Students, who don't have access to laboratories in schools covered by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), can now tap into the virtual world for the same experience.
In yet another innovative method to enhance understanding of students and make learning of science more easy and interesting, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in association with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has decided to introduce a novel e-learning project – On-line Labs for school Experiments (OLabs), based on t
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), in a move to advance STEM inspiration among students through the virtual learning environment has recommended the use of Online Labs in all CBSE affiliated schools across the country.
AmritaCREATE's work with tablet computing was showcased in the NMC Horizon Report, 2013 Higher Education Edition. Last year, the Horizon Report had included AmritaCREATE's Adaptive Learning and Multilingual Collaborative learning platform.
AmritaCREATE launched Amrita RITE- Rural India Tablet Education at Batwadi Sonar, a village in the district ofRudraprayag, Uttarakhand on 29 January 2013. Amrita RITE is a unique tablet- based technology programme developed by AmritaCREATE taking into account the learning needs of multi-grade rural students and adults.
I am very proud to get up on stage like this and say that I love technology … I love math and science … and I don’t feel that makes me any less as a woman. I want our girls to be able to feel the same way,” stated Dr. Rebecca Parsons, CTO at ThoughtWorks, a global IT consultancy.
New Media Consortium, USA shortlist's AmritaCREATE's Tablet based learning project in their 2013 Horizon report - NMC Horizon Project 2013 Higher Education Edition.
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A two-day National Conference on Universalization of Secondary Education was organized by the Amrita School of Education in Mysore during December 11-12, 2012.
Two faculty members of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham recently received prestigious appointments to the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
The chronic shortage of qualified teachers as well as lack of adequate equipment to effectively teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) subjects to students across India has become a matter of grave concern.
For schools across the country, online laboratory or O-labs, a project designed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Mumbai and Amrita Vishjwa Vidyapeetham will be a welcome solution as most schools lack basic laboratory facilities or face teacher shortage.
New Media Consortium (NMC), USA shortlist's AmritaCREATE's Adaptive Learning project under its "Adaptive Learning Environments in Practice" - NMC Horizon Project 2012 Higher Education Edition
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Nobel Laureate Dr. Lee Hartwell spoke to students on the first morning of the five-day Amrita-DST INSPIRE camp. The session set the tone for all invited talks and hands-on activities that followed. Given below are some excerpts from Dr. Hartwell’s highly acclaimed talk.
As the five-day INSPIRE science camp came to a close, participating students (and their teachers!) unanimously gave a big thumbs-up to the event.
Enthusiastically providing feedback, they were effusive in their praise of all camp activities.
May 23, 2012
Amritapuri Campus
“Studies have shown that we retain only 5% of what we hear in a lecture, but nearly 80% of what we experience,” remarked Mr. Ajith Basu, Chief Program Officer of Agastya International Foundation, that is known for running the largest hands-on science program in the world.
May 23, 2012
Amritapuri Campus
“Our economies are currently built with the assumption that everything that nature provides is free. But actually it’s not free, it has to be replaced. We consumers don’t understand what is the true value of the things that we are using,” stated Nobel Laureate Dr. Lee Hartwell.
A five-day science camp was organized for Class XI and XII students during May 18-22 by the Amrita Center for Research in Analytics & Technologies for Education (AmritaCREATE) at the Amritapuri campus.
May 16, 2012
Amritapuri Campus
Rural India lacks sufficient teachers and lab equipment to educate the lakhs of students enrolled in its schools.
The Amrita Center for Research in Analytics & Technologies for Education (AmritaCREATE) is the educational technology initiative pioneered by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham with primary focus on providing effective, affordable educational technologies to improve the quality of both school and higher education
From June, conducting a science experiment will be a different experience for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students. The board will introduce a virtual
laboratory that will allow Class 9 and Class 10 students to conduct science experiments online.
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January 16, 2012
January 7, 2012
Amritapuri Campus
The dawn of the new year saw the Amritapuri campus host the IEEE International Conference on Technology Enhanced Education focusing on educational technology for societal benefit.
January 7, 2012
Amritapuri Campus
The IEEE International Conference on Technology Enhanced Education at the Amritapuri campus hosted the first ever multi-disciplinary workshop for virtual labs.
January 7, 2012
Amritapuri Campus
A one-day workshop on Technology Enhanced Learning for Schools was organized as part of the IEEE International Conference on Technology Enhanced Education at the Amritapuri campus.
January 7, 2012
Amritapuri Campus
