Scavenger Hunt: Challenge I

NUGGETS	ANSWER	LOCATION	VALUE: Sources/Author/Date Published/Sponsor/Copyright	Search Engine	Search Technique
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	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google	Phrase searching
2. What does NIIT stands for?	National Institute of Information Technology	Gurugram, India	The Acronym Finder is © 1988-2018	Google	Phrase searching
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.	Kalkaji, New Delhi, India	©Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google	Phrase searching
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	©Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google	Phrase searching
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	©Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd. 2015	Google