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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION - HYBRID LEARNING - EDUCATION 3.0

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Dramatically new learning relationships that shift The curtain raiser for “Hybrid Learning
voice, control, and interactions are emerging and are at Education 3.0” was conducted on TAG TALK
the heart of Deep Learning. Students and teachers are L’avenir platfrom on 28 August 2021. Stellar
partnering with one another and finding creative ways to Speakers from NCERT, Microsoft USA and India,
partner with others across classes, schools, and countries, Tech Avant-Garde and schools spoke in this event.
and with parents, experts, and the community. The new
relationships have the potential to reframe learning by Ali Sait, CEO, Tech Avant-Garde hosted the show
connecting learners to authentic opportunities locally, he started by quoting “We are the first generation of global
nationally, and globally. citizen the choices we make will establish an overall thrust
to living, with which humanity will live for generations”.
Elevate the impact of technology Then he when on to say, “The education system which was
During the pandemic, the rapid shift to online prevalent for 2500 years the 4 Wall of the class room is
learning revealed that old content on a new platform giving way to the Hybrid Learning System – Education 3.0.
is still old content, and that using old pedagogies with Now we need to develop new generation of teacher who will
new technologies did not necessarily enable powerful handle the learning requirement of the Knowledge Age and
learning. Many of our global network partners used develop skills to become a Connected learning Community
the Four Elements of Learning Design and the 6Cs as a Educator”.
framework to design remote learning. The disruption also
forced us to reconsider how we nurtured partnerships and While speaking, Dr. Sridhar Srivastav, Director,
relationships in a digital environment so that students felt NCERT said, “While making polices we have to keep a
safe, connected and purposeful. Digital assumed a critical trajectory of one or two decades. India has a target to train
role, but it is the integration of the four learning design 360 Million students, our training should focus on making
elements that enables a deeper learning process in both students global citizens, the assessment system should
remote and face to face situations. Only when allied with on 360 degree evaluation and we must focus Vocational
learning partnerships, learning environments and powerful Education.“
pedagogies, can digital move from having an elevated role
to an indispensable impact on learning. Dr. Amarendra P. Behera, Joint Director CIET,
NCERT was of the opinion that the ‘Use of Integrated
Today, we are at the cross roads, no one certain about in Technology’ is what shall take the Digital transformation
which format the schools will reopening and the teaching forward. Education and Technology together is a bio-
methodology. Some may prefer physical classes, others may directional process. The constant professional development
prefer online or Hybrid Learning. The education system is and preparedness of Teachers is crucial to enhancing
going to be stressed once again. For heads of schools’ this is educational access for each child, including the special
an alien situation they may require expert support to handle needs children. Our Prime Minister has enunciated in
this situation. NEP202. that Skill, Scale and Speed need to be attended
to simultaneously.”

Major Harsh Kumar, Secretary NCERT opined
Microsoft Education and Tech Avant-Garde Global “The Pandemic has taught us ‘Vasudev Kutumbakam’,
Training Partner of Microsoft as part of their outreach the world is a family. We are one. New Teamwork and
program have trained 915 schools on how to manage these Partnership is the need of the hour. Now the world is a global
uncertain times by training teachers on “Hybrid Learning” village. If the child is not getting the right environment
from 30 August 2021 to 3 September 2021. Two free passes then the eco-system has to correct itself. Technology has
were given to each school nearly 1800 teachers attended to empower us not to overpower us hence we have to keep
the workshop. The participating schools were affiliated a check on it as a parent, teacher and Management.”
CISCE, CBSE, IB, and State Boards from India and there
were few school form Singapore, Nepal, Bhutan, Sharjah, Christina Thoresen, Director, Worldwide
Kuwait, and Uganda. Education Industry Strategy at Microsoft said India
has set a gold standard to the commitment to pursue the
The teachers were well rewarded with Membership potential of Education and it is striving for great engagement

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