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Scavenger Hunt: Challenge I


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1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.
Dr. Sugata Mitra
Kalkaji, New Delhi, India
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2. What does NIIT stands for?
National Institute of Information Technology
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3. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?
Dr. Mitra's team carved a "hole in the wall" that separated the NIIT premises from the adjoining slum. The central idea behind Hole-in-the-Wall is that groups of children learn on their own without any direct intervention.
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4. What was the significant finding of the experiment?
 He found that children using Learning Stations required little or no inputs from teachers and learnt on their own by the process of exploration, discovery and peer coaching. The idea of MIE has crystallized over a period of time based on observations and educational experiments conducted at NIIT. 
Kalkaji, New Delhi, India
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5. What could be the implications of this finding to existing teaching practices especially those that are related with the use of ICT in learning?
MIE uses children's natural curiosity and focuses on providing an enabling environment where they can learn on their own. Children, in the process of freely experimenting with the Learning Station, pick up critical problem solving skills
Kalkaji, New Delhi, India
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