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Online classes short term answer, need to make schools resilient: Nandan Nilekani
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Online classes short term answer, need to make schools resilient: Nandan Nilekani

The rapid shift to teaching and learning activities online prompted by the closure of schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic is only a "short-term response" and we need to fundamentally reimagine schools as a resilient system which can function under continuous turbulence, according to Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani. Classroom should not be the only location, teacher the only facilitator and textbook not the only medium, is the roadmap laid by Nilekani for a "resilient" school system while delivering the keynote address at a virtual conference on 'Future of Schools: Overcoming Covid-19 challenge and beyond' organsied by Ashoka University. "The rapid shift to move everything online, zoom classes, teaching through smart phones, all of this is part of a short-term response which was ne...
Singapore stops Zoom for Online Education as Hackers Strike
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Singapore stops Zoom for Online Education as Hackers Strike

Singapore has suspended the use of Zoom for online education after hackers hijacked a lesson and showed obscene images to students. In what is known as “Zoombombing,” two hackers interrupted a geography lesson a day after Singapore closed schools on Wednesday as part of partial lockdown measures to curb local transmissions of COVID-19. Lessons have moved online, with some teachers using video conferencing tools like Zoom. Singapore’s Ministry of Education said it was investigating the “serious incidents” and may file police reports. "We are already working with Zoom to enhance its security settings and make these security measures clear and easy to follow,” said Aaron Loh, director of the ministry’s Educational Technology Division. "As a precautionary measure, our teachers ...
TCS partners social organisation for online teaching community
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TCS partners social organisation for online teaching community

IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) today said it has partnered Jnana Prabodhini, a social organisation, to build the world's largest online community of teaching professionals. As part of the association, TCS iON (a unit of TCS) will work with Jnana Prabodhini to offer a platform to teachers for contributing and collaborating with peers and experts, a statement said. The community will also provide a range of certification courses and training programmes to help participants to enhance their skills and work towards academic and professional success.