Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index.
Contents:
Self-organizing systems in learning -- The idea of Schools in the Cloud -- Gocharan, the Baruipur Municipality, Bengal, India -- Korakati, the Sunderbans, Bengal, India -- Chandrakona, West Midnapore, Bengal, India -- Kalkaji, New Delhi, India -- Phaltan, District Satara, Maharashtra, India -- Killingworth -- Newton Aycliffe -- How to build your own School in the Cloud -- What did we learn from the Schools in the Cloud? -- Is no pedagogy good pedagogy?: minimally invasive education -- Where are the schools in the cloud now? -- Projection, prediction, prophecy, and phantasy.
Summary:
"In 1999, Sugata Mitra conducted the famous "Hole in the Wall" experiment that inspired three TED Talks and earned him the first million-dollar TED prize for research. With this prize, Mitra has for the past three years been conducting new research around Self-Organized Learning Environments, building "Schools in the Cloud" all over the world. This new book still share the results of this research, how Schools in the Cloud work, what makes them successful, and how schools can build their own Schools in the Cloud"-- Provided by publisher.
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