Event Date
12th April 2025
Event Timing
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Event Location
Miles Education - Bengaluru
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Course Highlights:
- Understand the changes schools must make to stay relevant in today's information age
- Learn how to design for enhanced learning efficiency in schools
- Clarify the purpose of school education and align the curriculum accordingly
- • Design learning sessions that focus on "need to know" and "feels good to know" for any topic
- Apply appropriate pedagogy for learning sessions
- Learn what assessments are suitable and required for our times
- Design certification that is meaningful for the future lives of learners
Who Should Attend:
School Principals
Educational Designers and Planners
Entrepreneurs in Education
Teachers
School Administrators
Parents and Stakeholders in Children’s Education
Speaker
Prof. Sugata Mitra is a renowned computer scientist and educational theorist, widely recognized for his groundbreaking Hole in the Wall experiment, which revolutionized perspectives on self-directed learning and literacy. His work has been extensively cited in studies on education and technology-driven learning.
He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and served as Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University, England, for 13 years before retiring in 2019. In 2012, he was a visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Currently, he is Professor Emeritus at NIIT University, Rajasthan, India.
For his pioneering contributions to education and innovation, Mitra was awarded the prestigious TED Prize in 2013.
Schedule Overview:
| Time Slot | Time | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| Morning | 9:00 - 10:00 | Registrations |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Introduction - To design an education system suitable for our time | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Session 1 - Environment, Learning efficacy, SOLEs and classrooms | |
| Mid-Morning | 12:00 - 12:30 | Break |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Introduction - The Curriculum for Happy, Healthy and Useful lives | |
| Afternoon | 13:00 - 13:30 | Need to know and Feels good to know |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Break | |
| Late Afternoon | 14:30 - 15:00 | Interaction |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Pedagogy | |
| Evening | 16:00 - 16:30 | Break |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Assessment and Certification | |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Discussion and Recapitulation |
