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Infrastructure issues for Schools and Colleges
International Conference Supporting Learning
Training _at_assessment tomorrow

• A. Venkatesan
• Senior Technical Director
• National Informatics Centre
• Ministry of Information Communication Technology

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Agenda

• Proposed Architecture for e-Learning
• Infrastructure
• Categories, Features, Availability
• Leveraging existing Infrastructure
• Technology Options
• Infrastructure issues

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Proposed Architecture for e-Learning in Karnataka
KSWAN, NICNET, Broadband, EDUSAT
Broadcast Studio
National portals
Digital Library content Mgmt
Remote
ROT
Computer
Computer
Computer
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Infrastructure requirement categories

• Network
• Content
• Computing
• Collaboration
• Tools

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Infrastructure features

• Network
• Sufficient and scalable b/w
• Stable
• Available
• Secure
• Computing
• comfortable Computer student Ratio
• Plug-ins for different formats of content

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Infrastructure features

• Content
• Standards based
• Interoperable
• Local language
• Collaboration
• Local language
• Tools
• Easy to create, manage and deliver content
• Management of infrastructure

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Infrastructure available

• Network
• Karnataka State Wide Area Network
• EduSAT
• Abdul Nazir Sab Institute for Rural Development
• BSNL broadband

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Infrastructure KSWAN

• Services
• Data services
• Voice services
• Video services
• Govt. Business centres
• Architecture 3-tier
• Control points at State, district and Taluk
• 3 leased lines of 2 Mbps from State to District
• 1leased line of 2 Mbps from District to Taluk
• Horizontal connectivity in district / taluk
• LAN / wireless media

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Infrastructure KSWAN

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Infrastructure KSWAN

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Infrastructure ANSIRD

• Abdul Nazir Sab Institute for Rural Development
• Commissioned its satellite based training
  facility in 2002
• Train Gram Panchayat members (80000)
• Brief introduction
• A film
• Group discussions (locally)
• Q A
• Anganwadi workers trained

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ANSIRD
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Infrastructure DSERT

• Direct to class room broadcast of TV lessons
• Studio, Hub and up linking facilities at DSERT,
  Bangalore,
• Uses EduSAT
• 885 primary schools
• 129 secondary schools
• Satellite receiving stations in 202 Block
  Resource Centres (BRCs)

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MAIN CHAIN
SOLAR POWER PACK
TV MONITOR
RF EQPT UP CONV SSPA
STB
MPEG ENCDR 1
MODULATOR-1
REMOTE TERMINAL 1
RF EQPT UP CONV SSPA
SOLAR POWER PACK
TV MONITOR
MODULATOR-2
ENCDR-2
STB
REMOTE TERMINAL 2
REDUNDANT CHAIN
Receive Monitoring IRD and TV Monitor
TV MONITOR
SOLAR POWER PACK
STB
STUDIO
REMOTE TERMINAL 885 Nos
HUB EQUIPMENT
OVERALL SATELLITE NETWORK
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Infrastructure - Computing

• Programs implemented
• Sarva Siksha Abhiyan Primary Schools
• Bharthi Vidya Project (Rural Schools)
• IBM Kidsmart project (Primary including
  Anganwadi)
• Mahithi Sindhu Project (Secondary Schools)
• Bahumukhi, Keli Kali, Bandani Radio Program

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Infrastructure Computing

• 1735 CAL centres established - SSA
• 2800 schools covered - Mahiti Sindu
• Hardware
• 3-5 computers initially
• 1 server with 4 thin clients
• UPS with 4 hrs battery backup
• Lab is open for 6 hours / day
• Available to students of 3- 7 standards -SSA
• Available to students of 8-10 standards -MS

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Infrastructure - Content

• Multimedia CDs from Azim Premji Foundation
• Science, Maths, English and Social Studies
• Content in Kannada, English , Urdu, Hindi
• Media Asia Lab (MoIT)
• Teacher's learning
• 17 schools on pilot basis
• Science and Maths
• Digital Library- GoI

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Infrastructure - Content

• NCERT (http//www.ncert.nic.in)
• Interactive modules in high school science
• Lactose Operon Simulation
• Genetics Simulations
• Electricity
• Energy
• Electricity
• Electric charges and fields
• Electostatics
• Effects of current
• Electro magnetic induction
• Electrical machines etc

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Infrastructure ContentDigital Library

• Funded by United States Agency for International
  Development
• Education Development Centre, US based NGO
• Collection of MM educational material
• Teaching
• Learning
• Training
• Primary Secondary education
• Hindi, English and Kannada
• Hosted at NIC, Bangalore

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Infrastructure - ToolsAssessment

• Common Entrance Examination
• Admission to professional courses
• Test - Multiple Choice Questions
• OMR is done
• Software imports data
• Calculation of marks
• Rank list generation based on rules
• CAPES
• Computer Assisted Paperless Examination System

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Leveraging existing Infrastructure
Streaming Content Mgmt Portal Digital
Lib Security
State
NICNET
DSERT
SSA
District
Content Creation
ROT
DDPI
DDPI
Taluk
CBT
ROT
Village
CBT
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Leveraging existing infrastructure Nemmadi
SSA at Nemmadi Centre
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Leveraging existing infrastructure

• Communication
• Use KSWAN, EduSAT, SIRD
• BSNL Broadband for last mile
• Content
• Establish content creation centres
• Course material
• Communication skills
• Competitive exam
• Use EduSAT for teacher's refresher trg
• Assessment
• Provision for self assessment

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Infrastructure technology options
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Infrastructure Technologies

• Network
• VSAT technology, Leased Line
• BSNL broadband , VPN on broadband
• Content
• Interactive CBT
• On-line content

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Infrastructure Technologies

• Computers
• Thin clients
• Thick client
• Preferably lower power consumption
• SAN , Backup , Rack mount infra
• Tools
• Interwise
• Portals
• General
• Disaster Recovery

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Infrastructure issues
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Infrastructure issues

• Hardware
• Network availability
• Computer - student ratio
• Maintenance
• Software
• Plug-ins for different types of content
• Content in local language

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Infrastructure issues

• Student computer ratio
• Maintenance
• Standards for content creation
• Interoperability
• Buying-in the domain expertise
• Sustainability
• Management of infrastructure
• Tools
• Expertise
• Electrical Power

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