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Digital StudyHall records live classes by the best grassroots teachers, transmits them, collects them in a large database, and distributes them on DVDs to poor rural and slum schools. Education experts and teachers use the system to explore pedagogical approaches involving local teachers actively "mediating" the video lessons.
DSH has been operating in India since the summer of 2005. As of Spring 2007, are operative in three cities in India (Lucknow, Calcutta, and Pune), covering approximately 30 rural and slum schools. During this time, some 1000 recordings of lessons in English, math, and science, in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and English, have been made, and approximately 500 other pieces of content have been generated.
We digitally record live classes by the best grassroots teachers, transmit them on the Postmanet (effected by DVDs sent in the postal system), collect them in a large distributed database, and distribute them on DVDs to poor rural and slum schools.
In a recent evaluation published in the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, we see dramatic rise of student test scores in participating schools, significant improvement of subject matter knowledge and pedagogical skills of local teachers, and increased student participation.
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