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Teachers to compete in e-content creation
The digital content submitted by the teachers will be evaluated on parameters such as simplicity, relevance, impact, creativity, engagement, re-useability, and video quality.
Written by Pallavi Smart
Mumbai | Updated: May 18, 2023 01:50 AM IST
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Amid the Covid-induced lockdown, teachers had to learn new age technology for online classes; along with the creation of engaging educational e-content for students. (Express Photo)
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The Maharashtra education department has launched a competition on creation of e-content for teachers from across the state, with lucrative prizes, in a bid to encourage them to develop more of it to keep up pace with the digital world.
Amid the Covid-induced lockdown, teachers had to learn new age technology for online classes; along with the creation of engaging educational e-content for students. The Maharashtra school education department issued a government resolution (GR) in this regard last week.
“There are already many tech-savvy teachers, who independently create engaging education e-content such as educational videos, games, interactive PPTs, and animation content among others. While the digital content makes the classrooms more attractive for the students, some of the content is also being used by other teachers as it helps make the teaching-learning process more effective. The Maharashtra State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) has identified over 2.8 lakh tech-savvy teachers across the state. The competition aims to create a movement of creating good quality digital e-content for educational purposes,” reads the GR, adding that these videos will also be made available on a common platform for teachers across Maharashtra.
Rohidas Ekad, Science and Mathematics teacher at Rachna Vidyalay in Pune, shared his experience on how after over 25 years of “traditional classroom teaching”, he shifted to the digital education process. “It was during Covid-induced lockdown that I started thinking of creative ways to help the children keep learning, and that changed my traditional concept of teaching. I realised that traditional teaching at classrooms is no longer challenging for this generation,” said Ekad.
Ravindra Bhalerao, English teacher at Vidyadeep Vidyalaya in Vikhroli, had started creating e-content for his students in 2018, way before Covid-induced lockdown. “Having basic content in recorded format helped me create the class more interactive for all. I could use that time to find different engaging ways, to ensure students understand the concept,” said Bhalerao, adding that the state-wide competition will encourage the “otherwise hesitant teachers to use digital content in education”.
The competition will begin at taluka level, with the shortlisted candidates competing at the district level. The finalists will then compete for state-level awards, to be conferred on Teachers’ Day — observed on September 5 every year. There will be six categories for the students of classes 1 to 12, divided class-wise.
The digital content submitted by the teachers will be evaluated on parameters such as simplicity, relevance, impact, creativity, engagement, re-useability, and video quality.
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