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Because of pandemic, face-to-face lectures have been canceled in classes and new ways of education has been tried to keep supporting children’s education. In this article, there is a detailed overview about how many countries offered education during the pandemic outbreak. In this page, we will try to quote and summarize few point from few countries.
First of all, we begin with Turkey because it is something we also experienced for living in Turkey.
Turkey
https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/edutech/brief/how-countries-are-using-edtech-to-support-remote-learning-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
Education in Turkey is conducted remotely using EBA (Eğitim Bilişim Ağı), an education digital platform. The CEO of Turk Telekom noted that 18 million students can use EBA; however, not everyone has online access. The Ministry of National Education (MoNE) is reviewing options to support families with extra 6 GB – 8 GB data packages.
Educational TV is also being utilized to mitigate Internet access and bandwidth problems. EBA programs adapted for TV during COVID-19. Seven TV companies are broadcasting EBA programs. Primary school, middle school and high school education programs are being broadcast in 18 different channels, with six different channels assigned to each education level. The EBA TV Programs are shorter than the actual class length. Thousands of videos and animations have been prepared. More than 100 teachers voluntarily taped their courses for TV. MoNE is working to to better review/vet available distance education materials.
The EBA program has apps accessible through smart phones.
CHINA
On February 9, nearly 200 million primary and secondary school students in China started their new semester online. The Ministry of Education launched an initiative entitled “Ensuring learning undisrupted when classes are disrupted.” The Ministry organized teleconferences with school management agencies, online platform and course providers, telecom providers and other stakeholders to plan the implementation of the initiative.
Mobilize all major telecom service providers to boost internet connectivity service for online education, especially for the under-served regions. Upgrade the bandwidth of major online education service platforms, especially the capacity of the National Cloud-Platform for Educational Resources and Public Service in serving millions of visitors simultaneously. Mobilize society-wide resources for the provision of online courses and resources. More than 24,000 online courses have been made accessible for university students. 22 validated online course platforms, most them empowered by Artificial Intelligence, have been mobilized to provide primary and secondary schools with free online courses. Strengthen online security through collaboration with the telecom sector and online platform service providers. Provision of psycho-social support and courses to impart knowledge about the virus and protection against it.
More about the National Cloud-Platform for Educational Resources and Public Service of China.
FINLAND
On account of school closures, instruction and guidance for students are organised by means of alternative methods, including distance learning, digital learning environments and solutions and, where necessary, independent learning. Testing and grading are also continued.
Virtual learning environments are widely in use in Finland, including in regular school circumstances. The Finnish National Agency for Education guides schools to plan and organize different kinds of flexible learning arrangements. Some of the most commonly used tools where students are able to conduct projects and tasks independently and attend classes online are Moodle, Google Classrooms, Ville, Teams, O365, Skype and Zoom. Games and simulators are also already used in education, with examples like VirtualAutoedU, Sandbox or DigiVirtu.
Other additonal contents include:
1. Content repository and materials updated and collected by the Finnish National Agency for Education, with numerous resources, material banks, apps and solutions for distance education.
2. Library of Open Educational Resources, a joint service of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Finnish National Agency for Education, which can be used for searching, finding, compiling, and sharing open educational resources (OER) from all levels of education. The service and its OER’s are available for use by teachers, learners and everyone else in the country.
3. Finna, an open service that provides free access to online collections and materials from Finnish museums, libraries and archives in Finland. Finna was created as a part of the National Digital Library project, funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
4. Finland’s national public broadcasting company Yleisradio provides learning programs.
FRANCE
In France, an online portal, Ma classe à la maison (My class at home) provides access to educational content and learning opportunities.
INDIA
In India, various free digital e-Learning platforms by the Ministry of HRD that students capitalize on to continue their learning during COVID-19 based school closures. The DIKSHA portal contains e-Learning content for students, teachers, and parents aligned to the curriculum, including video lessons, worksheets, textbooks and assessments. The content has been created by more than 250 teachers who teach in multiple languages.
QR codes in textbooks encourage students to go beyond the book. The app is available to use offline. e-Pathshala is an e-Learning app by NCERT for classes 1 to 12 in multiple languages. The app houses books, videos, audio, etc. aimed at students, educators and parents in multiple languages including Hindi, Urdu, and English.
Due to India’s multilanguage culture, providing course materials in multiple languages seems to be important.
Swayam hosts 1900 complete courses, including teaching videos, weekly assignments, exams and credit transfers, aimed both at school (class 9 to 12) and higher education (undergraduate and postgraduate) levels.
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