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SPEAKER SERIES DIGITAL
STUDYHALL: VIDEO BASED INSTRUCTION IN RURAL INDIA WHAT: CIS is hosting a
monthly Speaker Series which will include a presentation by a UW researcher
(faculty/staff/student) accompanied by two panel members from varying
disciplines. WHERE: Mary Gates Hall
Rm. 420 WHEN: February 18th,
2008 3-4pm
LECTURER: Richard
Anderson – Computer Science Department TITLE: Digital
StudyHall: Video Based Instruction in Rural India ABSTRACT: Digital StudyHall is an education project in
Lucknow, India that aims to link together strong urban schools with poor
rural schools through facilitated video instruction. Lessons are video
recorded in the urban schools, and then shown in rural schools by classroom
teachers. A key component of the instruction is that the classroom
teachers will stop the video for classroom activities. The Digital
StudyHall project is about three years old and has been replicated at a
number of sites in India and Bangladesh. To date, the evaluation
studies of Digital StudyHall have been limited – looking at results of a
small number of schools without adequate controls. In this
talk, Richard will first give background on the Digital StudyHall
project, and then describe a research study that they are starting with
twelve schools in Lucknow which have not previously been involved with the
project. The goal is to assess educational outcomes of the teaching
methodology and also to gain a deeper understanding of deployment costs and
issues. Additional information about Digital StudyHall is available at
dsh.cs.washington.edu. PANEL
MEMBERS: Mike
Eisenberg (Information School) and Steve Kerr (College of Education) |
Box
354985
Seattle, WA 98195
Tel 206.616.9101
Fax 206.616.5149
cisinfo@u.washington.edu
www.cis.washington.edu