過去のモンゴルプロジェクト

In previous projects, interventions were choreographed from the center and reached out to the needs of rural schools. Our current intervention reverses this notion and teachers at the rural schools are fully involved to create digitized training material. Teachers will be able to showcase their creativity and the materials they create will be able to reflect the local context. Our lab understands the need to hear out what teachers have to say from all the different areas in Mongolia.

Since 2004, Yamaguchi-Takada Lab has been working for several international projects for improving the quality of education by using ICT. In this project, the lab’s accumulated experiences, knowledge and networking with Mongolian institutions will be fully utilized for further improvement of teaching and learning quality in rural schools in Mongolia. By the end of the project, rural teachers will be able to produce their own training materials for covering ‘student-centered approach’ based on their local needs, and their model teaching will be disseminated by digital materials such as VCD/DVD.

Scratch Free and Open Source Software

Born out of the MIT Media lab, Scratch is a Free and Open Source (FOSS) application that was designed to introduce children to computer programming. Through multiple conversations with Mongolian teachers, Scratch was identified and introduced to address the need for a software tool to make interactive content that teachers could use when conducting their classes. Our activities include creating training material, conducting training activities, as well as conducting research on how this software tool can promote student-centered learning methodologies. You can find the mission gallery here.

Please find Mr. Yano’s final master presentation slides below, and his complete master’s thesis here.

2013 Yano Final Presentation

One-to-One Learning

Technology intensive learning where each student has a computer as part of his/her package of learning materials, also called one-to-one learning, is starting to pick up traction among the education community around the world. In Mongolia, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative was piloted in 50 schools since 2008 and we are currently studying the experiences, lessons, and issues of teachers, school administrators and local-level education specialists to further understand how child development is changing with the availability of computers.

Previous Projects and Activities

  • Development of ICT Teacher Training Materials for Sustainable Teacher Training in Mongolia – April 2011 – March 2012

Monitoring mission in Zavkhan aimag (March 2012)

  • Aimag level training in Bayankhongor and Dornogobi aimag (Dec 2011)

  • Sustainable ICT Use in Education: Developing Teacher Training Material Using ICT – December 2010 – April 2011
  • Monitoring the FTI-ICT project in Mongolia ‘Level-up’ training on advanced level of ICT for primary school teachers – 2009-2011
  • Promoting Sustainable Development in Education through UNESCO Development Project in Mongolia
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