reflected in the global publications on Internet application:
These books have been co-authored by Mr. Sandeep Srivastava, Co-founder and CEO, IYCWorld with leading INSEAD professors & Dr Kiran Bedi, and published globally by the Financial Times, London, Prentice Hall, USA and SAGE, Delhi.
In its continuous effort to maintain its global thought leadership, IYCWorld has filed multiple global Patent applications which are pending for acceptance. 16 of our innovations have been recongnized as Inventions during the patent application acceptance procedure.
IYCWorld took seven years to build the basic 2nd Generation education content and process platform as well as fine-tune the more difficult aspect handholding needed for cultural change in schools for adoption of IT. IYCWorld, as a pioneer, redefined the use of IT in education by focusing on 'Technology OF Education' rather than Technology IN Education'. Some of the educational institutions with which IYCWorld is associated: India Miranda House, Univ. of Delhi Sanskriti School New Delhi DPS International, Saket, New Delhi Gyan Bharati School, New Delhi. DPS Rohini, Delhi. DPS Dwarka, Delhi. Mirambika, New Delhi. Kothari international School, Noida. DPS Noida. DPS Gr. Noida, UP. DPS Sushant Lok, Gurgaon. DPS Maruti Kunj, Gurgaon. DPS Udaipur. DPS Jaipur. DPS Jodhpur. DPS Ahmadabad CalorX, Ahmadabad India Prerna (Special Children) Ahmadabad Ebenezer International School, Bangalore Scholars Public school MP DPS Hardwar, Uttaranchal Navodaya Vidyalaya (15 Schools) Kerala Central Tibetan International Schools 21 Schools Pan-India) Middle East DPS Dubai, UAE DPS Sharjah, UAE Leader Private School, Sharjah, UAE Sharjah American International School, UAE DPS Modern Indian School Doha, Qatar Ibn Seena English School, Sharjah Victoria International School, Sharjah Wesgreen International Pvt. School, Sharjah 4
Objective:
Smart Learning: Smart Class, Smart Assessment and Smart Home for comprehensive and complete learning Experience. In the current Knowledge society traditional class room teaching methodology is undergoing a sea change to ensure students have a far better understanding of the finer nuances of the topic being taught in the classroom. The technology has now made it possible to convert all the topics into multimedia visual content for use of teachers in the classroom, vastly enhancing the learning gains of the students by combining the power of hearing with that of visualization. It is now an accepted fact, globally, that the visualization of the content dramatically improves the delivery, impact and retention of the classroom teaching. However the teaching learning process is incomplete until and unless the students at home are also enabled to access the Curriculum based learning content and self practice tools on 24X7 basis. To bridge this School-home continuum gap IYCWorlds Smart Learning, gives an option to the school/students to extend the access of Curriculum based learning visual content and self practice tools to the students at home. Getting School and students home on the same Smart Learning platform enhances the learning of the students phenomenally by vastly strengthening following teaching-learning processes 1. Pre class Process: Students have the pre-class access to the topics to be taught in the classroom days in advance . This helps them to familiarize themselves to the topics to be taught in the classroom and be ready with the relevant questions they would like to ask to clarify their doubts. 2. In class Process: Teachers are fully enabled to access and use Multimedia smart class content for far better learning gains of the students and vastly enhancing Teaching-Learning Process in the Classroom. 5 3. Post class Process: Students have access to the multimedia visual content at home enabling them to do the revision of the topics taught in the classroom. Unique self practice tools and diagnostics help students to attempt solving critical questions and gain far better understanding of the finer nuances of the topics taught in the classroom. With the twin objective of providing always current ( regularly updated for ongoing content innovations done by IYCWorld as well as any Curriculum changes effected by CBSE) Multimedia Visual content to the School as well as to students at home , IYCWorld provides Delivery of the content On-Line over the Internet backbone. In fact there is no other delivery method other than the On-line which ensures school as well as students at home have always current and updated content pertinent to their current need.
Our Offering: Smart Learning Offering has two distinct components aimed at Classroom in the school (Smart Class) as well as home (Smart Home) of the students. The details of these two components are as given below. 1.On Line Smart Class Room CBSE Curriculum based visual content: Offered On-Line Direct To Classroom ( D2C- In class learning process) IYCWorld offers Smart Class Room visual content to the school with following salient features.
World Class Visual Content o Curriculum based Multimedia Visual Learning Content Customized as per NCERT books for classes VI to XII, and as per Popular books being used in the schools of NCR for classes III-V. The subjects covered are as given below 6 Class III-V: English, Hindi, EVS and Math. Classes VI-VIII: Science, Math, Geography Classes IX-X: Science, Math, Economics Classes XI-XII: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Math, Accountancy & Economics
D2C highlights D2C Smart Class content is now being Integrated with Lesson Plan, In-class Test and In-class Diagnostic. This is currently work in process and will be completed by the end of the Academic Session 2011-12. Provides complete road map to teacher for impactful delivery of the class room lectures in addition to saving his/her time and efforts.
Ongoing updates of Visual content for any innovations done by IYCWorld as well as in case of any CBSE curriculum changes. The hardware required to access the content (one notebook, one LCD Projector and pull down white screen per classroom) as well as the broad band internet connection in the classroom has to be provided by the school. This gives advantage to the school to deploy hardware in the classrooms strictly as per need on an year to year basis The school owns the hardware and can take additional benefit of hardware depreciation No requirement of local school server and local area networking (LAN), thereby saving School the cost of hardware and ongoing maintenance cost.
Each classroom will be provided license to access the content On Line for 5 hrs and 20 minutes ( 8 periods of 40 minutes each) for any class between III- XII during the school working hours between 8 am to 3 pm. The School has the flexibility of choosing a single license service or multiple license Service depending on the number of classrooms to be enabled to access D2C service as per the current need of the School.
7 Smart Assessment System: (Post class learning process) Post class assessments conducted immediately after the completion of the topic in the classroom provides valuable feedback to the teacher for understanding the efficacy of the teachers lecture in the classroom as well as helps teacher to understand the topic understanding level of the class as well as individual students. This enables teachers to take immediate and appropriate corrective actions for the benefit of the students.
The Smart Assessment System automates the periodic assessments carried out by the teachers. The Smart Assessment System can be used by the teachers across the school in any of the classes they desire. As part of the Smart Assessment System the school will be provided
10 OCR cards per student per annum subject to the maximum of 25,000 OCR cards (School can buy more OCR cards at nominal charges), Assessment automation software and training of the teachers for efficient use of the system. The objective of the Smart Assessment System is: to do away with the copy checking of answer sheets by teachers, provide teachers valuable assessment analysis reports o Various views such as Paper wise, o Question wise, o Student wise, o Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum of the class and many more similar analysis reports. Thus, enabling teachers to have meaningful analysis and take appropriate corrective actions. 25 SMS per student per annum for sending assessment reports to the handsets of the parents. OCR Scanner will need to be provided by the school
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Other key points: All applicable Govt. taxes as per prevailing rates will be charged extra. The smart class content will be made operational within 7 days of the receipt of the confirmed purchase order along with the signing amount and the signing of the MOU.
2. On Line Smart Class Room CBSE Curriculum based visual content and self Practice Platform: Offered Direct To Home( D2H- Pre-class and Post-class learning process) of the student School-Home continuum self tutoring, self learning platform delivered to the students on line direct to home (D2H).
Worlds only self tutoring comprehensive learning platform brought online to the home of the student. CBSE Curriculum (for classes III-XII) specific animated visual chapters and unique self checking numerical question tools, additional reference reading material
Designed to provide 24X7 access to students at home to vast learning resources and practice tools thereby providing much needed School -Home continuum to the students. Student gets home access to unique multimedia learning visual content and self practice tools for Science and Math subjects as well as accountancy and Economics for upto 10 hrs per week during the academic session. In the long run it will remove any need of external tuitions thereby saving time of the students and drastically reducing the overall cost of education to the parents.
D2H offers following learning resources: Class III-V: English, Hindi, EVS and Math. Class VI-X: Science, Geography, Math Class XI-XII: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Math, Accountancy and Economics 9 Unique self practice tools like Home work test bed, Testing, Diagnostic and Extra readings (beyond text books) etc. Visual content is as per NCERT books for classes VI -XI I . NOTE: The delivery of the service is provided over the internet and can be accessed and used by the Student at home by using unique access id and password.
The student gets upto 10 hrs of access per week to the multimedia visual content and self practice and diagnostics tools from the comfort of his home.
Student gets always current, updated content including any new content necessitated by CBSE Curriculum changes. Any content innovations done by IYCWorld will also be automatically made available to the students at home.
Students have online access to same visual smart class content which is being used in the classroom allowing them to prepare for the topic to be taught in the classroom well in advance of the delivery of the topic in the classroom. Post classroom lecture, students can do the revision of the topics taught in the classroom as well as use unique self practice tools and diagnostics to practice solving of Math questions.
Financials: Smart Learning
The Smart Learning is offered in two main options to the school.
Option1: Recommended Option For Complete Learning Experience of the student. Smart Learning enabling both Classroom ( D2C) as well as Students Home( D2H). The school contracts and Provides Direct To Home ( D2H) service to all the students of class III-XII. 1. Under this option school will be provided upto 10 licences of Direct To Classroom (D2C) enabling 10 classrooms to use Multimedia Smart Class Content. 2. Each classroom can access and use Smart class content for the listed subjects from class III-XII as per the requirement for 5 hrs and 20 minutes ( 8 periods of 40 minutes each) during school working hours between 8 am to 3 pm. 10 3. School will also be provided OCR based Smart Assessment System as explained above. 4. Each student of class III to XII will be given access to Direct to Home ( D2H) Curriculum based Smart Visual content and self Practice tools for 10 hrs in a week. 5. The School will be provided upto 10 licenses of Direct To Home (D2C) Smart Class Content free of Cost, enabling upto 10 classrooms to use the visual content for the benefit of the students. 6. Each student of Class III-XII will be charged subscription of Rs 2400 per year for the Direct To Home ((D2H) service. The School will pay this subscription amount ( School may in turn collect it from the students) in two or three equal installments to the IYCWorld. 7. Applicable Govt taxes will be charged as per actual. 8. IYCWorld will share 25% of the D2H revenue generated with the School on year to year basis during the contractual cycle. School can use this amount to enhance IT hard infrastructure (Class room hardware, Internet connectivity etc) as it deems fit.
Option 2: Smart Learning enabling both Classroom ( D2C) and offer Direct to Home (D2H) service to the students at home as an Optional service. 1. Under this option school will be provided desired number of Direct To Classroom ( D2C) enabling classrooms to use Multimedia Smart Class Content. 2. Each enabled classroom can access and use Smart class content for the listed subjects from class III-XII as per the requirement for 5 hrs and 20 minutes ( 8 periods of 40 minutes each) during school working hours between 8 am to 3 pm. 3. School will also be provided OCR based Smart Assessment System as explained above 11 4. Students desirous of accessing Smart Content and self Practice tools at home will be provided access to D2H Platform on payment of Rs 2400 per year. 5. School will be Charged Rs 10,000 per classroom per annum (Appx Rs 800 per classroom per month) for each license (one license per classroom) of D2C. 6. Applicable Govt Taxes as applicable will be charged extra.
Other Options of Deployment of Smart Learning: These options are suitable for those Schools who do not have good, reliable broadband internet connection. Option 3. Off Line Smart Class Room CBSE Curriculum based visual content: Offered on the local School server. The Curriculum based multimedia visual content will be deposited in the School server. The school server will be connected to desired number of the classrooms through WI/FI Lan. IYCWorld will provide free of cost content upgrades in case of any content innovation done by IYCWorld as well as in case CBSE makes any changes in its Curriculam. Software and content will be maintained by IYCWorld on an ongoing basis. The school server, WI/FI Lan and the classroom hardware will be provided by the School. The Schools existing hardware service provider will maintain the hardware as well as LAN. The school can access the multimedia content in as many classrooms as may be required without any restriction of the number of classrooms as well as number of hours of use. School will be charged License fees of Rs 2.5 lacs (Rs two lac fifty thousand) in the first year and Rs 1.5 lacs (Rs one lac fifty thousand) per year from the second year onwards. 12 Applicable Govt taxes will be charged extra as per actual. Smart assessment system and online Direct to Home learning platform (Smart home) will be provided as mentioned in options 1 and 2 above.
Option4 This option is suitable for schools who do not have good, reliable broadband internet connection and who want to start using the multimedia classroom content in few classrooms without any investments in school server and LAN. The school will be provided with branded netbook preloaded with the classroom multimedia content (for classes III-XII) which can be used by the teacher directly in the classroom. School will be provided with one netbook per classroom. School can opt for one or more number of netbooks depending on their requirement. Free of cost ongoing content updates will be provided in case of any content innovations done by IYCWorld and in case of any curriculum changes by CBSE. Ongoing maintenance of the netbooks will be taken care of by the school through its existing hardware service provider. The School will be charged Rs 5000 per net-book (preloaded with the multimedia content for class III-XII) per month. Applicable govt taxes will be charged extra as per actual.
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